Knit Pouf
by Ashley Weeks Cart
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What’s more fun than a silly, round pouf? Not much, that’s what.
The one I made is relatively small – perfect for my toddler’s tush or as a playful accent pillow. The pattern, however, can easily be enlarged to create an even bigger pouf for your bum. Now get to pouffin’!
Materials:
Circular or double pointed needles, US 15
Yarn sized accordingly
Tapestry needle
Stuffing
Directions:
1. Cast 44 stitches onto circular or double pointed needles. To make the pouf larger or smaller, expand or decrease cast on by 4 stitches (i.e. 40 sts, 48 sts, etc).
2. Knit the following two rows until the piece measures around 1.5 ft long (again, make it longer or shorter depending on the number of stitches you are using).
Row 1: *K2, P2* until end of row
Row 2: K1, *P2, K2* until one stitch is left, K1
3. Once the piece is the full length, use a tapestry needle to thread the yarn through each of the stitches and cinch closed.
4. Stuff the pillow with filling of your choice, and then weave a piece of thread through those bottom stitches to cinch close and complete the pouf.
5. Now, enjoy this puffy ball of knit goodness. Lord knows my daughter did!
This tutorial looks great! I saw a few patterns on ravelry, but none were knit in the round. thanks!
Hi Ashley
I made your knitted pouf cushion using the pattern as outlined, in a brown tweed Merino wool. It worked a treat. I found the same pattern also made a fantastic hat for myself and so I added a pom pom to the top of my new hat complete.
This is the easiest tutorial ive seen…ever! All the other ones used a duve( i dont even know what that is.)
HI Marcelynn,
A duve is I suspect an incorrect spelling of the word duvet – which is basically a doona in Australian speak. So I guess they are saying buy a cheap doona and use that rolled up or whatever to stuff the cushion. Hope this helps. Depending on the size you might only need to use a cushion insert. I made the size on this site and it comes out like cushion you might use on the sofa, except round rather than squarish and flat.
Carole
Im having trouble closing the pouf. Please provide me with step by step. Thank You
Hi,
I made the pouf from this site and if you don’t cast or bind off the stitches when finished knitting, but use a wool needle and some of the wool threaded through it to pick up the stitches from the needle, you then need to pull as tight as you can to close the top. Then tie a knot to secure. For the bottom, use a wool needle and wool/yarn again to weave through the bottom stitches and pull as tight as you can to close the bottom into a tight circle (tight enough to close it up) then tie off.
That is what I did and it seems to work OK.
Hi
I have been looking for a nice, simple pouf like pillow to knit! My only concern is that in your pictures the knitted part gets really stretched out and you can see the stuffing. I am wondering if you or anyone else has had any issue with the stuffing coming out over time?
Charles, I use two stands of yarn together instead of just one to knit pillows. I haven’t made this pillow yet, but using two strands cleared up that problem with other patterns. It makes a denser fabric and you can even make rugs this way.
Hi,
Great pattern! Just wanted to know what was the measurement of your finished knit-piece was (before stuffing it).
I’m using some recycled silk yarn and needed to switch to smaller needles (to minimize the holes), so I wanted to check how many stitches I would need to add when I cast on.
Thanks so much for the help!