Home Décor

Make a decorative rug, pillow, or other home accent with this collection of knitting patterns for home decorating.

Watercolor Pillow

By , from the August 2023 issue

Dip your toes into planned pooling with this easy throw pillow project. Worked in one piece, with seamless grafted edges and a sprinkling of textured purl stitches, the result is reminiscent of swatches of painted colors on a canvas and like an artist’s watercolor: no two pieces will ever be the same!

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River Textured Pillow

By , from the August 2023 issue

River is a tasseled pillow that features a twining central motif of alternating large and small not-quite-cables, flanked by angled stitches moving across a background of reverse stockinette. Inspired by an area in California where three underground water sources converge to supply fresh water to San Francisco Bay residents, the pillow’s stitchwork flows downwards, drawing the eye along a pathway that is only partly revealed.

The pillow is knit in the round and utilizes a sock-inspired cast on that eliminates most of the seaming. A ridge is knit into each side to mark where the tassels will attach and make placement easier.

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Mountainscape Pillow

By , from the April 2023 issue

Enjoy a mountainscape view right in your living room with this fun intarsia project. The pillow is worked flat in two pieces, then joined together over a 14 inch pillow form. The scenic intarsia front is easy to work making it an ideal pattern for new and experienced intarsia knitters alike. Once your pillow is assembled, you’ll finish it off with an I-cord edge, to create a fashionable new addition to your lounge area.

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Mountain Sunrise Wall Hanging

By , from the February 2023 issue

This wall hanging is a fun change-of-pace project that can be knit in an evening. This pattern is knit from the top down and uses simple intarsia colorwork with minimal color changes per row. The fabric is decreased to a midpoint towards the bottom of the piece, providing the perfect foundation for its chic fringed bottom edge! A wooden dowel or large pair of knitting needles is then fastened to the top of the tapestry to provide support for hanging.

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Starling Pillow

By , from the August 2022 issue

It’s all about texture with this pillow. From smooth stockinette stitch, to purl rows, to boucle mixed with purl rows, and then boucle all by itself. Textural relief mixed with some color play, too. And just to give it that final push, add in poms and tassels. Let’s have some fun this fall!

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Sandcastle Sampler Pillow

By , from the The Seaside Staples Knitting Collection issue

This summer pillow is a fun sampler of various knitting techniques, including seed stitch, stockinette, reverse stockinette, garter stitch, eyelets, and twisted traveling stitches. These techniques combine to create a sandcastle motif on the front of the cushion cover and a seashell motif bordered by wavy lines of eyelets and garter stitch on the back. In addition to featuring a wide variety of textural stitches, this design is also a great opportunity to gain experience at working from charts, because the pattern is fully charted.

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