Crochet Papasan Chair Nest Cover and Crochet Egg Pillow
Introduction: Crochet Papasan Chair Nest Cover and Crochet Egg Pillow
They don't call me OCDmaker for nothing. A lot of Netflix time went into crocheting this papasan chair cover and egg pillow. This is part of my pandemic craft series. I received a free papasan chair with a slightly worn cushion cover. I had a blanket over it, then had the bright idea of turning it into a nest. Thought about sewing a cover in fleece and sewing on rows of fleece fringe to give the appearance of a nest. But then I realized I had a lot of yarn in the closet from past projects and projects that I never started. Figured this could use up some of that old yarn. Then of course, I wound up buying new yarn too, which kind of defeated the purpose, but I have a cool giant nest in my living room now.
I worked mostly with bulky yarn. I wanted to use yarn in a variety of textures in blues and greens. For the center of the nest I used 5 skeins of Lion Brand Hometown USA yarn in Fayetteville Frost, which is actually a super bulky yarn. I also used velvet yarns in different weights, Lion Brand Homespun yarns, and Bernat Blanket yarns. If you wanted to speed up the project, you could go ahead and use Bernat Blanket Big or Bernat Velvet Plus yarns. 557
You'd just need to adjust the instructions to accommodate the bulkier yarns.
For the egg pillow I used Bernat Baby Velvet in Misty Green. I'm going to make a second pillow using Tiny Teal, but ran out of time before the contest deadline. I'm still planning on crocheting a second egg.
Supplies
For the nest:
This is a partial list of the yarns I used. I have yarns so old, I doubt if the manufacturers are still in business, others had lost their labels. This is a patchwork project, so use what you have and then maybe add a couple of new yarns.
Lion Brand Yarns Hometown USA - Fayetteville Frost - 5 skeins
Lion Brand Yarns Homespun - Windsor, Regency, Waterfall, Pesto - I'll say 1 skein each, but some were remnants so less than 1 skein
Bernat Blanket - Velveteal, Light Teal - 1 skein each
Barcelona Roving - Sage - 1 skein
Lion Brand Lion Chenille Sensations - Teal - maybe 3 skeins, I've had this yarn probably 15 years, it's a lighter weight yarn
Fun faux fur yarn - bright blue - I have no idea where I bought this
N/P 10.0 crochet hook
For the egg pillow:
1 yard lightweight fleece fabric approximately 58" wide - enough for 2 pillows
thread
polyester fiber fill
Bernat Baby Velvet - Misty Green - 3 skeins - Will be making second pillow using 3 skeins of Tiny Teal
J crochet hook
Step 1: Start Making Your Nest
Quick note before beginning: The side facing you is the backside, because the loops appear on the backside. I didn't realize when I started crocheting the nest. So in the beginning, the top loops of the DC's should appear on the back not the front. The correction is made in the instructions, but the photos above show the top loops on the front.
The cover is convex to conform to the bowl of the papasan chair. This chair was from CostPlus World Market, but I think papasan chairs are pretty standard dimensions.
Begin by creating a Magic Circle, Ch 1.
Row 1: 12 DC in Magic Circle. Join with Sl St to first DC.
Row 2: Ch 2, * 2 DC in front top loop of DC below, 1 DC in front top loop of next DC, repeat from * around. End with 1 DC in top of Ch 2, 18 DC.
Row 3-5: Repeat Row 2.
Row 6: Ch 2, * 2 DC in front top loop of DC below, 1 DC in front top loop of next 2 DC, repeat from * around. End with 1 DC in top of Ch 2.
Row 7: Ch 2, * 2 DC in front top loop of DC below, 1 DC in front top loop of next 4 DC, repeat from * around. End with 1 DC in top of Ch 2.
Row 8: Repeat Row 7.
Row 9: Ch 2, DC in front top loops of all DC. End with DC in top of Ch 2.
Row 10-14: Repeat Row 9.
Row 15 and 16: Repeat Row 7.
If you are using a super bulky yarn, you should have enough of a base worked so that you can start doing loop stitches. 557