Apple Branch Cushion

Apple Branch is a square cushion cover with a six- button closure, knitted in three flat pieces in natural shades of pure wool using a two-colour stranded technique on the front which has a subtle geometric design with a contemporary style.

 

The back uses the same colours in two blocks of stocking stitch which overlap with a ribbed edging for the closure.

 

The stitch patterns are inspired by an historic engraving of an apple branch viewed under a microscope by the pioneering botanist Nehemiah Grew. In the late 1600s he was one of the first people to record and study the deceptively simple, rhythmic and organised beauty of plant cells.

 

Apple Branch is designed to reflect those qualities and I hope that you find it a relaxing and satisfying knit.

£4.00

Finished Measurements

42cm (16.5 inches) square after blocking

Suggested Yarn

I used West Yorkshire Spinners Fleece Jacob DK

 

Any DK would work for this pattern, but natural wool suits stranded knitting very well due to its fuzzy quality and tendency for the fibres to mesh into the fabric

Approximate Yardage

Background Colour:

220m ( 240 yards)

 

Contrast Colour:

185m (202 yards)

Needle Size and Gauge

Needles

3.5mm (US 4) for the ribbing

4.5 mm (US 7) for the main body of the cover

 

Gauge

19 stitches x 20 rows over 10cm (4 inches) in the stranded pattern using 4.5mm needles                                         18stitches x 24 rows over stocking stitch using 4.5mm needles

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