The Soft Sunshine Chair Pad features a fun tapestry crochet pattern worked in the round to create a sunny motif! The thick stitches create a soft seat cushion ready for use in any room of the home – inside or out!
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Featuring Bernat Maker Home Dec
The Soft Sunshine Chair Pad is made with Bernat Maker Home Dec! It’s a fantastic and very unusual yarn. You could describe it as a stuffed knit tube! It is squishy and soft and machine wash and dry – and perfect for this project, in a variety of colors to match your decor!
Triple that Yarn!
The trick to getting this crochet chair cushion extra squishy and quick is to triple the yarn – hold 3 strands together as you crochet! But you don’t have to buy three balls of each color, or cut up one ball to triple the yarn.
Instead, you can make a large slip knot, and then pull a large loop of yarn through that knot, then another loop through that knot, then another, and another.
At any point in this new “strand,” you can see the yarn is now tripled – all from just one end of the yarn ball! This is a fantastic technique – no need to buy extra yarn and no getting your balls tangled. I’ll be demo-ing how to do this live on YouTube on August 26th, and will link it here when it’s done. There will also be right and left-handed video tutorials for this pattern that include it!
Crochet Your Own Soft Sunshine Chair Pad
All that was the how, but why make a seat pad? There are a few reasons I can think of right away! The most obvious is to soften the chair surface – whether it is a wooden rocker, a stiff dining room chair, or a canvas wheelchair, a little extra padding can go a long way.
It’s also great to take a seat cushion to stadiums and public events – we’ve all been stuck in those too long for comfort. And since this is just one layer, you can fold it up into your tote bag, or tuck it in the glove box so it’s always ready!
For me personally, it was inspired by summer! I think most of us have experienced that ouchy feeling when it’s time to get up and our legs have stuck to the seat. With the Soft Sunshine Chair Pad, I know I can sit anywhere, and get up without feeling like I’m leaving a layer of my thighs behind!
Soft Sunshine Chair Pad
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12 mm hook – Clover Amour Jumbo
390 yds Bernat Maker Home Dec (5/Bulky; 72% cotton, 28% nylon; 250g/8.8 oz, 317 yds/290 m)
Color A: Aqua (1 skein – 240 yds)
Color B: Green Pea (1 skein – 150 yds)
Stitch Markers – Clover
Gauge: 4.5″ across after Rnd 2
Finished Size: 17″ across
Helpful Links and Tutorials:
Dc2tog – double crochet decrease
NOTES:
The yarn is held tripled throughout this pattern. Work all 3 strands as if they were one strand of yarn.
To change and carry colors, see the tapestry crochet tutorial linked above.
To upgrade this pattern, you can skip the ch 2 and use a CSDC for the first dc of the rounds where appropriate.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Rnd 1: With Color A, ch 2 (does not count as a stitch), dc 12 in the first ch made; jJoin to the first dc with a sl st. (12 sts)
Rnd 2: Ch 2, dc2tog over the first and second sts, finishing the st with Color B, 3 dc between the posts of the previous st and the next st, finishing the last st with Color A, *dc2tog, finishing st with Color B, 3 dc between posts of previous and next st, finishing last st with Color A; rep from * to end, join with a sl st to the top of the first dc2tog. (24 sts)
Rnd 3: Ch 1, sc in the first st (the top of the dc2tog), finishing the st with Color B, skip the next st, 5 dc in the next st, finishing the last st with Color A, skip the next st, *sc in the next st, finishing the st with Color B, skip the next st, 5 dc in the next st, finishing the last st with Color A, skip the next st; rep from * to end, join with a sl st to the top of the first st. (36 sts)
Rnd 4: Ch 2, (2 dc finishing last st with Color B, 2 dc finishing last st with Color A, 2 dc finishing last st with Color B) in the first st, skip the next 2 sts, sc in the next st, finishing with Color A, *skip the next 2 sts, (2 dc finishing last st with Color B, 2 dc finishing last st with Color A, 2 dc finishing last st with Color B) in the next st, skip the next 2 sts, sc in the next st finishing with Color A; rep from * to end, join with a sl st to the top of the first st. (42 sts)
Rnd 5: Ch 2, 2 dc in the first st, 2 dc in the next st finishing last st with Color B, dc2tog finishing st with Color A, 2 dc in the next st, then 2 dc in the next st, finishing last st with Color B, dc in next st, finishing with Color A, *2 dc in the next st, then 2 dc in the next st finishing last st with Color B, dc2tog finishing st with Color A, 2 dc in the next st, then 2 dc in the next st, finishing last st with Color B, dc in next st, finishing with Color A, rep from * to end, join with a sl st to the top of the first st. (60 sts)
Rnd 6: Skip the first st, (sl st, ch 2, 2 dc) in the next st, 2 dc in the next st finishing last st with Color B, skip the next st, 2 dc in the next st finishing last st with Color A, *skip the next st, 2 dc in the next st, 2 dc in the next st finishing last st with Color B, skip the next st, 2 dc in the next st finishing last st with Color A; rep from * to end, join with a sl st to the top of the first dc. (72 sts)
Rnd 7: Ch 2, dc in the first st, dc2tog, dc in next st finishing with Color B, 2 dc in the next st, 2 dc in the next st finishing with Color A, *dc in the next st, dc2tog, dc in the next st finishing with Color B, 2 dc in the next st, 2 dc in the next st finishing with Color A; rep from * to end, join with a sl st in the first dc. Break Color B. (84 sts)
Rnd 8: Ch 1, sc in the BLO of each st around. Break Color A and seamless join to the first sl st of the round. (84 sts)
LOOKING FOR MORE?
Are you looking for more free crochet decor patterns? I have dozens! You can browse them all here on Moogly or search my patterns on Ravelry! And some favorites include the Bright Chevron Borderless Blanket, Loop Stitch Lawn Rug, Hygge Diamond Pillow, and Button Up Basket!
If the Soft Sunshine Chair Pad pattern inspires you to make your own project, and you post a photo on social media, be sure to tag me @mooglyblog or #mooglyblog so I can check it out too!
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