Debbie Bliss Cushions Knitting Pattern

Debbie Bliss Moss Stitch and Garter Stitch Cushions

What Is Being Made

This is a knitted cushion cover design from Debbie Bliss Knitting Magazine Issue #12, Pattern #24/#25. The project creates a charcoal-colored pillow cover sized to fit a 46cm/18in square cushion pad. The cushion cover features a sophisticated textured design created through alternating knitted stitch patterns, making it an elegant homeware accessory suitable for interior decoration.

Techniques Used

The cushion is worked flat on straight needles, meaning the piece is knitted in rows back and forth rather than in the round. The finished cover is seamed together to form the cushion enclosure. The pattern incorporates functional buttonholes for closure, created using yarn-over and decrease techniques. The ribbed edges are cast off in ribbing, a technique that maintains the rib pattern as stitches are bound off, ensuring a neat and elastic finished edge.

Stitches Used

• Moss Stitch: Also known as seed stitch, this creates a bumpy, textured surface by alternating knit and purl stitches in a checkerboard pattern. Moss stitch panels form the primary visual interest of this cushion design.
• Garter Stitch: Created by knitting every row, garter stitch produces horizontal ridges and a reversible fabric. Garter stitch panels alternate with moss stitch panels to create the striped texture effect.
• Ribbing: A combination of knit and purl stitches worked in vertical columns, used for the edges and provides elasticity.
• Decreases: Knit 2 together (k2tog) and slip, slip, knit (ssk) are used to shape buttonholes.
• Yarn-overs: Double yarn-overs (y2rn) create the buttonhole openings in the pattern.

Materials

This cushion pattern requires 8 x 50g balls of Debbie Bliss Cotton DK yarn in Cloud 68 (a charcoal shade). The yarn weight is DK (double knitting), a lightweight worsted suitable for creating drape and definition in stitch patterns. Knitters will need two pairs of needles: 3.75mm (US 5) and 4mm (US 6), or the size needed to achieve the specified tension. Additional materials include a 46 x 46cm/18 x 18in square cushion pad and 4 buttons for fastening the cover.

Gauge and Sizing

The pattern specifies a tension of 20 stitches and 28 rows to 10cm/4in square measured over the patterned fabric. This gauge is essential for achieving the correct finished dimensions. The cast-on uses 85 stitches, and the piece is worked to a length of 96cm/37¾in from the cast-on edge before buttonholes are introduced.