Plant Pillows

Step 3 Creating the ties

The next step involves creating the bottom tie. Cut 6 pieces of yarn that are approx. 30 inches long. You can adjust the length of the ties to be longer or shorter if you know the circumference of where you’re going to tie your plant pillow. Put three pieces of the yarn aside for the top tie. Take the body of the plant pillow that you knit in the first step and fold it with the purl side inwards — this should be the 24th row. Take one of the pieces of the yarn and thread the darning needle. You want to loosely stitch three of the pieces of yarns through the width of the body pillow at the bottom fold. You can use the stitches themselves if you want an even look — I weave the yarn in and out every two stitches.

Make sure that you’ve got even “tails” of yarn on either side. Braid the three pieces of yarn together on either side and secure the ends with a tight knot. I’ve found that it helps to put something heavy on the plant pillow to hold it in place while I braid. Once you’ve tied the knot, you can clip the lose ends for a cleaner look.