Floral Fever Cushion in Rowan Pure Wool Superwash Worsted - ZB299-00007-FR - Downloadable PDF

Floral Fever Cushion by Chloe Thurlow – Rowan Pure Wool Superwash Worsted Pattern Summary

The Floral Fever Cushion is an original knitting design by Chloe Thurlow, published by Rowan and available as a downloadable PDF (pattern reference ZB299-00007-FR). This charming home accessory project produces a decorative cushion cover featuring a bold floral construction, made up of individually knitted petals that are assembled together to create a striking flower face on each side of the cushion. The finished cushion measures 30 x 30 cm, making it a neat, square decorative piece suitable for sofas, armchairs, or bedroom styling.

What Is Being Made

The pattern creates a cushion cover with a three-dimensional floral design. Rather than knitting a flat panel, the knitter works 10 individual petals separately, then assembles them into two flower faces — five petals per side. The two completed flower faces are then joined together with the cushion pad inserted inside. A square cushion pad is required in addition to the knitted cover and is not supplied with the pattern.

Design Details and Construction

The construction of the Floral Fever Cushion is distinctive and sculptural. Each petal is knitted individually from the base upward, beginning with a cast-on of just 2 stitches and gradually increasing to create the rounded petal shape, before decreasing back down to a point at the tip. This shaping gives each petal a natural, organic silhouette reminiscent of a real flower bloom.

• 10 petals are knitted in total — 5 for the front face and 5 for the back face of the cushion.
• Each petal is shaped using a combination of increases and decreases, worked symmetrically on right-side rows.
• Markers are placed on the last row before the decrease section begins, helping the knitter identify the correct point for seaming during finishing.
• Once all petals are complete, 5 petals are assembled using an invisible seam along the sides, from the cast-on edge up to the markers, with the centre closed at the cast-on point to form one complete flower face.
• The process is repeated for the second set of 5 petals to create the reverse side.
• The two flower faces are then placed wrong sides together, and the tops of the petals are joined, with the cushion pad inserted before the seam is fully closed.

Techniques Used

This pattern is rated as intermediate difficulty, making it well suited to knitters who are comfortable with basic shaping and finishing techniques but looking to develop their skills further. The construction method — knitting individual shaped pieces and assembling them — requires confidence with seaming and spatial awareness of how the components come together.

• Increasing: The pattern uses both make 1 (M1) increases and lifted increases within the row to shape each petal symmetrically as it widens from the cast-on edge.
• Decreasing: Paired decreases are used to taper the petal toward its tip — including k2tog (knit 2 together) and p2tog (purl 2 together) worked on both right-side and wrong-side rows for a neat, mirrored reduction.
• Invisible seaming: The finishing instructions specify assembling the petals using an invisible seam (also known as mattress stitch), which creates a neat, near-seamless join along the sides of each petal.
• Casting on and binding off: Each petal begins with a simple cast-on of 2 stitches, and the pattern includes both standard bind-offs and staged bind-offs at the tip of the petal to create a clean, tapered finish.
• Blocking and pressing: The finishing notes refer to pressing the finished pieces as described in the Rowan information sheet, which is standard practice for achieving the correct dimensions and a professional result with wool yarns.

Stitches Used

The body of each petal is worked predominantly in stocking stitch (stockinette stitch), with right-side rows worked in knit and wrong-side rows worked in purl. This smooth, classic fabric allows the shaped