Cuckoo Clock Pillow
This little alpine masterpiece is a simple tube, seamed at the top and bottom. The little lus (it means.. lice. It's a traditional Norwegian motif) allow the yarn to be carried, and the entire thing knit in the round in one piece. After sewing and stuffing, and I-cord edged is added. Materials: 4 balls of KnitPicks Palette, or other fingering weight yarn-2 balls of each color. A small quantity of yarn (about 75 yards)in color 3 if desired (each ball of the suggested yarn is about 230 yards). Pictured is KnitPicks Palette in Navy for color A, KnitPicks Palette in Mist for color B, and Alchemy Juniper in Sour Grass for the I-cord edging. Some fiberfill or other stuffing. Tools: One $^{24^{\circ}}$ size 2 $(2.75\;\mathrm{mm})$ circular needle 2 size 2 (2.75mm) double pointed needles for I-cord Stitch markers (2) Needle to weave in ends. Gauge: 34 st and 40 rows $=4$ inches in KnitPicks palette. Finished Measurements: 17 inches tall by about 10.5 inches wide.
Abbreviations:
BO Bind Off CO Cast on KKnit PM place mark St Stitch
Directions for Pillow:
Using color A, CO 84 stitches. PM, CO 84 stitches (168 total) PM for beginning of round. Join, being careful not to twist. Join color B, and begin working chart 1F (on the front) and B (on the back). Note: There are some long carries in the clock chart, but remember that those are all on the inside of your pillow- so if you simply keep a consistent gauge, you'll be in great shape Work until pillow measures 2.25 inches. (check to make sure that the lus match up where the two charts will join. If they don't, work an extra round so that they do!) At this point, begin working clock chart on the front of the pillow. Continue working chart B on the back of the pillow. After you have worked the entire clock chart, work chart 1FT on the front of the pillow (the only difference between charts 1F and 1FT is the starting point of the lus). Work another 2.25 inches, or until the work above and below the clock is equal. Bind off in color A. Weave in any ends. Make I-cord: using DPNS, CO 3 stitches. K an I-cord long enough to go around the perimeter of the pillow ( about 5 inches). Note: To make I-cord: Knit, do not turn. Slide the sts back to the beginning of the DPN and (without turning, ever!) k the row again. Continue working like this until you have the desired length. To finish, break the yarn a few inches from the end of your knitting, k3 together and pull the end through your knitting. Finishing: Using color A, neatly whipstitch the bottom closed. Stuff the pillow to your taste, then whipstitch the top closed, also using color A (you will find that you want to adjust the stuffing as you finish sewing the pillow). To attach I-cord: Start in the center bottom of the pillow. Using the same color that you used to make the I-cord, attach the I-cord in the following way: lay the I-cord so that it is lined up with the “seam" line demarcating the front and back of the pillow. Using the same yarn as the I-cord, whipstitch through one stitch on the I-cord, an one loop of the first stitch of the back (navy in the picture), as shown. Work around the edge of the pillow in this way, sewing the ends of the I-cord together at the end. Weave in anyends.
Charts:
Chart 1F ( to be worked on the bottom front):
Chart 1FT (to be worked on the top of the pillow after the clock chart):
Clock Chart:
