Ruffly daisy pillow


PART 1 - RUFFLY PETALS

Start with a ring of 5 stitches.
  1. Throw 10 regular stitches over the ring. 
  2. A lap of double stitches, increase with one for every 2nd stitch. 
  3. One regular stitch between each double stitch, and one in the air above it. (As shown to the right.)                                        
  4. One half double for every pre-existing stitch.                                                             
  5. Place a lap of shells onto the top lap (in the picture to the right, what I refer to as the bottom lap is marked with green and the top lap with red). Shells will consist of 7 double stitches, skipping 2 stitches underneath each side. 
  6. Double crochet stitches over the bottom lap, increase with 1 for every 3rd stitch. 
  7. Top lap, shells of 5 triple crochet stitches. 
  8. Bottom lap, double crochet, increase with one for every 5th stitch. 
  9. Top lap, shells of 5 triple stitches. 
  10. Bottom lap, double crochet, increase with one for  every 6th. 
  11. Top lap, shells of 5 triple stitches. For the last shell, leave 3 stitches underneath each side. 
  12. Bottom lap, double stitches, increase with one for every 7th stitch. For the last lot, increase with 1 on the 6th stitch. 
  13. Top lap, shells of 5 triple stitches. For the last shell, leave 3 stitches underneath each side.
  14. Bottom lap, double stitches, increase with one for every 7th stitch.
  15. Top lap, shells of 5 triple stitches. For the last shell, leave 2 stitches under one side as ususal but only 1 on the other side. 
  16. Bottom lap, double stitches, increase with one for every 7th stitch.
An example of a shell stitch is shown above... This particular one is a 5 triple stitch shell with two stitches skipped for each side. 

This is what the result should look like: 


Optional: 
For extra visual effect, you can go over the shells with yarn of a different color. 
For this, I did one regular stitch between each stitch of the petal. I also recommend adding one stitch in the air when switching laps. 










PART 2 - LARGE PETALS 

Begin by doing a round of regular stitches around the perimeter of the work. One stitch between each previously done double stitch. 


  1. A regular round of double stitches, increase with 1 for every 6th stitch. You will end up with 2 spare stitches, no worries, just put a single double stitch in each of them. 
  2. Double stitches, with an increase of 1 for every 10th. NOTE: for the rest of this part, place the stitches BETWEEN the previous stitches and not on top.  3 spare
  3. Double stitches, with an increase of 1 for every 12th. 6 spare
  4. Double stitches, with an increase of 1 for every 20th. 9 spare
  5. Double stitches, with an increase of 1 for every 20th. 5 spare.                            
    • At this point, you should have 120 stitches total around the perimeter. This is important. If you do not have 120 stitches, either do a lap of regular stitches and increase until you have 120 or do a lap and decrease. 
  6. You will now do a shell consisting of 7 quadruple stitches (last the yarn over 3 times...) with 3 stitches skipped under each side. Between each stitch, place 9 regular stitches. The last shell will have only 2 stitches under each side. Increase with one stitch, for the last two regular stitches.  The stitches should look like they are far apart from each other and you will be left with 7 of them. 
  7. To begin this lap, make a stitch to attach to your nearest shell. Flip your work around,  take 3 regular stitches. Turn again, and continue along the shell. Put 1 quadruple stitch into the lowest stitch of the shell, 3 quadruples into the apex (top) stitch of the shell and then 2 quadruples into the stitches in-between. Yet again, regular stitches between the shells. 
  8. Move forward with 3 regular stitches. Make another row over the shell, 1 quadruple stitch into the lowest stitch of the shell, 3 quadruples into the apex (top) stitch of the shell and then 2 quadruples into the stitches in-between. 
This is what it should look like: 
 

Outline the large petals:

  You will take regular stitches over the work. One now of stitches from the center of the flower upwards, around the petal, back down again and repeat... 

Do this around the entire perimeter of the work. 


Finishing off the front section: 
Make a lap of regular stitches around the base of the petals. (You will do this on the back side of the work.) 
Make a lap of double stitches, increasing by 1 for every 8th stitch. Repeat this lap four more times. Don't mind the spare stitches and place a single double stitch into them. 

Optional: 
Embellish the petals with some embroidery. 

This is what you should end up with: 











PART 3 - THE BACK SIDE 

Note that you will have a bunch of spare stitches for every lap, just treat them as normal stitches. 
  1. Ring of 5 regular stitches. 
  2. Throw 10 regular stitches over the stitches in the ring. 
  3. Double stitches, increase with 1 for every 2nd stitch. 
  4. A round of regular stitches with no increase. 
  5.  Another round of regular stitches with no increase. 
  6. Double stitches, increase 1 for every 3rd. 
  7. Double stitches, increase 1 for every 5th. 
  8. Double stitches, increase 1 for every 6th. 
  9. Double stitches, increase 1 for every 7th. 
  10. Double stitches, increase 1 for every 7th.
  11. Double stitches, increase 1 for every 8th. 
  12. A round of regular stitches with no increase. 
  13. Double stitches, increase 1 for every 6th. 
  14. Double stitches, increase 1 for every 10th. 
  15. Double stitches, increase 1 for every 12th. 
  16. Double stitches, increase 1 for every 20th. 
  17. Double stitches, increase 1 for every 20th. 
  18. Double stitches, increase 1 for every 10th.
  19. Double stitches, increase 1 for every 10th. 
Putting it all together: 
Place regular stitches that go through both circles around the perimeter of the work. One circle is smaller than the other ( this is to make the pillow round and plump) so, the general rule of thumb when stitching together the two bits is first you put together one stitch to another, then you go through the same stitch twice but attaching two different stitches of the other circle to it. It becomes clearer when you do it. Just use common sense. 
I recommend stuffing the pillow as you go along. 





ENJOY AND BE PROUD OF YOUR EFFORT! 








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