Square Sofa Pillow

Pattern No. 5. Berlin wool.

Make a chain of 160 stitches, or 100 for double Berlin wool. Colours, 4 shades of green, 4 of scarlet, 4 of stone, and white.

1st pattern—Open crochet, 3 treble, 3 chain, miss 3.

1st row—Darkest green.

2nd row—3rd shade of green, working the 3 treble stitches in the 3 chain of the last row.

3rd row—2nd shade of green.

4th row—1st shade of green.

2nd pattern, No. 5.

1st row—Darkest stone and darkest scarlet.

2nd row—3rd shades of stone and scarlet.

3rd row—2nd shades of stone and scarlet.

4th row—1st shades of stone and scarlet.

5th row—White. This is the ground of the stripe.

6th row—1st shade of green and white.

7th row—2nd shade and white.

8th row—3rd shade and white.

9th row—4th shade and white.

10th row—Same as 9th.

11th row—Same as 8th.

12th row—Same as 7th.

13th row—Same as 6th.

14th row—As 5th.

15th row—As 4th.

16th row—As 3rd.

17th row—As 2nd.

18th row—As 1st.

Then work the open pattern again, and repeat until square.