Rustico - knitting pattern for pillowcase made of 6-ply sock yarn

Rustico is a knitting pattern for a pillowcase for a standard sofa pillow (16 inches square) made from Sport-weight (6-ply) sock yarn.

The front with its graphic slip stitch pattern is an eye-catcher in itself, but the back with the turn-up, the 3 buttons and the vertical lines is pretty as well.

The pillowcase is mainly worked in the round. There is only one seam, which can be closed by a slip stitch crochet seam or by sewing.

Skills Required / What You'll Receive

• cast on
• knit in the round
• change colors when knitting in the round
• knit and purl
• slip purlwise with yarn in back
• cast off
• sew or crochet knitted pieces together (for the only seam at the bottom edge)
• sew on buttons

The pattern has four pages, contains material specifications, a list of abbreviations and a detailed round-by-round description.

Size Information

to fit a 16 inches square pillow form

Materials List

• circular knitting needle 4 (3.5 mm), cable 32 inches long
• 6-ply sock yarn (Sport), ca. 90g in color 1 (brown here) and 60g in color 2 (beige mélange here)
• 2 knitting markers
• 3 buttons, diameter approx. 1.5”
• darning needle to weave in ends and to sew the seam at the bottom edge
• alternatively, you can use a crochet hook (2.5 to 3 mm) to close the seam

Additional Details by the Author

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