Everybody needs a pineapple pincushion in their life! Add a bit of fun to your sewing kit with this cute 3-D pineapple motif.
5mm straight Tunisian hook
4mm crochet hook
DK (8-ply) cotton yarn in the following colours:
A Pink – 50g
B Yellow – 50g
C Green – 20g
Stuffing
Tunisian Knit stitch (Tks): see Basic Stitches
Puff Stitch: Insert hook under front and back bar of next st, yo, pull up loop, *yo, insert hook back under same st, yo pull up loop. Repeat from * twice more (7 lps on hook), yo pull through 7 loops
Single crochet (sc): see Techniques
Half Double crochet (hdc): see Techniques
Crab st: see Techniques
12 x 12cm (5 x 5in)
ONCE YOU START WORKING THE PINEAPPLE DESIGN, YOU WILL NEED 2 SEPARATE LOTS OF COLOUR A. YOU CAN EITHER USE A STRAND FROM BOTH THE CENTRE AND FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE BALL OR, ALTERNATIVELY, WIND 2 SEPARATE BALLS BEFORE STARTING.
Foundation Row: Using Colour A, ch 21. Pick up a loop from back bump in 2nd ch from hook, and in each ch to end, leaving all loops on hook. Return.
Rows 2–7: Tks to last st, work end st. Return.
Work from chart or written instructions for Rows 8–15.
Row 8: Using Colour A #1 Tks 8, using Colour B make 3 Puff sts, using Colour A #2 Tks 8, work end st. Return using corresponding yarns.
Row 9: Using Colour A #1 Tks 7, using Colour B, puff st, (Tks 1, puff st) twice, using Colour A #2 Tks 7, work end st. Return using corresponding yarns.
Row 10: Using Colour A #1 Tks 6, using Colour B, puff st, (Tks 1, puff st) three times, using Colour A #2 Tks 6, work end st. Return using corresponding yarns.
Row 11: Using Colour A #1 Tks 5, using Colour B, puff st, (Tks 1, puff st) four times, using Colour A #2 Tks 5, work end st. Return using corresponding yarns.
Row 12: Using Colour A #1 Tks 5, using Colour B, Tks 1, (puff st, Tks 1) four times, using Colour A #2 Tks 5, work end st. Return using corresponding yarns.
Row 13: Using Colour A #1 Tks 5, using Colour B, puff st, (Tks 1, puff st) four times, using Colour A #2 Tks 5, work end st. Return using corresponding yarns.
Row 14: Using Colour A #1 Tks 6, using Colour B, puff st, (Tks 1, puff st) three times, using Colour A #2 Tks 6, work end st. Return using corresponding yarns.
Row 15: Using Colour A #1 Tks 7, using Colour B, puff st, (Tks 1, puff st) twice, using Colour A #2 Tks 7, work end st. Return using corresponding yarns.
Fasten off Colour B and Colour A #2.
Rows 16–24: Using Colour A Tks to last st, work end st. Return.
Bind off
PINEAPPLE PINCUSHION CHART
Switch to 4mm crochet hook.
Join Colour C with a sl st worked under both bars of first puff st from Row 15, *ch 5, starting in 2nd ch from hook, work 1 sc then 3 hdc. Sl st under both bars of next Tks. Repeat from *. Sl st under both bars of last puff st and work another leaf the same. Join with a sl st in same sp.
Fasten off and thread loose ends through to wrong side.
Weave in ends.
Foundation Row: Using Colour A, ch 21. Pick up a loop from back bump in 2nd ch from hook, and in each ch to end, leaving all loops on hook. Return.
Row 2: Tks to last st, work end st. Return, changing to Colour B on last 2 lps.
Rows 3–4: Continuing in Colour B, Tks to last st, work end st. Return, changing to Colour A on last 2 lps of final return.
Rows 5–24: Work as for Rows 3–4, changing colours every 2 rows.
Bind off.
Switch to 4mm crochet hook.
Lay front and back pieces with wrong sides together and right sides facing out.
Round 1: Using 4mm crochet hook and Colour B, join pieces together working a sc into each st and through both layers around three sides. Stuff firmly, then finish joining in the same way as before. Join with a ss into first sc.
Round 2: Ch 1 (not counted as st), work in Crab st to end. Join with a ss into first ch. Fasten off.
Weave ends in.