A gorgeous spring inspired crochet heart with a lot of potential!
As February draws to a close, we find ourselves at a unique juncture – bidding farewell to winter’s chill while eagerly anticipating the arrival of spring’s warmth. With Valentine’s Day serving as a delightful midpoint, this month has been a celebration of love, creativity, and the promise of new beginnings.
Valentine’s Day, often associated with chocolates, roses, and heartfelt sentiments, also presents an opportunity for crafters to showcase their skills and shower their loved ones with handmade gifts. Crochet enthusiasts, in particular, relish in the chance to create unique and personalized tokens of affection.
So if you are looking for a nice and quick pattern as a gift-a free crochet heart pattern-here’s what you need!
For the base of this pattern, I used my Elloth Granny Square which is FREE on the blog. Find it HERE.
Special thanks to my testers: Mirjam Annaars, Cheryl Freeman, Jo Harvey, Becky Hummel, Ginny Kamph-White and Zannah Söderlind
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Difficulty: Intermediate
Size: 5.5” /14 cm
Materials needed:
- 4 mm (F) size hook (I used Silver Metal Streamline by Furls)
- Paintbox Yarns Cotton DK in the following shades and quantities:
- Daffodil Yellow-422 2 grams (5 metres/5.5 yards) (C1)
- Paper White-401 5 grams (12.5 metres/13.75 yards) (C2)
- Washed teal-433 3 grams (7.5 metres/8.25 yards) (C3)
- Dusty Rose-442 7 grams (17.5 metres/19.25 yards) (C4)
Total: 17 grams
Total yardage: approx. 42.5 metres/ 46.75 yards
- Yarn needle for weaving in ends
- Scissors
- Stitch markers (optional)
Stitches Used and Abbreviations:
MR = magic ring
CH = chain
SK = skip
ST/STS= stitch/ stitches
SLST = slip stitch
SK = skip
SP = space
SC = single crochet
SC = single crochet spiked stitch
HDC = half double crochet
DC = double crochet
TR = treble crochet
Popcorn ST= popcorn stitch
{ } =indicates how many stitches go into the same stitch or used to repeat a small set of instructions between these brackets the number of times given
Special Stitches:
Single Crochet Spike Stitch (SC Spike ST):
Insert your hook in indicated stitch below, yarn over, pull through and leave the loop a bit longer, yarn over and finish your single crochet as usual.
Popcorn Stitch (Popcorn ST):
(Video help of how I make the Popcorn stitch: https://youtube.com/shorts/HXwLS5BDkcs?feature=share (in the video, I worked 5 DC stitches but in this pattern you only have to make 4))
Work 4 double crochet (DC) stitches in the same stitch. Drop the loop from your hook and insert your hook from front to back under the top 2 loops of the first double crochet of the group. Grab the dropped loop with your hook and pull it through the stitch, chain 1 to close. (chain 1 doesn’t count as a stitch)
Gauge: not critical for this project but may affect the yarn quantities required
Additional notes:
- CH 1 does not count as a stitch, unless stated otherwise.
- US terms used throughout.
- At the end of every round, there’s going to be a note with the stitch count, so you can keep track of your work easily and avoid any mistakes. It’s written in a different color, in bold.
- Notes are written in a different color in (brackets) to help you through the pattern or indicate which stitches to work into or skip.
Instructions
To start: With C1 (Daffodil Yellow) MR
Round 1: CH 1, 12 DC into the ring, join with a SLST to first DC.
Fasten off.
(12 DC)
Round 2: Join C2 (Paper White) in any DC of last round, CH 1, 1 Popcorn ST in same ST, (Alternatively, you can join with a standing DC and make your first Popcorn stitch that way) (Pic 1), CH 2, [1 Popcorn ST in next ST (Pic 2), CH 2] 11 times, join with a SLST to first Popcorn ST. (Pic 3)
Fasten off.
(12 Popcorn STS, 12 x CH 2 SP)
Round 3: Join C3 (Washed Teal) with a standing DC (video help of how to make a standing double crochet: https://youtu.be/mE51DQl8TpY) in any CH 2 SP of last round (Pic 1), 2 DC in same SP (Pic 2), SK next ST (Popcorn ST), [3 DC in next CH 2 SP (Pic 3), SK next ST (Popcorn ST)] 11 times, join with a SLST to first DC. (Pic 4)
Fasten off.
(36 DC)
Round 4: Join C1 (Daffodil Yellow) with a standing SC (video help of how to make a standing single crochet: https://youtu.be/U8_NjvR30vs) in any SP between the 3 DC groups (Pic 1), 1 SC in next 3 STS (note: the SC between the 3 DC groups might hide the first ST) (Pic 2), [1 SC in SP between the 3 DC groups (Pic 3), 1 SC in next 3 STS] 11 times, join with a SLST to first SC.(Pic 4)
Fasten off.
(48 SC)
Round 5: Join C3 (Washed Teal) with a standing SC in any SC between the 3 DC groups from previous round (Pic 1), SK 3 STS, 9 TR in next ST (Pic 2), SK 3 STS, 1 SC in next 5 STS (Pic 3), SK 3 STS, 9 TR in next ST (Pic 4), SK 3 STS, 1 SC in next 10 STS (Pic 5), 1 HDC in next 2 STS (Pic 6), 2 DC in next ST (Pic 7), 1 DC in next ST (Pic 8), {1 DC, CH 1, 1 DC} in next ST (Pic 9), 1 DC in next ST, 2 DC in next ST, 1 HDC in next 2 STS (Pic 10), 1 SC in next 9 STS (Pic 11), join with a SLST to first SC. (Pic 12)
Fasten off.
(25 SC, 4 HDC, 8 DC, 2 x 9 TR Shells, 1 x CH 1 SP)
Round 6: Join C4 (Dusty Rose) with a standing SC in the 2nd last ST of last round (That’s the 3rd SC to the right from the first TR Shell) (Pic 1), SK 2 STS, 2 DC in next 9 STS (Pic 2), SK 2 STS, 1 SC in next ST (Pic 3), SK 2 STS, 2 DC in next 9 STS (Pic 4), SK 2 STS, 1 SC in next 8 STS (Pic 5), 1 HDC in next 6 STS (Pic 7), {2 HDC, CH 1, 2 HDC} in next CH 1 SP (Pic 8), 1 HDC in next 6 STS, 1 SC in next 7 STS (Pic 9), join with a SLST to first SC. (Pic 10)
Fasten off.
(17 SC, 16 HDC, 36 DC, 1 x CH 1 SP)
Round 7: Join C2 (Paper White) with a SLST in the first ST of last round, {CH 1, SLST in next ST} 18 times (Pics 1-3) (Video help: https://youtube.com/shorts/OkYq4rw-A5Y?si=KLnNptDjWscYn1Nx), 1 SC Spike ST in the center DC of the 3 DC group below from Round 3 (Pic 4) (Note: you don’t work into the SC in this round as the SC Spike ST is enclosing it), {SLST in next ST, CH 1} 34 times (Pic 5), SLST in CH 1 SP (Pic 6), CH 1, {SLST in next ST, CH 1} 15 times (Pic 7), join with a SLST to first SLST. (Pic 8)
(1 SC Spike ST, 69 SLST, 69 x CH 1 SP)
Fasten off and weave in all ends.
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