Bring festive charm to your home this holiday season with this overlay mosaic crochet pillow, a stunning design that captures the magic of Christmas through texture and color. Featuring a beautiful tree with presents on either side and snowflakes, the Holiday Home Pillow is the perfect accent for your couch or favorite chair. The overlay mosaic technique adds depth and intricate patterning, making it as fun to crochet as it is to display. Whether you’re decorating for the holidays or gifting handmade joy, this pillow will instantly bring warmth and cheer to any space.

What is Overlay Mosaic Crochet?

A basic knowledge of overlay mosaic crochet is required with this pattern. While overlay mosaic crochet may seem intimidating, this small project is the perfect way to start. It is a simple technique used to create designs and colorful patterns by overlaying stitches on top of one another. The basics:

• One row is worked at a time. Each row alternates colors.
• Only two basic stitches are used, single crochet and double crochet.
• You single crochet in the back loops and double crochet in the front loops of the rows below, which are the “overlay stitches.”
• Designs typically provided in chart form, showing where each stitch is placed.

Materials Used in this Overlay Mosaic Crochet Pillow:

#4 worsted medium-Caron Simply Soft {6 oz/170g/315 yds/288m}

Color A “Off-white” 205 yds, Color B “Kelly Green” 60 yds, Color C “Red” 85 yds

US G Hook (4 mm) Silver Streamline Metal Hooks

Tapestry Needle

12” pillow insert

4-1″ Buttons

Gauge:

16 sts x 12 Rows = 4”

Skill Level:

Advanced Beginner +             

Finished Size:

12” x 12”

Abbreviation Used: US Terms

ch = chain

ch-2 sp = chain 2 space

BBS = Beginning Border Stitch

BLO = back loop only

BLOsc = back loop only single crochet

EBS = Ending Border Stitch

Fhdc = foundation half double crochet

FLO = front loop only

FLOdc = front loop only double crochet

Fsc = foundation single crochet

hdc = half double crochet

rep = repeat

sc = single crochet

Helpful Hints For Making this Overlay Mosaic Crochet Pillow

1. Try to keep your tension even for both the solid and mosaic sections
2. While some leaning of your work is typical in overlay mosaic, pulling it slightly every few rows will help straighten it out. As will the border.
3. Using stitch markers is helpful to keep your count correct.

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Pattern Instructions-Overlay Mosaic Crochet Pillow:

Front Panel:

Row 1: With Color C, Fsc 51, or ch 52, sc in 2^nd ch from hook and each ch across, turn [51]

Row 2: ch 1, working in BLO, hdc in each st across, turn

Row 3: ch 1, sc in each st across, turn

Row 4: ch 1, working in BLO, hdc in each st across, turn

Rows 5-14: Rep Rows 3-4 alternately At end of Row 14, fasten off.

You will now follow the mosaic chart. Rows 15-39 of the pillow will correspond to Rows 1-25 of the mosaic chart. You will alternate Color A and Color B for each row. You will not be turning but following the rules of mosaic and fastening off each row and rejoining at the beginning of each row.

This free version of the pillow will only include the mosaic chart. If you work better with written instructions, you can purchase the premium version, which will include both the chart and written.

Mosaic Chart:

Once you are finished with the mosaic section, you will be turning rows again and not fastening off each row. Join Color C in the BBS of the final mosaic row.

Row 40: ch 1, hdc in each st across, turn

Row 41: ch 1, sc in each st across, turn

Row 42: ch 1, working in BLO, hdc in each st across, turn

Rows 43-53: Rep Rows 41-42 alternately At end of Row 53, fasten off.

Single Crochet Border:

With front of pillow facing you, join Color B to 1^st st of Row 53, (sc, ch 2, sc) in the 1^st st. sc across, (sc, ch 2, sc) in last st, now working down the side, sc in the ch 1 of each row in the solid section and sc in each border st in ends of rows of the mosaic section, (sc, ch 2, sc) in corner st, sc across Row 1, (sc, ch 2, sc) in corner st, now working up the other side, sc in the ch 1 of each row in the solid section and sc in each border st in ends of rows of the mosaic section, join with sl st in 1^st st. Fasten off.

Back Panel:

Row 1: With Color A, Fhdc 51, or ch 52, hdc in 2^nd ch from hook and each ch across, turn [51]

Rows 2-36: ch 1, hdc in each st across, turn

At end of Row 36, do not turn.

Single Crochet Border:

Ch 1, sc in end of each row, (sc, ch 2, sc) in corner st, hdc across Row 1, (sc, ch 2, sc) in corner st, sc in end of each row, (sc, ch 2, sc) in corner st, now working buttonholes, sc in next st, *ch 3, sk 3 sts, sc in next 12; rep from * 2 more times, ch 3, (sc, ch 2, sc) in last st, join with sl st in 1^st st. Fasten off.

Joining Panels Together:

Because the rows were different numbers on each panel you will need to adjust to match them up as you are slip stitching them together.

1. Secure all the ends of the mosaic section by tying 2 strands together.
2. Trim ends.
3. Place the 2 panels wrong sides together with buttonholes of back panel at the top of the pillow and ends sandwiched between the two panels.
4. With front of pillow facing you, join Color A at top left corner.
5. You will work in BLO of each panel. (The loops touching each other)
6. Sl st 3 sides of pillow together with (sl st, ch 2, sl st) in each ch-2 corner, leave top open for pillow insert. Fasten off.

Border:

Rnd 1: With Color B, join in ch-2 sp, of front panel only, ch 1, (hdc, ch2, hdc) in ch-2 sp, working in FLO of front panel only across top of pillow, hdc across, (hdc, ch 2, hdc) in corner ch-2 sp, now working in FLO left from slip stitching two panels together, hdc around the rest of the pillow with (hdc, ch 2, hdc) in each corner ch-2 sp, join with sl st in 1^st st

Rnd 2: ch 1, (hdc, ch 2, hdc) in corner ch-2 sp, now working in BLO, hdc around with (hdc, ch 2, hdc) in each corner ch-2 sp, sl st in 1^st st

Fasten off. Weave in any remaining ends. Sew buttons to the back top of front panel corresponding to the buttonholes.

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