Seamless Heart Pattern By: Sara Lozzi (Ravelry: Sarloz)
Materials:
Scrap yarn Circular needles (1-2) or dpns 2 stitch holders NOTE: The size of the yarn and needles does not matter as long as you achieve a tight gauge, the thicker the yarn the bigger your heart. Using a bulky yarn will make a small pillow sized heart while using fingering yarn or crochet thread will give you a small heart that can be used to make a keychain, and worsted yarn will give you a heart that about fits in your palm.
Techniques need:
All these techniques can be learned by going to Knittinghelp.com and looking under the increase and decrease section or under the advance section (for circular knitting) SSK= slip slip knit (decrease) Circular knitting (pattern written for 2 circular needle method) K2tog= knit two together (decrease) KRL- Knit Right Loop (increase): Insert right needle into right loop of stitch just below next stitch, place it onto left needle and knit it, then knit the stitch on needle.....This stitch can be replaced with kfb increase IMPORTANT NOTE: When knitting the krl it includes the increase as well as the knit stitch. So where it reads Krl you are going to increase and knit one then continue with the pattern instructions. Picking up with the knit stitch after the Krl increase.
Ideas:
This pattern is great to use for good luck charms, scented aromatherapy sachets, ornaments, gifts of love/appreciation, thank you gifts, as well as cat nip toys and decorations for accessories (ex: headbands, hats, purses and bag ect).
PATTERN:
Starting at the point of the heart and working up to the lobes Cast on 4 stitches (I used the long tail cast on, if this is too fidgety one variation for starting the heart is using a circular/invisible cast-on and/or cast-on for 8 stitches and then begin the pattern with round 2. You could also use the "lighter circular beginning" which can be found further down on the above link which allows you to tighten up the bottom of the lobe) Divide Stitches evenly among needles Round 1: increase into each stitch (8) Round 2 (and every even round following): Knit across Round 3: [k1,krl, krl, k1] repeat (12) Round 5: [k1, krl, K2, krl, k1] repeat (16) Round 7: [k1, krl, k4, krl, k1] repeat (20) Round 9: [k1, krl, k6, krl, k1] repeat (24) Round 11: [k1, krl, k8, krl, k1] repeat (28) Round 13: [k1, krl, k10, krl, k1] repeat (32) Round 15: [k1, krl, k12, krl, k1] repeat (36) This is where you are going to begin shaping the lobes of the heart Round 16: k9, slip the next 18 stitches onto 2 stitch holders (9 on each holder), knit the last 9 (this will divide your stitches so you will be working with 18 stitches at a time) Round 17: [k 1, K2tog, k3, ssk, k1] repeat (14) Round 19: [k 1, K2tog, k1, ssk, k1] repeat (10) Round 21: [k 1, K2tog, ssk] repeat (6)
Seamless Heart Pattern By: Sara Lozzi (Ravelry: Sarloz)
Round 22: knit acros Break yarn and graft the lobes closed. If you are not a fan of grafting, thread your tail yarn through the remaining 6 stitches pulling it to close up the left lobe. Secure end. Note: Grafting will make your lobes rounder and smoother then the threading through method. Switching to the right side lobe you are going to knit the 18 stitches on the holders for one round then repeat rounds 17-22 Break yarn and graft the right lobe closed. If you used the threading method then go ahead and close the right lobe the same way but there will be a small gap between the 2 lobes. This you can stitch shut with your tail end. Secure end. If you find the lopes of the hearts to be too pointy try ending the pattern on round 19 or round 20 and graft or thread the yarn through the remaining 10 stitches. If you find any other mistakes such as the count being off or have any suggestions please feel leave me a message on my ravelry account or via email at Knittersdelight@ gmail.com. Thank-You, Sara Variations and corrections sent in by ravelers Aliensunset, Litchfield and Floofle
(Pink hearts by raveler Lulu) (Blue hearts by raveler Litchfield)
