Mabel is a cushion designed by Sarah London.  When I first saw the pattern on her blog I knew I’d need to make it – those changing rows of colour!  That groovy looped chain feature!

I mainly used yarns from stash, but they’re all 100% wool, in 8 ply. A couple are by Biggan Design and the rest are Spotlight/Moda Vera 8 ply Basics (which is a great low priced wool terrific for cushions and blankets, and the colour range is excellent at the moment).  The back is all in one colour.

The couch in the sewing room is rapidly filling up with crocheted cushions now! All the better to hide the ghastly fabric covering the couch (it came to me with hubby over 12 years ago and as much as I love him, I don’t love the look of the couch). I squeezed a square cushion insert into the cushion because I didn’t have a round one handy – a round one would have been much better (shall be ordering some for future cushion creation).

Cushions are so satisfying to crochet – functional, a great way to play with colour, portable, yet finishable (I’m yet to complete last year’s CAL afghan).