Love Heart Tutorial

Please feel free to choose whatever coloured yarn you like as this is all about your own individuality. Please use a stitch marker or a different coloured strand of yarn so you don’t lose where you are in the crochet round. I cut a 3 inch piece of yarn in a different colour to the heart and insert that at the end of each round. To make this heart you will need the following tools.

Supplies:

DK Cotton Yarn/DK Acrylic Yarn

Polyester stuffing

Scissors and sewing needle

3.5mm crochet hook or hook of choice to suit the yarn you use

Skill Level: Beginner

Abbreviations:

sl st = slip stitch

sc = single crochet

inc = increase, 2 sc in one st

dec = decrease, 2 sc together

(..) = repeat the number in the brackets

[..] = total number of stitches

Top of heart (Make 2)

Part 1

R 1: 6sc in magic ring (MR) [6]

R 2: (inc) x 6 [12]

R 3: (1sc, inc) x 6 [18]

R 4 – R5: 18sc (2 rounds) [18]

Finish off (FO), cut the yarn and leave a long tail for sewing

Part 2

Do not cut the yarn on the last round

R 1: 6sc in mr [6]

R 2: (inc) x 6 [12]

R 3: (1sc, inc) x 6 [18]

R 4 – R5: 18sc (2 rounds) [18]

R 5: Join part 1 to part 2 to with 4 slip stitches (slst), 14sc (part 1), 14sc (part 2) [28]

R 6: 28sc [28]

R 7: (6sc, dec) x 4 [24]

R 8: (5sc, dec) x 4 [20]

R 9: (4sc, dec) x 4 [16]

Stuff with filling

R 10: (3sc, dec) x 4 [12]

Stuff with filling at this point

R 11: (2sc, dec) x 4 [8]

R 12: (1sc, dec) x 4 [4]

Now, finish off and leave a long tail to sew the last 4 stitches and close the hole.

Congratulations, you have made a love heart!

Get creative with your love hearts, I make numerous ones in different sizes and colours. Here are a few ideas for you!