I’m happy to join in the fourth annual Cozy at Home Crochet Along with CAL Central Crochet with a granny square pillow pattern! The Miranda Pillow is the second pattern in this year’s Cozy at Home CAL and it uses two crochet favorites: granny squares on the front and corner-to-corner (C2C) stitches on the back.
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For this year’s Cozy at Home Crochet Along, I knew I wanted to make a granny square pillow pattern. To me, granny squares are synonymous with comfort and cozy.
For decorative pillows, the back is not as frequently seen, so I decided to use a corner-to-corner (C2C) diagonal box stitch square instead. Less yarn tails to weave in, and easy to make perfectly square! This was a fun project to put together with two of my favorite crochet techniques: granny squares and corner-to-corner.
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Miranda Pillow
Granny Square Pillow Pattern by Underground Crafter
This pillow pattern combines two crochet favorites: granny squares and the corner-to-corner (C2C) diagonal box stitch. A button closure makes it easy to wash the cover or change it out seasonally. Use three or more colors and six buttons for your version. This is the second pattern in the fourth annual Cozy at Home Crochet Along with CAL Central Crochet.
Finished Size
- Pillow Cover: Approximately 15” (38 cm) square when seamed to fit 16” (40.5 cm) square pillow form.
Materials
- King Cole Wool Aran yarn (100% superwash wool, 3.5 oz/100 g, 196 yd/180 m) – 2 skeins in 5046 Raspberry (CA) and 1 skein each in 5043 Cloud (CB) and 5048 Twilight (CC), or approximately 340 yd (311 m) in CA, 75 yd (68.5) in CB, and 70 yd (64 m) in any medium weight, superwash wool yarn.
- Denise US Size J-10/6 mm crochet hook, or any size needed to obtain correct gauge.
- Yarn needle.
- 1” (2.5 cm) diameter sew-through or shank buttons – 6. I used 6 from the Favorite Findings 4 oz. bag of buttons.
- Fairfield Poly-Fil Premier 16” Ultra Plus Pillow Insert.
Gauge
- Miranda Granny Square = 4” (10 cm) square through Rnd 5 in pattern. Exact gauge is not critical for this project.
Abbreviations Used in This Pattern
- BL – back loop only – Fiber Flux has a helpful video tutorial for identifying the back loop here.
- CA – Color A
- CB – Color B
- CC – Color C
- ch – chain
- dc – double crochet
- FPdc – front post single crochet – Yo, insert hook from front around back to front of st in previous row, yo and draw up a loop, [yo and draw through 2 loops] twice. A helpful video tutorial for this stitch is available below.
- If you can’t see the video tutorial above demonstrating the FPdc, click HERE to watch it on YouTube.
- hdc – half double crochet
- rep – repeat
- Rnd(s) – Round(s)
- sc – single crochet
- sl st – slip stitch
- sp – space
- st(s) – stitch(es)
- yo – yarn over
- * Repeat stitches after asterisk as indicated.
- + Repeat instructions after plus sign as indicated.
- [] Repeat stitches between brackets as indicated.
- () Work stitches between parentheses into the same stitch or space.
Pattern Notes
- Miranda Square and Front of Pillow are crocheted in the Round with the Right Side up. The Back of Pillow is crocheted flat in rows with a reversible stitch pattern (so there is no right or wrong side).
- Ch 1 at the start and sl st at the end of Rnds do NOT count as stitches.
- Moogly has a helpful video tutorial demonstrating the standing dc here. Alternatively, join with sl st, ch 1, dc in same st.
- The video below demonstrates four ways to crochet into a chain space. I used the first method for this pattern.
- If you can’t see the video above showing how to crochet into a chain space, click HERE to watch it on YouTube.
- If you’re new to blocking, check out Blocking Basics for Crocheters and Knitters.
Pattern Instructions
Miranda Square
Inner Circle
- With CA, ch 4, skip 3 ch, join with sl st to next ch.
- Rnd 1: (Right Side) Ch 1, 12 dc in ring, join with sl st to first dc. (12 sts)
- Rnd 2: Ch 1, 2 FPdc around first st and each st around, join with sl st to first FPdc. (24 sts)
- Rnd 3: Ch 1, starting in first st [2 FPdc around next st, FPdc around next st] around, join with slstBL to first FPdc. (36 sts)
- Rnd 4: Ch 1, scBL in first st and each st around, join with sl st to first sc, fasten off CA.
Outer Square – Make 5 with CB and 4 with CB
- Rnd 5: Join next color with standing dc (see Pattern Notes) to any st, dc in same st, *dc in next st, hdc in next st, sc in next 4 sts, hdc in next st, dc in next st,** (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in next st; rep from * around, ending last rep at **, 2 dc in first st, ch 1, join with sc (counts as second ch of ch-2 sp) to first dc. (12 sts on each side + 4 ch-2 sp)
- Rnd 6: Ch 1, 2 sc in same ch-2 sp, *scBL in next 12 sts,** (2 sc, ch 1, 2 sc) in next ch-2 sp; rep from * around, ending last rep at **, 2 sc in first ch-2 sp, ch 2, join with sl st to first sc. Fasten off with long yarn tail (approximately 12”/30.5 cm) for seaming. (16 sts on each side + 4 ch-2 sp)
Front of Pillow
Join Miranda Squares
- Thread yarn needle with long yarn tail from end of square. Following assembly diagram below, join squares with mattress stitch seam (see video below).
- If you can’t see the video tutorial above demonstrating how to join with a mattress stitch seam, click HERE to watch it on YouTube.
- Join into three rows of three squares. Join rows of squares together. With yarn needle, weave in ends on wrong side.
Border
- Border Rnd 1: Join CB with sl st to any corner ch-2 sp on Right Side of Front of Pillow, ch 1, 2 sc in same ch-2 sp, *[scBL in next 16 sts, (sc in next ch-2 sp) twice] twice;** rep from * to ** once,+ (2 sc, ch 2, 2 sc) in next ch-2 sp; rep from * around, ending last rep at +, 2 sc in first ch-2 sp, ch 2, join with sl st to first sc. Fasten off CB. (56 sts on each side + 4 ch-2 sp)
- Border Rnd 2: Join CC with sl st to any corner ch-2 sp on Right Side of Front of Pillow, ch 1, sc in same ch-2 sp, *scBL in next 56 sts,** (sc, ch 2, sc) in next ch-2 sp; rep from * around, ending last rep at **, sc in first ch-2 sp, ch 2, join with slstBL to first sc. (58 sts on each side + 4 ch-2 sp)
- Border Rnd 3: Ch 1, *scBL in next 58 sts, ch 2, skip ch-2 sp; rep from * around, join with slstBL to first sc.
- Border Rnd 4: Ch 1, [scBL in next 58 sts, (sc, ch 2, sc) in next ch-2 sp] 3 times, scBL in next 4 sts, [ch 6 to form button loop, scBL in next 10 sts] 5 times, ch 6 to form button loop, scBL in next 4 sts, (sc, ch 2, sc) in next ch-2 sp, join with sl st to first sc. Fasten off CC. (60 sts on each side + 4 ch-2 sp)
- With yarn needle, weave in ends on wrong side of Front of Pillow.
Back of Pillow
Diagonal Box Stitch Square
- A helpful video tutorial for the corner-to-corner (C2C) diagonal box stitch square is available below. For this pattern, the square is worked in one color with no color changes.
- If you can’t see the video tutorial for the Diagonal Box Stitch Square above, click HERE to watch it on YouTube.
- Scroll down for the written pattern for the Diagonal Box Stitch Square.
Increase to center
- With CA, ch 5.
- Row 1: Turn, skip 3 ch (counts as ch-3 sp), dc in next 2 ch. (1 box)
- Row 2: Ch 5, turn, skip 3 ch, dc in next 2 ch, (sl st, ch 3, 2 dc) in ch-3 sp of previous row. (2 boxes)
- Row 3: Ch 5, turn, skip 3 ch, dc in next 2 ch, *(sl st, ch 3, 2 dc) in next ch-3 sp of previous row; rep from * across. (Increases by 1 box each row)
- Rep Row 3 until straight edges measure approximately 15” (38 cm) or same size as Front of Pillow.
Decrease to end
- Next Row: Turn, sl st in first 2 sts, *(sl st, ch 3, 2 dc) in next ch-3 sp of previous row; rep from * across to last ch-3 sp, sl st in ch-3 sp. (Decreases by 1 box each row)
- Rep Next Row until Back of Pillow is square.
- Fasten off CA with long yarn tail (approximately 1 yd/1 m) for seaming. With yarn needle, weave in ends from start of Back of Pillow.
Assemble and Finish Pillow Cover
- Designate a Right Side of Back of Pillow. Position Back of Pillow and Front of Pillow with Right Sides together so that the long yarn tail from Back of Pillow is at the side of the top where the button loops are. Position buttons between first and second row of boxes on Back of Pillow to line up with spacing of button loops on Front of Pillow as shown in the photo below.
- Thread yarn needle with approximately 1 yd (1 m) in CC. Sew buttons to Back of Pillow. Weave in yarn on Wrong Side of Back of Pillow.
- Position Front of Pillow and Back of Pillow with Wrong Sides together so that button loops and buttons are on the same edge. Thread yarn needle with CA from Back of Pillow.
- With yarn needle, weave in yarn tail so it is positioned at the top corner of the Back of Pillow. Seam together three sides of pillow with mattress stitch, leaving the top (with buttons/button loops) unseamed.
- With yarn needle, weave in ends on inside of Pillow Cover.
- Insert pillow form into Pillow Cover. Use button loops to secure pillow inside.
