Fair and square

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Emma Leith’s checkerboard squares use the entrelac method, so you build up as

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Simply Crochet Magazine

15 April 2025

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All in the detail

■ Scheepjes Cahlista (100% cotton, 50g/85m) 6 balls of Yarn A Ultramarine (124) 1 ball of Yarn B Lime Juice (392) ■ Scheepjes Twinkle (75% cotton, 25% polyester, 50g/130m) 1 ball of each: Yarn C Pink

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Square play

■ Scheepjes Cahlista (100% cotton, 15g/25.5m) 109 ball colour pack ■ Scheepjes Cahlista (100% cotton, 50g/85m) 14 balls of Old Lace (130) ■ A 4mm (G/6) hook ■ Stitch markers For yarn stockists contact

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Pride of place

■ King Cole Cottonsoft DK (100% cotton, 100g/210m) 2 balls of Black (746) 1 ball of each: Candy Floss (3462) Coral (1574) Cherry (719) Sage (1576) Ecru (711) ■ A 3mm (US C/2 or D/3) hook ■ A dowel, 50

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Chevron chic

■ Yarn & Colors Epic (100% cotton, 50g/75m) 2 balls of Deep Cerise (034) 1 ball of each: Cantaloupe (016) Orange (020) Fiery Orange (022) Coral (041) Blossom (045) Orchid (052) Jade Gravel (073) ■ A 4

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Honey, i’m home

Notes The cushion is knitted in the round using the colourwork technique. Just two colours in a round. Strand the colour not in use. Keep your tension loose. Carry colours not in use up the side, catc

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Easy being green

■ Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino (55% wool, 33% acrylic, 12% cashmere, 50g/125m) Yarn A Citrus (18) ■ Any lace weight yarn Yarn B used doubled for all sizes See table for yarn quantities and measurement