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A square navy pillow with a pixel bat holding its wings out in front of a big yellow moon, four small bats in the corners and cream sparkles.

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Bats and moon tapestry crochet pillow

64 × 74 stitches, 6 yarns, single crochet. Fits a 16 in (40 cm) pillow insert when your gauge is 4 stitches per inch.

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A big yellow moon fills the middle of a navy sky on this Halloween pillow cover, with mustard craters and a rim of cream light along its upper left edge. In front of it is one wide-winged bat with round, open eyes and two tiny fangs, and four smaller bats fill the corners, with cream sparkles for stars. Count carefully along the moon's edge, which steps in or out by a stitch or two on nearly every row to form the curve. Gray is only a highlight on the big bat's wings, and the small bats and the sparkles are short runs.

The chart

The bats and moon pillow chart: 64 stitches by 74 rows in 6 yarns, with row and stitch numbers
  • Navy 2236 stitches
  • Yellow 1413 stitches
  • Graphite 603 stitches
  • Mustard 264 stitches
  • Cream 150 stitches
  • Gray 70 stitches

Other sizes

Your gaugeFront panel size
14 stitches in 4 in (10 cm)18.3 × 18.4 in (46.4 × 46.7 cm)
16 stitches in 4 in (10 cm) (this pattern)16 × 16.1 in (40.6 × 40.9 cm)
18 stitches in 4 in (10 cm)14.2 × 14.3 in (36.1 × 36.3 cm)
20 stitches in 4 in (10 cm)12.8 × 12.9 in (32.5 × 32.7 cm)

Working at a different gauge? Enter it in the size calculator with 64 stitches and 74 rows.

How to make it

Yarn and hook

Start with worsted weight yarn (medium, 4) and a 4 mm (US G-6) or 4.5 mm (US 7) hook. A hook one or two sizes smaller than the yarn label suggests makes a denser fabric that hides the carried strands. Swatch in two colors and measure: if you get more than 4 stitches per inch, go up a hook size; if you get fewer, go down.

Reading the chart

Each box in the chart is one single crochet stitch. The boxes are drawn a little wider than they are tall, so the chart matches the pillow's proportions. For a 16-inch (40 cm) square, aim for 16 stitches and about 18.5 rows in 4 inches (10 cm).

  • Row 1 is at the bottom.
  • Read odd rows (right side) from right to left and even rows (wrong side) from left to right.
  • Row numbers sit on the side where that row starts; stitch numbers count from the right.
  • Left-handed? Read every row the other way, on the chart and in the rows written out, and the picture still comes out as charted.

New to charts? How to read a tapestry crochet chart shows which way each row goes on a small sailboat.

Chain 65 in the first color for row 1. Starting in the second chain from the hook, work row 1 for a total of 64 stitches. Chain 1 and turn between rows. In the rows written out, each row's colors are listed in the order you work them.

Carrying the colors

Lay the unused colors along the top of the row below and crochet over them, so they ride inside the stitches. Change color on the final pull-through of the stitch before the new color begins: with two loops on the hook, pull the new color through both. Keep the carried strands relaxed so the fabric does not pucker. When you will not use a color for several rows, cut it, leave a tail, and join it again where it next appears.

The back

Crochet a second panel of 64 stitches by 74 rows in one color, and check it against the front: plain single crochet can come out a different size, so change the hook or the number of rows until the two match. Or sew on a fabric back cut to the front's size plus seam allowance; for an envelope back, use two hemmed pieces that overlap.

Assembling the pillow

Weave in the tails, then gently block the front to 16 inches (40 cm) square, following the care instructions on the yarn label. Put the panels wrong sides together and join three sides with single crochet or whip stitch through both edges. Push in a 16-inch (40 cm) pillow insert (a cushion pad in the UK) and close the fourth side the same way.

The rows written out

Show all 74 rows
  1. Row 1 (RS): 22 Navy, 1 Cream, 41 Navy
  2. Row 2 (WS): 25 Navy, 1 Cream, 14 Navy, 3 Cream, 21 Navy
  3. Row 3 (RS): 22 Navy, 1 Cream, 14 Navy, 3 Cream, 24 Navy
  4. Row 4 (WS): 25 Navy, 1 Cream, 28 Navy, 1 Cream, 9 Navy
  5. Row 5 (RS): 3 Navy, 1 Graphite, 4 Navy, 3 Graphite, 4 Navy, 1 Graphite, 38 Navy, 1 Graphite, 9 Navy
  6. Row 6 (WS): 5 Navy, 1 Graphite, 1 Navy, 5 Graphite, 1 Navy, 1 Graphite, 34 Navy, 2 Graphite, 1 Navy, 7 Graphite, 1 Navy, 2 Graphite, 3 Navy
  7. Row 7 (RS): 3 Navy, 13 Graphite, 33 Navy, 11 Graphite, 4 Navy
  8. Row 8 (WS): 4 Navy, 2 Graphite, 1 Navy, 2 Graphite, 1 Navy, 2 Graphite, 1 Navy, 2 Graphite, 32 Navy, 3 Graphite, 2 Navy, 2 Graphite, 1 Navy, 2 Graphite, 2 Navy, 3 Graphite, 2 Navy
  9. Row 9 (RS): 2 Navy, 2 Graphite, 3 Navy, 1 Graphite, 3 Navy, 1 Graphite, 3 Navy, 2 Graphite, 31 Navy, 2 Graphite, 2 Navy, 1 Graphite, 3 Navy, 1 Graphite, 2 Navy, 2 Graphite, 3 Navy
  10. Row 10 (WS): 3 Navy, 1 Graphite, 11 Navy, 1 Graphite, 13 Navy, 8 Mustard, 9 Navy, 2 Graphite, 13 Navy, 2 Graphite, 1 Navy
  11. Row 11 (RS): 1 Navy, 1 Graphite, 15 Navy, 1 Graphite, 6 Navy, 15 Mustard, 25 Navy
  12. Row 12 (WS): 23 Navy, 20 Mustard, 21 Navy
  13. Row 13 (RS): 20 Navy, 9 Mustard, 8 Yellow, 6 Mustard, 21 Navy
  14. Row 14 (WS): 19 Navy, 1 Cream, 4 Mustard, 6 Yellow, 1 Mustard, 8 Yellow, 7 Mustard, 18 Navy
  15. Row 15 (RS): 17 Navy, 6 Mustard, 10 Yellow, 2 Mustard, 7 Yellow, 4 Mustard, 18 Navy
  16. Row 16 (WS): 12 Navy, 1 Cream, 4 Navy, 3 Mustard, 9 Yellow, 2 Mustard, 12 Yellow, 3 Mustard, 4 Yellow, 14 Navy
  17. Row 17 (RS): 13 Navy, 6 Yellow, 1 Mustard, 11 Yellow, 4 Mustard, 10 Yellow, 3 Mustard, 16 Navy
  18. Row 18 (WS): 15 Navy, 2 Mustard, 13 Yellow, 2 Mustard, 12 Yellow, 1 Mustard, 6 Yellow, 13 Navy
  19. Row 19 (RS): 12 Navy, 7 Yellow, 2 Mustard, 27 Yellow, 2 Mustard, 14 Navy
  20. Row 20 (WS): 13 Navy, 1 Cream, 2 Mustard, 27 Yellow, 2 Mustard, 6 Yellow, 1 Mustard, 12 Navy
  21. Row 21 (RS): 12 Navy, 1 Mustard, 6 Yellow, 2 Mustard, 27 Yellow, 3 Mustard, 1 Cream, 12 Navy
  22. Row 22 (WS): 12 Navy, 4 Mustard, 27 Yellow, 3 Mustard, 4 Yellow, 3 Mustard, 8 Navy, 1 Cream, 2 Navy
  23. Row 23 (RS): 10 Navy, 5 Mustard, 2 Yellow, 3 Mustard, 25 Yellow, 5 Mustard, 1 Yellow, 1 Mustard, 1 Cream, 11 Navy
  24. Row 24 (WS): 11 Navy, 1 Mustard, 3 Yellow, 4 Mustard, 25 Yellow, 5 Mustard, 1 Yellow, 4 Mustard, 10 Navy
  25. Row 25 (RS): 9 Navy, 4 Mustard, 16 Yellow, 5 Graphite, 18 Yellow, 1 Mustard, 1 Cream, 10 Navy
  26. Row 26 (WS): 10 Navy, 1 Mustard, 19 Yellow, 6 Graphite, 16 Yellow, 3 Mustard, 9 Navy
  27. Row 27 (RS): 9 Navy, 3 Mustard, 15 Yellow, 8 Graphite, 18 Yellow, 1 Mustard, 1 Cream, 9 Navy
  28. Row 28 (WS): 9 Navy, 1 Cream, 18 Yellow, 1 Gray, 8 Graphite, 16 Yellow, 3 Mustard, 8 Navy
  29. Row 29 (RS): 8 Navy, 3 Mustard, 16 Yellow, 9 Graphite, 19 Yellow, 1 Cream, 8 Navy
  30. Row 30 (WS): 8 Navy, 1 Cream, 18 Yellow, 1 Gray, 9 Graphite, 16 Yellow, 3 Mustard, 8 Navy
  31. Row 31 (RS): 7 Navy, 3 Mustard, 17 Yellow, 9 Graphite, 1 Gray, 18 Yellow, 1 Cream, 8 Navy
  32. Row 32 (WS): 8 Navy, 1 Cream, 18 Yellow, 1 Gray, 3 Graphite, 1 Cream, 2 Graphite, 1 Cream, 3 Graphite, 16 Yellow, 3 Mustard, 7 Navy
  33. Row 33 (RS): 7 Navy, 3 Mustard, 15 Yellow, 4 Graphite, 1 Cream, 2 Gray, 1 Cream, 4 Graphite, 18 Yellow, 2 Cream, 7 Navy
  34. Row 34 (WS): 7 Navy, 1 Cream, 18 Yellow, 4 Graphite, 1 Gray, 4 Graphite, 1 Gray, 3 Graphite, 7 Yellow, 1 Graphite, 7 Yellow, 3 Mustard, 7 Navy
  35. Row 35 (RS): 7 Navy, 3 Mustard, 7 Yellow, 2 Graphite, 4 Yellow, 16 Graphite, 4 Yellow, 2 Graphite, 1 Gray, 10 Yellow, 1 Cream, 7 Navy
  36. Row 36 (WS): 7 Navy, 1 Cream, 10 Yellow, 8 Graphite, 3 Cream, 7 Graphite, 3 Cream, 9 Graphite, 7 Yellow, 2 Mustard, 7 Navy
  37. Row 37 (RS): 7 Navy, 2 Mustard, 7 Yellow, 8 Graphite, 5 Cream, 5 Graphite, 5 Cream, 7 Graphite, 1 Gray, 9 Yellow, 1 Cream, 7 Navy
  38. Row 38 (WS): 4 Navy, 1 Cream, 2 Navy, 1 Cream, 9 Yellow, 8 Graphite, 2 Cream, 2 Graphite, 1 Cream, 5 Graphite, 1 Cream, 2 Graphite, 2 Cream, 9 Graphite, 6 Yellow, 2 Mustard, 7 Navy
  39. Row 39 (RS): 7 Navy, 2 Mustard, 5 Yellow, 10 Graphite, 2 Cream, 2 Graphite, 1 Cream, 5 Graphite, 1 Cream, 2 Graphite, 2 Cream, 9 Graphite, 8 Yellow, 1 Cream, 1 Navy, 3 Cream, 3 Navy
  40. Row 40 (WS): 4 Navy, 1 Cream, 2 Navy, 1 Cream, 3 Yellow, 14 Graphite, 5 Cream, 5 Graphite, 5 Cream, 15 Graphite, 2 Mustard, 7 Navy
  41. Row 41 (RS): 7 Navy, 2 Mustard, 1 Yellow, 15 Graphite, 3 Cream, 7 Graphite, 3 Cream, 1 Gray, 14 Graphite, 1 Gray, 2 Yellow, 1 Cream, 7 Navy
  42. Row 42 (WS): 7 Navy, 1 Cream, 3 Yellow, 1 Gray, 11 Graphite, 1 Gray, 1 Yellow, 1 Gray, 14 Graphite, 3 Gray, 11 Graphite, 1 Yellow, 2 Mustard, 4 Navy, 1 Cream, 2 Navy
  43. Row 43 (RS): 1 Navy, 3 Cream, 3 Navy, 2 Mustard, 1 Yellow, 9 Graphite, 3 Gray, 2 Yellow, 14 Graphite, 1 Gray, 3 Yellow, 1 Gray, 9 Graphite, 1 Gray, 3 Yellow, 1 Cream, 7 Navy
  44. Row 44 (WS): 7 Navy, 1 Cream, 3 Yellow, 1 Gray, 7 Graphite, 1 Gray, 5 Yellow, 1 Gray, 14 Graphite, 4 Yellow, 3 Gray, 7 Graphite, 3 Mustard, 4 Navy, 1 Cream, 2 Navy
  45. Row 45 (RS): 7 Navy, 3 Mustard, 6 Graphite, 2 Gray, 6 Yellow, 5 Graphite, 5 Gray, 4 Graphite, 1 Gray, 7 Yellow, 1 Gray, 5 Graphite, 1 Gray, 3 Yellow, 8 Navy
  46. Row 46 (WS): 8 Navy, 1 Cream, 2 Yellow, 1 Gray, 4 Graphite, 1 Gray, 8 Yellow, 1 Gray, 3 Graphite, 6 Yellow, 1 Gray, 4 Graphite, 7 Yellow, 3 Gray, 4 Graphite, 2 Mustard, 8 Navy
  47. Row 47 (RS): 8 Navy, 2 Mustard, 3 Graphite, 2 Gray, 9 Yellow, 3 Graphite, 2 Gray, 6 Yellow, 3 Graphite, 1 Gray, 10 Yellow, 1 Gray, 3 Graphite, 2 Yellow, 1 Cream, 8 Navy
  48. Row 48 (WS): 8 Navy, 1 Cream, 2 Yellow, 2 Graphite, 1 Gray, 11 Yellow, 3 Graphite, 8 Yellow, 2 Gray, 2 Graphite, 10 Yellow, 3 Gray, 2 Graphite, 1 Mustard, 8 Navy
  49. Row 49 (RS): 9 Navy, 1 Graphite, 2 Gray, 12 Yellow, 1 Graphite, 2 Gray, 10 Yellow, 2 Graphite, 13 Yellow, 1 Graphite, 1 Gray, 1 Yellow, 9 Navy
  50. Row 50 (WS): 9 Navy, 1 Cream, 14 Yellow, 1 Gray, 1 Graphite, 12 Yellow, 1 Gray, 14 Yellow, 1 Gray, 2 Graphite, 8 Navy
  51. Row 51 (RS): 9 Navy, 1 Gray, 1 Mustard, 13 Yellow, 1 Gray, 14 Yellow, 1 Gray, 14 Yellow, 10 Navy
  52. Row 52 (WS): 2 Navy, 1 Cream, 7 Navy, 1 Cream, 41 Yellow, 2 Mustard, 10 Navy
  53. Row 53 (RS): 10 Navy, 2 Mustard, 41 Yellow, 1 Cream, 10 Navy
  54. Row 54 (WS): 11 Navy, 1 Cream, 39 Yellow, 2 Mustard, 11 Navy
  55. Row 55 (RS): 11 Navy, 1 Cream, 1 Mustard, 35 Yellow, 1 Mustard, 3 Yellow, 1 Cream, 11 Navy
  56. Row 56 (WS): 12 Navy, 1 Cream, 2 Yellow, 1 Mustard, 34 Yellow, 2 Mustard, 12 Navy
  57. Row 57 (RS): 13 Navy, 2 Mustard, 33 Yellow, 2 Mustard, 1 Cream, 13 Navy
  58. Row 58 (WS): 13 Navy, 1 Cream, 3 Mustard, 31 Yellow, 2 Mustard, 1 Cream, 13 Navy
  59. Row 59 (RS): 14 Navy, 1 Cream, 1 Mustard, 4 Yellow, 1 Mustard, 25 Yellow, 3 Mustard, 1 Cream, 14 Navy
  60. Row 60 (WS): 9 Navy, 1 Graphite, 5 Navy, 6 Mustard, 22 Yellow, 1 Mustard, 4 Yellow, 1 Cream, 7 Navy, 1 Graphite, 7 Navy
  61. Row 61 (RS): 3 Navy, 1 Graphite, 1 Navy, 5 Graphite, 1 Navy, 1 Graphite, 4 Navy, 1 Cream, 2 Yellow, 2 Mustard, 24 Yellow, 2 Mustard, 1 Cream, 1 Graphite, 4 Navy, 3 Graphite, 4 Navy, 1 Graphite, 3 Navy
  62. Row 62 (WS): 3 Navy, 2 Graphite, 1 Navy, 7 Graphite, 1 Navy, 2 Graphite, 1 Navy, 2 Cream, 24 Yellow, 4 Mustard, 4 Navy, 11 Graphite, 2 Navy
  63. Row 63 (RS): 2 Navy, 2 Graphite, 1 Navy, 2 Graphite, 1 Navy, 2 Graphite, 1 Navy, 2 Graphite, 5 Navy, 3 Mustard, 23 Yellow, 2 Cream, 2 Navy, 13 Graphite, 3 Navy
  64. Row 64 (WS): 2 Navy, 3 Graphite, 2 Navy, 2 Graphite, 1 Navy, 2 Graphite, 2 Navy, 3 Graphite, 3 Navy, 2 Cream, 20 Yellow, 2 Cream, 6 Navy, 2 Graphite, 2 Navy, 1 Graphite, 3 Navy, 1 Graphite, 2 Navy, 2 Graphite, 1 Navy
  65. Row 65 (RS): 1 Navy, 1 Graphite, 11 Navy, 1 Graphite, 8 Navy, 2 Cream, 16 Yellow, 2 Cream, 5 Navy, 2 Graphite, 3 Navy, 1 Graphite, 3 Navy, 1 Graphite, 3 Navy, 2 Graphite, 2 Navy
  66. Row 66 (WS): 1 Navy, 2 Graphite, 13 Navy, 2 Graphite, 6 Navy, 3 Cream, 9 Yellow, 4 Cream, 24 Navy
  67. Row 67 (RS): 27 Navy, 10 Cream, 9 Navy, 1 Graphite, 15 Navy, 1 Graphite, 1 Navy
  68. Row 68 (WS): 64 Navy
  69. Row 69 (RS): 64 Navy
  70. Row 70 (WS): 64 Navy
  71. Row 71 (RS): 32 Navy, 1 Cream, 31 Navy
  72. Row 72 (WS): 14 Navy, 1 Cream, 15 Navy, 3 Cream, 25 Navy, 1 Cream, 5 Navy
  73. Row 73 (RS): 32 Navy, 1 Cream, 31 Navy
  74. Row 74 (WS): 64 Navy

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