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A square pillow with a waving cream pixel ghost against a near-black background, two orange pumpkins and small purple stars.

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Ghost 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 cream ghost with orange cheeks waves against a dark background, with a pumpkin in an upper corner, another at its feet, and purple stars all around. A thin silver shadow runs along one side of the ghost and under its wavy hem. Most rows are long runs of two colors with few color changes, and the stars and the two green stems are only a few stitches each, so check them against the chart. The finished pillow is friendly Halloween decor for a couch or a child's room.

The chart

The ghost pillow chart: 64 stitches by 74 rows in 6 yarns, with row and stitch numbers
  • Graphite 2988 stitches
  • Cream 1275 stitches
  • Orange 239 stitches
  • Silver 153 stitches
  • Purple 70 stitches
  • Green 11 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): 64 Graphite
  2. Row 2 (WS): 64 Graphite
  3. Row 3 (RS): 8 Graphite, 2 Orange, 11 Graphite, 1 Purple, 25 Graphite, 1 Purple, 4 Silver, 12 Graphite
  4. Row 4 (WS): 12 Graphite, 9 Silver, 20 Graphite, 3 Purple, 5 Graphite, 3 Orange, 1 Graphite, 4 Orange, 1 Graphite, 3 Orange, 3 Graphite
  5. Row 5 (RS): 3 Graphite, 3 Orange, 1 Graphite, 4 Orange, 1 Graphite, 3 Orange, 6 Graphite, 1 Purple, 10 Graphite, 4 Silver, 5 Graphite, 5 Silver, 4 Cream, 14 Graphite
  6. Row 6 (WS): 15 Graphite, 5 Cream, 4 Silver, 3 Graphite, 3 Cream, 3 Silver, 4 Graphite, 1 Silver, 1 Purple, 9 Graphite, 3 Orange, 1 Graphite, 6 Orange, 1 Graphite, 3 Orange, 2 Graphite
  7. Row 7 (RS): 2 Graphite, 3 Orange, 1 Graphite, 6 Orange, 1 Graphite, 3 Orange, 8 Graphite, 4 Silver, 3 Graphite, 2 Silver, 4 Cream, 2 Graphite, 3 Silver, 6 Cream, 16 Graphite
  8. Row 8 (WS): 17 Graphite, 6 Cream, 2 Silver, 1 Graphite, 6 Cream, 2 Silver, 1 Graphite, 3 Cream, 3 Silver, 7 Graphite, 3 Orange, 1 Graphite, 6 Orange, 1 Graphite, 3 Orange, 2 Graphite
  9. Row 9 (RS): 2 Graphite, 3 Orange, 1 Graphite, 6 Orange, 1 Graphite, 1 Cream, 2 Orange, 4 Silver, 3 Graphite, 2 Silver, 5 Cream, 2 Silver, 7 Cream, 2 Silver, 5 Cream, 18 Graphite
  10. Row 10 (WS): 18 Graphite, 6 Cream, 1 Silver, 7 Cream, 1 Silver, 6 Cream, 3 Silver, 1 Graphite, 3 Cream, 3 Silver, 1 Orange, 1 Cream, 1 Graphite, 6 Orange, 1 Graphite, 3 Orange, 2 Graphite
  11. Row 11 (RS): 2 Graphite, 3 Orange, 1 Graphite, 6 Orange, 1 Graphite, 2 Orange, 2 Silver, 4 Cream, 1 Graphite, 2 Silver, 7 Cream, 1 Silver, 13 Cream, 19 Graphite
  12. Row 12 (WS): 20 Graphite, 20 Cream, 1 Silver, 7 Cream, 2 Silver, 2 Orange, 1 Graphite, 4 Orange, 1 Graphite, 3 Orange, 3 Graphite
  13. Row 13 (RS): 4 Graphite, 2 Orange, 1 Graphite, 4 Orange, 1 Graphite, 2 Orange, 2 Silver, 7 Cream, 1 Silver, 20 Cream, 20 Graphite
  14. Row 14 (WS): 21 Graphite, 19 Cream, 1 Silver, 7 Cream, 2 Silver, 14 Graphite
  15. Row 15 (RS): 8 Graphite, 2 Green, 4 Graphite, 2 Silver, 27 Cream, 21 Graphite
  16. Row 16 (WS): 21 Graphite, 27 Cream, 2 Silver, 5 Graphite, 1 Green, 8 Graphite
  17. Row 17 (RS): 7 Graphite, 2 Green, 5 Graphite, 2 Silver, 26 Cream, 1 Purple, 21 Graphite
  18. Row 18 (WS): 22 Graphite, 26 Cream, 2 Silver, 6 Graphite, 1 Green, 7 Graphite
  19. Row 19 (RS): 14 Graphite, 2 Silver, 26 Cream, 22 Graphite
  20. Row 20 (WS): 22 Graphite, 26 Cream, 2 Silver, 14 Graphite
  21. Row 21 (RS): 14 Graphite, 1 Purple, 1 Silver, 26 Cream, 22 Graphite
  22. Row 22 (WS): 4 Graphite, 1 Purple, 3 Graphite, 1 Purple, 13 Graphite, 26 Cream, 1 Silver, 15 Graphite
  23. Row 23 (RS): 15 Graphite, 1 Silver, 26 Cream, 13 Graphite, 2 Purple, 1 Graphite, 2 Purple, 4 Graphite
  24. Row 24 (WS): 5 Graphite, 3 Purple, 15 Graphite, 25 Cream, 1 Silver, 15 Graphite
  25. Row 25 (RS): 15 Graphite, 1 Silver, 25 Cream, 14 Graphite, 5 Purple, 4 Graphite
  26. Row 26 (WS): 3 Graphite, 7 Purple, 13 Graphite, 24 Cream, 2 Silver, 15 Graphite
  27. Row 27 (RS): 16 Graphite, 1 Silver, 24 Cream, 16 Graphite, 1 Purple, 6 Graphite
  28. Row 28 (WS): 6 Graphite, 1 Purple, 12 Graphite, 2 Silver, 26 Cream, 1 Silver, 16 Graphite
  29. Row 29 (RS): 16 Graphite, 1 Silver, 28 Cream, 2 Silver, 17 Graphite
  30. Row 30 (WS): 16 Graphite, 31 Cream, 1 Silver, 16 Graphite
  31. Row 31 (RS): 16 Graphite, 2 Silver, 32 Cream, 14 Graphite
  32. Row 32 (WS): 13 Graphite, 33 Cream, 1 Silver, 17 Graphite
  33. Row 33 (RS): 17 Graphite, 1 Silver, 34 Cream, 12 Graphite
  34. Row 34 (WS): 12 Graphite, 33 Cream, 4 Silver, 15 Graphite
  35. Row 35 (RS): 13 Graphite, 4 Silver, 36 Cream, 11 Graphite
  36. Row 36 (WS): 11 Graphite, 38 Cream, 3 Silver, 12 Graphite
  37. Row 37 (RS): 11 Graphite, 3 Silver, 26 Cream, 7 Graphite, 5 Cream, 12 Graphite
  38. Row 38 (WS): 13 Graphite, 2 Cream, 9 Graphite, 27 Cream, 2 Silver, 11 Graphite
  39. Row 39 (RS): 11 Graphite, 1 Silver, 28 Cream, 24 Graphite
  40. Row 40 (WS): 7 Graphite, 1 Purple, 16 Graphite, 21 Cream, 4 Graphite, 2 Cream, 13 Graphite
  41. Row 41 (RS): 19 Graphite, 1 Silver, 20 Cream, 15 Graphite, 3 Purple, 6 Graphite
  42. Row 42 (WS): 7 Graphite, 1 Purple, 16 Graphite, 20 Cream, 1 Silver, 19 Graphite
  43. Row 43 (RS): 4 Graphite, 1 Purple, 14 Graphite, 2 Silver, 19 Cream, 24 Graphite
  44. Row 44 (WS): 24 Graphite, 19 Cream, 2 Silver, 13 Graphite, 3 Purple, 3 Graphite
  45. Row 45 (RS): 4 Graphite, 1 Purple, 15 Graphite, 1 Silver, 19 Cream, 24 Graphite
  46. Row 46 (WS): 24 Graphite, 2 Cream, 2 Orange, 12 Cream, 2 Orange, 1 Cream, 1 Silver, 20 Graphite
  47. Row 47 (RS): 20 Graphite, 1 Silver, 19 Cream, 24 Graphite
  48. Row 48 (WS): 24 Graphite, 19 Cream, 1 Silver, 20 Graphite
  49. Row 49 (RS): 20 Graphite, 2 Silver, 3 Cream, 2 Graphite, 6 Cream, 2 Graphite, 5 Cream, 24 Graphite
  50. Row 50 (WS): 24 Graphite, 4 Cream, 4 Graphite, 4 Cream, 4 Graphite, 2 Cream, 2 Silver, 20 Graphite
  51. Row 51 (RS): 20 Graphite, 2 Silver, 2 Cream, 4 Graphite, 4 Cream, 4 Graphite, 4 Cream, 24 Graphite
  52. Row 52 (WS): 24 Graphite, 4 Cream, 4 Graphite, 4 Cream, 4 Graphite, 2 Cream, 2 Silver, 20 Graphite
  53. Row 53 (RS): 20 Graphite, 2 Silver, 2 Cream, 2 Graphite, 1 Cream, 1 Graphite, 4 Cream, 2 Graphite, 1 Cream, 1 Graphite, 4 Cream, 24 Graphite
  54. Row 54 (WS): 10 Graphite, 2 Orange, 12 Graphite, 5 Cream, 2 Graphite, 6 Cream, 2 Graphite, 3 Cream, 2 Silver, 20 Graphite
  55. Row 55 (RS): 20 Graphite, 2 Silver, 18 Cream, 7 Graphite, 3 Orange, 1 Graphite, 4 Orange, 1 Graphite, 3 Orange, 5 Graphite
  56. Row 56 (WS): 4 Graphite, 3 Orange, 1 Graphite, 5 Orange, 1 Graphite, 4 Orange, 7 Graphite, 17 Cream, 1 Silver, 21 Graphite
  57. Row 57 (RS): 21 Graphite, 1 Silver, 17 Cream, 7 Graphite, 3 Orange, 1 Graphite, 6 Orange, 1 Graphite, 3 Orange, 4 Graphite
  58. Row 58 (WS): 3 Graphite, 4 Orange, 1 Graphite, 6 Orange, 1 Graphite, 4 Orange, 6 Graphite, 17 Cream, 1 Silver, 21 Graphite
  59. Row 59 (RS): 23 Graphite, 15 Cream, 7 Graphite, 4 Orange, 1 Graphite, 6 Orange, 1 Graphite, 4 Orange, 3 Graphite
  60. Row 60 (WS): 3 Graphite, 4 Orange, 1 Graphite, 6 Orange, 1 Graphite, 4 Orange, 7 Graphite, 15 Cream, 23 Graphite
  61. Row 61 (RS): 24 Graphite, 13 Cream, 8 Graphite, 4 Orange, 1 Graphite, 6 Orange, 1 Graphite, 1 Orange, 1 Cream, 2 Orange, 3 Graphite
  62. Row 62 (WS): 4 Graphite, 1 Orange, 1 Cream, 1 Orange, 1 Graphite, 6 Orange, 1 Graphite, 3 Orange, 10 Graphite, 11 Cream, 14 Graphite, 1 Purple, 3 Graphite, 1 Purple, 6 Graphite
  63. Row 63 (RS): 6 Graphite, 2 Purple, 1 Graphite, 2 Purple, 15 Graphite, 8 Cream, 12 Graphite, 3 Orange, 1 Graphite, 6 Orange, 1 Graphite, 3 Orange, 4 Graphite
  64. Row 64 (WS): 5 Graphite, 3 Orange, 1 Graphite, 4 Orange, 1 Graphite, 3 Orange, 15 Graphite, 4 Cream, 18 Graphite, 3 Purple, 7 Graphite
  65. Row 65 (RS): 6 Graphite, 5 Purple, 38 Graphite, 1 Orange, 2 Graphite, 2 Orange, 2 Graphite, 1 Orange, 7 Graphite
  66. Row 66 (WS): 28 Graphite, 1 Purple, 23 Graphite, 7 Purple, 5 Graphite
  67. Row 67 (RS): 8 Graphite, 1 Purple, 25 Graphite, 3 Purple, 15 Graphite, 2 Green, 10 Graphite
  68. Row 68 (WS): 11 Graphite, 2 Green, 15 Graphite, 1 Purple, 26 Graphite, 1 Purple, 8 Graphite
  69. Row 69 (RS): 51 Graphite, 1 Green, 12 Graphite
  70. Row 70 (WS): 64 Graphite
  71. Row 71 (RS): 64 Graphite
  72. Row 72 (WS): 64 Graphite
  73. Row 73 (RS): 64 Graphite
  74. Row 74 (WS): 64 Graphite

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