Knit a Giant Body Pillow Cover

I like to sleep with a body pillow and have done so for years. I’ve sewn a few different pillowcases for my pillow through the years, but I never would have thought to knit a cover for a body pillow.

But now that I’ve seen the knit body pillow from Lion Brand Yarn, I’m a little bit tempted to try it (though maybe not for sleeping).

The Ridge Line Body Pillow knitting pattern uses Lion Brand Cover Story yarn, which is a super bulky polyester yarn.

It is worked flat in one piece, from one short side down the length and up the other side. The project uses alternating sections of stockinette stitch and seed stitch.

The finished pillow cover comes out to about 50 inches/127 cm long and 36 inches/91.5 cm around. The basic Amazon body pillow is 20 by 54 inches (so about 51 by 137 cm) but you could adjust the length pretty easily if you want to use a standard pillow instead of stuffing your pillow form with polyfil.

That’s what I would do, and I might also add a zipper to the end instead of sewing the short ends together so that the cover is removable and washable. If you’ve never added a zipper to a knitting project before, I have a tutorial on the subject, and it’s actually pretty easy, though I do recommend hand sewing.

And of course you don’t have to use all the same color yarn if you don’t want to. If you have super bulky odd balls in your stash, feel free to mix it up with stripes. Or you can try holding a couple strands of worsted weight yarn together to make a mix that uses even more of your leftover yarns. Just remember the finished project will need to be washed in whatever way your most delicate yarn used can handle.

Whatever way you want to make it, you can grab the free pattern and/or a pattern kit with the yarn over at Lion Brand.

[Photo: Lion Brand]

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The felted slipper craze that began last year doesn’t seem like it’s fading away. The Sailor Slippers, often striped knit and felted slippers made with super bulky yarn, because the project of the moment late last year (check out more knit slipper options in this post all about sailor slippers) and they’re still consistently popular with knitters.

Which makes sense because they are fun and fast to knit, and seeing them go from this giant thing to something that actually fits a foot feels a little magical.

I have always loved felting (in fact my first book was about felting knitting) and it’s always fun for me to see people rediscover this technique.

If you’ve knit enough plain slippers to fit all the feet you know, maybe it’s time to stitch up some tabi style slippers instead.

Maymade Knits has designed these cute tabi ballerina slippers, made with bulky yarn and felted. They’re worked flat at first and then in rounds, and are available in 10 EU sizes (the Internet tells me add 31 to your American shoe size to get your EU size). The designer says the slippers are meant to have a close fit and you should choose a size a little smaller than your foot for the ideal fit.

The pattern includes a video tutorial along with the written pattern.

You can grab this pattern on Ravelry. The same designer has her own version of the striped felted slipper as well, called Sarah’s Striped Slippers. These are worked in super bulky yarn and have a contrasting foot and a striped body. These are knit flat and seamed and there are 7 size options available. Check that pattern out here if you’re looking for a more traditional slipper shape. They also look roomier so you can wear them with socks if you like.

[Photo: Maymade Knits]

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