Thin Chair Cushions

My parents are moving into the house across the street from me. Their home of over 30 years is too much for them to take care of and a bit far for me to visit and help out every day. I've got my own house I can't keep up with, after all.

We're trying to start them over with as clean a slate as we can. New couch, new beds and matress, and a new dining set. As frugally as possible, of course. 

I found an inexpensive table and chair set online, dumped it out of the box, and eventually got the giant thousand- piece-puzzle put together.  The butt cushion is firm, but comfortable, but the back is made of very cold, very hard metal bars. The seat of the chair isn't very deep, so I didn't think your traditional tufted chair cushion would work. You'd be literally sitting on the edge of your seat.

I thought about a chair cover made from fabric, but if I could feel the bars through my t-shirt, that wasn't going to be good enough either. I needed something thicker and dove into my yarn stash to see if crochet was the answer. (Side note: Crochet is almost always the answer.) I surfaced with an off-white ball of thick, squishy blanket yarn that once had a dream to become a moon pillow. 

First I tried a square motif with a 3D flower sticking off of it.  It looked nice, but was lumpy to lean on. I then tried a basic granny square, but it turned out too basic, and a little wonky.  I wanted something fancier so I did a search for lace squares.  Finally I found a motif that wasn't too busy or too basic....just right, Goldilocks. 

This is the final result and the resources I used.

The yarn I used was Bernat Blanket in the color Birch. The hook was a 9.00mm or M.

The YouTube tutorial I followed was by the brilliant NotikaLand Crochet and Knitting. Video titled "CROCHET EASY Crochet Granny Square Lace Motif #4 for beginners" Motif Tutorial Link

A simple chain stitch cord probably would have been fine, but I wanted the ties to be soft and squishy too. I found this genius YouTube tutorial by GratiaProject titled "Crochet Cord Tutorial | Simple,  Fast, Easy" Crochet Cord Tutorial. This is how I'll be doing all of my cords from now on. It takes a little forethought in planing for how long you need the finished cord to be, but so much easier than removing loops from your hook the way other crochet cords are done. 

Simple little crochet project, but fit the need perfectly. I think it looks pretty classy too.