CROCIHET ATTER:
KiTTY H∈ART TOYS DRAWER SACHETS
Hi, First of all thanks for your purchase! Proceeds benefit our rescue group and we greatly appreciate it. In this instructional you will find the pattern for our heart kitty toys. Please email me with any questions, comments of difficulties - we are not professional crocheters, and even though we screen all patterns with our crochet group, we are not perfect and welcome questions, comments, and concerns. If you are interested in helping review new patterns, please let us know at admin@ahimsarescue.com you would get the pattern for free (of course!) and we would appreciate the help - we are very busy around here. Thanks again and enjoy! Materials: OYarn: 5 oz. weight yarn of your choice - my demos use caron simply sogt eco OHook: G or hook size that gives you desired size OYarn needle (optional) OStuffing & catnip OBell (optional) This is a great stash burner - it takes relatively little yarn to make this, so check to see what you've got before you run out and buysome! Stitches used: slip stitch (sl), single crochet (sc), crab stitch/ reverse single crochet (optional) The Heart Base 1) Chain 3, work 3 sc in 2nd chain from hook 2)Chain 1, turn, sc, sc, 2 sc in next st, sc - 5 st 3)Ch 1, turn, sc across - 5 st 4)Ch1, turn, sc, sc, 2 sc in next st, sc, sc - 6 st 5)Ch1, turn, sc, sc, 2 sc next st, 2 sc next st, sc sc - 8 st 6)Ch1, turn, Sc in each stitch across - 8 st 7)ch1, turn, Sc, sc, sc , 2 sc next each of the next two stitches, sc, sc - 10 st 8)Ch1, turn, Sc across -10 st - your shape should look something like that shown in figure 1 (please excuse my crude artwork)s
9)Ch 1, turn, sc 5 - STOP MID-ROW & turn, ch 1 - 5 sc NOTE: this is the start of your first heart lobe - you will repeat this procedure to make the second heart lobe in steps 13-16 10)skip first stitch, sc 4 across - 4 st 11)Ch 1 turn, skip first st, sc 3 across - 3 st 12)Ch 1 turn, skip first st, sc 2, finish off - you
Should now have something that looks something like figure 2. 13)Join yarn to next stitch where you started the stitch five turn back to form the first heart lobe - 5 sc across - 5 st 14)Repeat step 10 on this side - 4 st 15)Repeat step 11 - 3 st 16)Repeat step 12 - you should now have a completed heart shape / one side of your heart toy (fig 3)
OMake 2 of these hearts You have several options when it comes to joining the two sides of your heart. Options include: 1.You can take a yarn needle and yarn and simply sew the two halves together. Remember to stop and stuff your heart with stuffing and catnip when you have it sewn about % of the wayshut. 2. Join yarn with a slip stitch and join the two halves by sc around the two edges of the heart. I generally work a sc in each end row down the sides of the heart halves and evenly spaced in available spaces across the top of the lobes. You can then leave the heart with a sc edge or you can reverse Sc/crab stitch around these joining sc's if you want the crab stitch edging. 3.You can join the edges as described for sc joining but use crak stitch instead. Make sure when joining your two heart halves by any method that you space your stitches evenly and that you stop and stuff your heart when you are about 4 of the way closed. For the kitties I use fiberfill and catnip and sometimes include a bell. These hearts also make nice drawer sachets - I use used dry sheets to make sachets (they are still plenty smelly even when they are used. Thanks again for your purchase and support of our group. Visit us on the web at www.ahimsarescue.com Feel free to contact us at admin@ahimsarescue.com with any questions, comments or concerns.
Left: heart with rsc/crab stitch joining; right plain sc joining
