Cushion panel: Tapestry Crochet Colorwork Generator

Two frames with a quiet center

This eighteen-by-eighteen study uses two nested one-stitch frames on cream fabric. The outside teal frame sits one cell inside the boundary, and the rust frame sits four cells inside it. The remaining center is cream. The design question is balancing a visible outer margin with an inner accent while preserving explicit row counts. It supplies decorative fabric for a separately planned cushion, not a complete cover with backing and closure.

Count frame corners once

The teal frame has an outside side length of sixteen cells. Its perimeter is four times sixteen minus four shared corner cells, giving sixty. The rust frame has side length ten and therefore thirty-six cells. The complete eighteen-square canvas has 324 cells, leaving 228 cream stitches. Adding four full side lengths without subtracting the shared corners would overcount each frame. Verify these independent values against the saved yarn budget.

Allow for the eventual seam honestly

The graph includes one cream boundary column outside teal on each side. If a cushion seam consumes that column, the visible margin changes. Decide how the actual seam and backing will work after measuring a washed sample. Do not assume there is additional hidden seam allowance. An eighteen-stitch panel is deliberately small enough for a trial; the number alone does not specify a commercial cushion size or a reliable yarn purchase.

Work horizontal and vertical frame sections

The lower cream row comes first, followed by a long teal run where the bottom frame lies. Later rows intersect the vertical sides as short separated teal runs, and then reach the rust frame. These are different yarn-management situations within one design. Keep supplies identifiable and use the written color order for each turn. When a frame's horizontal row arrives, count both corner positions once rather than adding extra stitches to turn a decorative corner.

Finish and inspect alignment

Complete eighteen rows with one uncounted turning chain at each new row. Fasten off and weave tails without tightening the long horizontal frame strands. Compare the cream margins and check that each rust side is the same number of cells from its corresponding teal side. A bowed physical line may come from carry tension; a shifted line in the matrix needs a color-placement repair. Measure the relaxed panel before planning a backing, seam, edging or closure.

Questions and common errors

Are these border rounds?

No. Both frames are colors inside flat rows. There are no corner increases or joined rounds in this project.

Why do four sixteen-cell sides exceed sixty?

Each corner would be counted twice. The perimeter formula subtracts the four duplicates.

Can I enlarge the cream center only?

That changes the inner frame spacing. Author a new full-size graph and verify both perimeters and the desired seam allowance.

Exact parameters and complete pattern

Set width 18 stitches and height 18 rows, with US terminology. The palette and visible stitch budgets are yarn 1 #EEE4CF: 228 stitches; yarn 2 #214F5F: 60 stitches; yarn 3 #B65F3D: 36 stitches. These totals exclude carried lengths and tails. All 324 cells are worked once. In UK terminology every US sc below is dc; changing terminology preserves the graph.

Download the exact original project JSON and restore it in the Tapestry Crochet Colorwork Generator. The chart shows the bottom row first in the working order, the separate foundation and alternating arrows. Read the stitch-chart guide when comparing chart coordinates with the written route. Finish after the final row by fastening off and weaving all yarn ends; no border is included.

1. In the first listed working color, ch 19. Start in the second chain from hook. Read right to left: #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [18 stitches]
2. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read left to right: #EEE4CF, #214F5F, #214F5F, #214F5F, #214F5F, #214F5F, #214F5F, #214F5F, #214F5F, #214F5F, #214F5F, #214F5F, #214F5F, #214F5F, #214F5F, #214F5F, #214F5F, #EEE4CF. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [18 stitches]
3. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read right to left: #EEE4CF, #214F5F, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #214F5F, #EEE4CF. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [18 stitches]
4. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read left to right: #EEE4CF, #214F5F, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #214F5F, #EEE4CF. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [18 stitches]
5. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read right to left: #EEE4CF, #214F5F, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #B65F3D, #B65F3D, #B65F3D, #B65F3D, #B65F3D, #B65F3D, #B65F3D, #B65F3D, #B65F3D, #B65F3D, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #214F5F, #EEE4CF. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [18 stitches]
6. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read left to right: #EEE4CF, #214F5F, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #B65F3D, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #B65F3D, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #214F5F, #EEE4CF. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [18 stitches]
7. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read right to left: #EEE4CF, #214F5F, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #B65F3D, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #B65F3D, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #214F5F, #EEE4CF. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [18 stitches]
8. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read left to right: #EEE4CF, #214F5F, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #B65F3D, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #B65F3D, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #214F5F, #EEE4CF. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [18 stitches]
9. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read right to left: #EEE4CF, #214F5F, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #B65F3D, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #B65F3D, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #214F5F, #EEE4CF. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [18 stitches]
10. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read left to right: #EEE4CF, #214F5F, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #B65F3D, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #B65F3D, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #214F5F, #EEE4CF. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [18 stitches]
11. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read right to left: #EEE4CF, #214F5F, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #B65F3D, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #B65F3D, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #214F5F, #EEE4CF. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [18 stitches]
12. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read left to right: #EEE4CF, #214F5F, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #B65F3D, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #B65F3D, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #214F5F, #EEE4CF. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [18 stitches]
13. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read right to left: #EEE4CF, #214F5F, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #B65F3D, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #B65F3D, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #214F5F, #EEE4CF. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [18 stitches]
14. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read left to right: #EEE4CF, #214F5F, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #B65F3D, #B65F3D, #B65F3D, #B65F3D, #B65F3D, #B65F3D, #B65F3D, #B65F3D, #B65F3D, #B65F3D, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #214F5F, #EEE4CF. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [18 stitches]
15. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read right to left: #EEE4CF, #214F5F, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #214F5F, #EEE4CF. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [18 stitches]
16. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read left to right: #EEE4CF, #214F5F, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #214F5F, #EEE4CF. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [18 stitches]
17. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read right to left: #EEE4CF, #214F5F, #214F5F, #214F5F, #214F5F, #214F5F, #214F5F, #214F5F, #214F5F, #214F5F, #214F5F, #214F5F, #214F5F, #214F5F, #214F5F, #214F5F, #214F5F, #EEE4CF. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [18 stitches]
18. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read left to right: #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF, #EEE4CF. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [18 stitches]