Crochet Peppermint Swirl Pillow Pattern For Winter Time

If you're fond of crocheting and enjoy homemade touch in your decor, the Crochet Peppermint Swirl Pillow is a delightful project to tackle. This pattern takes the striking look of a peppermint candy and turns it into a snuggly pillow that adds a pop of color to any room.

Crochet Peppermint Swirl Pillow Pattern

Materials Needed:

• 5.5mm crochet hook
• Acrylic yarn (The demonstrator uses Hobby Lobby's "I Love This Yarn" in white and red, but any acrylic yarn will do.)
• Pillow insert (Size of the insert depends on how big you want your pillow. The video demonstrates a 16-inch pillow.)

Crochet Pattern:

Foundation and First Row:

• Start with a Magic Circle using white yarn.
• Chain (ch) 3, this counts as your first stitch.
• Perform 7 Double Crochets (DC) into the center of the magic circle, totaling 8 DC including the ch 3.
• Close the circle but don’t tighten it completely as you'll be working into it.

Transition to Red Yarn:

• Slip Stitch (sl st) to transition from white to red yarn, keeping the working yarn in front of the work.
• Ch 3 (counts as a DC and ch 1).
• DC into the next stitch, chain 1. Repeat around the circle.
• Join with a sl st to the third chain of the initial ch 3.

Continued Pattern Building:

• Continue in this pattern, alternating between white and red yarn. Each round increases by adding stitches in the chain spaces.
• Keep each layer distinctive by slipping the stitches and properly aligning the red and white yarns to maintain the pattern's integrity.

Increase Pattern:

• Increase the rounds until you have a complete circle that aligns with your pillow insert size.
• For a 16-inch pillow, increase each round until you have 12 DC separated by ch 12 spaces.
• Note that if you prefer a smaller pillow (e.g., 14-inch), you would stop at rounds featuring 10 DC separated by ch 10 spaces.

Decrease for Closing:

• Begin your decrease after completing the increase portion suitable for your insert size.
• The decrease pattern inversely mirrors your increases, reducing the stitch count in each round until you reach your starting point.

Finishing:

• After completing the decrease rounds down to the last few, prepare to insert the pillow form before the opening becomes too small.
• Continue closing around the pillow insert by further decreasing until you’re able to close the hole completely.
• Fasten off and weave in the ends for a neat finish.