The Entrelac Check Pillow is a bold piece of home décor. The modern checkered design offers limitless color options. This is a great pattern to learn the Entrelac method of Tunisian crochet. For week one of the Entrelac Check Pillow, you will be gathering your supplies, making your gauge swatch, and beginning the center of your pillow panels. Each week be sure to complete the instructions for both the front and the back panels.

Supplies
Size 6.00 mm Furls Tunisian Crochet Hook
Scissors
2 Skeins Lion Brand Heartland Grand Canyon
2 Skeins Lion Brand Heartland Great Smokey Mountains
Or worsted weight Equivalent, 540 yards MC and 270 yards CC
Pillow insert – 19” x 19”

Finished Size
19” x 19”

Gauge
8 TSS x 7 rows = 1.75”

Notes
Pattern uses the Entrelac method of Tunisian crochet.
Squares are first worked from the center out, with the corners filled in.
Front and back panels are the same.
In the sample, Grand Canyon (beige) is the MC and Great Smokey Mountains (grey) is the CC.

Skill Level
Intermediate

Abbreviations
ch chain
slst slip stitch
FwdP forward pass
RetP return pass
Tss tunisian simple stitch
YO yarn over
MC main color
CC contrast color