Half Moon Modern Crochet Pillow Pattern

Get ready to give your home decor a chic geometric twist with this modern crochet pillow. Featuring the unique Half Moon Crochet Granny Square, you’re about to bring a fresh and stylish vibe to your living spaces.

Crafted using three colors, this project offers a delightful twist. You can personalize it further by experimenting with two, three, or even four colors, making it an excellent stash-busting endeavor that invites creativity.

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Modern Crochet Pillow Supplies

Skill Level:

Advanced Beginner

Tools and Supplies:

The Yarn used in this pattern is Premier Anti Pilling Everyday DK – Lightweight #3
273 yds / 250 m – 3.5 oz / 100g – 100% anti pilling acrylic

You will need the following quantities:

2 skiens of

Linen

1 skien each of

Slate

Dove
Cappuccino
Fawn

Parchment
Khaki

Hook: 4.00 mm US 6 / G

Other Supplies:

Washable Pillow Form 18″ x 18″
Scissors
Yarn needle for darning in ends

More Information on Hooks Sizes, Yarn Weights and Crochet Language

Hook Sizes see the Craft Yarn Council’s Page Here

For Standard Yarn Weight Information See this Page

A Handy PDF from Annie’s on the difference between UK and US Crochet Terms

A Nice Explanation from LoveCraft’s on The UK and US differences

Modern Crochet Pillow Finished Sizes:

Individual Square Size – 5″ x 5″

Pillow Cover Size – 17″ x 17″

Note: due to the nature of yarn to have some give and the pillow form settling with use, I like to work my covers slightly smaller than the pillow forms to keep them snug fitting.

Special Instructions for the Modern Crochet Pillow

Change yarn to new colour in the last part of the final stitch of the old colour, ie, work final yo in new colour before pulling through loop to complete stitch.

For Rnds 1 thru 3, carry colour not in use at back of work by working over it, this eliminates cutting and rejoining the same colour, repeatedly. For Rnds 4 and 5, I suggest cutting ( fastening off ) and rejoining the yarn when needed. As the piece gets larger, carrying the unused yarn behind your work is more likely to pull on and affect the squares tension.
Make 2 Pillow Tops – One for Front of Pillow, One for Back of Pillow

The Half Moon Square Instructions

This square is written as for 4 colours. The squares in the pillow use 3 per square, The linen colour is doing double duty and is used for two different letters from the chart. See Colour Way Chart to determine the colour order for each square.

Foundation: Using Col A, ch 4, sl st in first ch, to form a ring.

Rnd 1: Continue with Col A, ch 2 ( counts as first hdc ) work 5 more dc into ring, changing to Col B in last st ( working over Col A, carrying it behind ) With Col B work 6 hdc, changing to Col A in last st, join rnd with a sl st to 2nd ch of beg ch-2. { 6 hdc Col A, 6 hdc Col B }

Rnd 2: With Col A ( working over Col B, carrying it behind ) , ch 2, ( 2 hdc in next st ) 5 times, hdc in next st, changing to Col B in last st, ( working over Col A, carrying it behind ) With Col B hdc in same st, ( 2 hdc in next st ) 5 times, hdc in same st as sl st join changing to Col A in last st, join rnd with a sl st to 2nd ch of beg ch-2. { 12 hdc Col A, 12 hdc Col B }

Rnd 3: ( working over Col B, carrying it behind ) With Col A, sl st in next st, ch 2 (counts as first hdc) , hdc in same st, ( hdc in next st, 2 hdc in next st ) 5 times, hdc in next st, changing to Col B in last st, ( fasten off colour A ), with Col B ( 2 hdc in next st, hdc in next st ) 6 times, changing to Col C in last st, join rnd with a sl st to 2nd ch of beg ch-2, ( fasten off Col B ). { 18 hdc Col A, 18 hdc Col B }

Rnd 4: With Col C, ch 1, sc in same st as join, sc in next st, * hdc in each of next 2 sts, ( dc, ch 1, dc, ch 1, dc ) into next st, hdc in each of next 2 sts, sc in each of next 4 sts, hdc in each of next 2 sts, ( dc, ch 1, dc, ch 1, dc ) into next st, hdc in each of next 2 sts, sc in each of next 2, ** changing to Col D in last st, ( fasten off colour C ) With Col D, sc in each of next 2 sts, rep from * to ** once, join Col C in last st ( fasten off colour D ), join rnd with a sl st in first sc of rnd, { 8 sc, 8 hdc, 6 dc, 4 ch-1 sp } each of Col C and Col D

Rnd 5: With Col C, ch 2 ( counts as first hdc), hdc in each of next 4 sts, * hdc in next ch-1 sp, ( hdc, ch 2, hdc ) in corner dc st, hdc in next ch-1 sp, hdc in each of next 10 sts, hdc in next ch-1 sp, ( hdc, ch 2, hdc ) in next corner dc st, hdc in next ch-1 sp, hdc in each of next 5 sts, ** join Col D in last st, ( fasten off colour C ), With Col D hdc in next 5 sts, then rep from * to ** join rnd with a sl st in 2nd ch of beg ch-2 sp, fasten off. { 28 hdc, 2 ch-2 sp } each of Col C and Col D

This tutorial will walk you through the Basics, step by step of making this square in 2 colours.

Pillow Assembly

Make 2 Pillow Tops – One for Front of Pillow, One for Back of Pillow

Crochet 16 Squares as per Diagram and Chart above for each Pillow Top

Place Finished Squares in layout of diagram above

Always place squares in same orientation. ie place them with final st of rnd 5 at top center. There is a very slight bias slant to this design and you want the squares to look consistent

Using the whip stitch method join the squares, first into 4 strips of 4 squares each, and then join the 4 strips to each other.

This tutorial will walk you through the Basics, step by step of joining your squares using a simple whip stitch

Edging The Modern Crochet Pillow

Once the squares have been joined work an edging around the outer edge as follows:

Using 4.00mm hook, Join Col Linen with a sl st in top left corner of square #1 in ch-2 sp, ch 2 ( counts as first hdc ), hdc in each st and ch-2 sp down long edge of joined piece to opposite bottom corner ch-2 sp of square #13, ( hdc, ch 2, hdc ) into ch-2 sp, continue to work along the next edge as established, into the corners of square #16, and square #4, then returning along top edge to square #1, join rnd with a sl st in 2nd ch of beg ch-2, fasten off.

Make 2 Pillow Tops – One for Front of Pillow, One for Back of Pillow