Giant pom pom cushion on C&C

[Janiceb966]

Just watched today's show with Hayley and Dean and loved the cushions she was knitting but at £34.99 per kit it's a bit pricey. I know I can get the pom pom wool itself for around £8 ish a ball and I saw the back of the cushion was knitted in what looked like either double knitting or chunky wool. But how do you make it up into a cushion cover?

[Granny Penny]

It looks to me as if the two sides have just been put together right side to right side and then stitched round and turned inside out. If it were me I would back the front (at least) on to material as the knitted fabric is quite see through with pom-pom wool. I don't know how Hayley says to knit the Pom-Pom wool but I have just knitted two cushion fronts in the baby pom-pom and you get a closer finish if you knit in stocking stitch rather than garter stitch as all the pom-poms fall on the same side this way.

[Janiceb966]

Thanks Granny Penny - I would never have thought of lining the pom pom side or knitting it just in garter stitch. If I do that then I could use poppers to close the 4th side as in this house they are bound to need a wash sooner rather than later! I've ordered a couple of balls of the turquoise/gold mix - will probably just sit and feel them for a few months lol!!!

[RozMinis]

I love the look, but don't tend to use cushions. I've seen the baby yarn knitted up in a shop in Barnsley, loved the look of it, sadly no babies to knit for, or likely to be in the near future. :(

Roz ;)