Tiny heart
An Amination pattern
Before you start
This pattern contains the necessary instructions to crochet a tiny heart. Gauge is not important in this project. You are advised to work on the back loops, unless otherwise mentioned. You'll be crocheting your heart from the bottom to the top. The heart “body" and one of the heart “bumps" will be crocheted in one piece. The second “bump" will be crocheted on the body, after introducing new yarn. Your heart will be approximately 4 cm (1.5in) in height , when worked with sport yarn and 2.75mm hook. Use thinner yarn and smaller hook for tinier results, or vice versa!
Material list
· 8m (9yards) sport (5ply) yarn in RED or any other colour A bit of polyester stuffing
You will also need
2.75mm crochet hook Tapestry needle Stitch marker Scissors
Skills required
This pattern is of easy-to-intermediate difficulty. You'll need to know how to: Start your piece with a magic ring or sloppy slip knot Single crochet (increase and decrease) Introduce new yarn into your work
One video, a thousand photos!
This pattern does not include crochet instructions or photo tutorials for the basic skills required. In case you do not feel confident, I recommend watching (as many times as you feel like!) some of the numerous video-tutorials that are available on the internet. Don't know where to begin? Check out these helpful tutorial links by Freshstitches and AdrialysHC! http://www.freshstitches.com/crochet-video-tutorial-help/
Abbreviations
ch: chain rnd(s): round(s) st: stitch(es) sc: single crochet, sc twice next st (increase) sc2tog: single crochet 2 stitches together (decrease)
Heart pattern
Heart body with 1st bump
Ch 2 Rnd 1. sc 6 in 2nd chain from hook (6 st) Rnd 2. [sc twice next st, sc next st] \* 3 times (9 st) Rnd 3. [sc twice next st, sc next 2 st] \* 3 times (12 st) Rnd 4. [sc twice next st, sc next 3 st] \* 3 times (15 st) Rnd 5. [sc twice next st, sc next 4 st] \* 3 times (18 st) Rnd 6. [sc twice next st, sc next 5 st] \* 3 times (21 st) Rnd 7. [sc twice next st, sc next 6 st] \* 3 times (24 st) Rnd 8. [sc twice next st, sc next 7 st] \* 3 times (27 st) Rnd 9. [sc twice next st, sc next 8 st] \* 3 times (30 st) Pause crocheting and take a stitch marker Count the 15 last stitches you crocheted and place the marker in the 15th stitch
≥ crocheting; you'll be crocheting into the back loop of the stitch with the marke
Rnd 10. sc each st (15 st) Rnd 11. [sc2tog, sc next 3 st] \* 3 times (12 st) Rnd 12. sc2tog \* 6 times (6 st) Sc2tog next and 4th st together Fasten off, leaving a short tail tapestry needle weave the tail to smooth the heart top and then stuff the heart
2nd bump
Introduce new yarn in the 16th stitch of round 9 (that's next to the stitch marker) Next, you'll be crocheting into the opposite stitch (30th stitch of round 9) and on
Rnd 1. sc each st (15 st) Rnd 2. [sc2tog, sc next 3 st] \* 3 times (12 st)
Stuff the second bump
Rnd 3. sc2tog \* 6 times (6 st) Sc2tog next and 4th st together Fasten off, leaving a short tail tapestry needle weave the tail to smooth the heart top and then stuff the heart
One last detail
You will probably notice a hole between the two bumps. Using a tapestry needle and a piece of yarn (it can even be the tail of one of the bumps), sew that little hole up! Hide yarn inside.
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