❤️ Crochet Heart – Free Pattern
Looking for a unique handmade gift for any day, really? This adorable crochet heart is quick, sweet, and perfect for showing someone you care. It’s also a fun way to use up colorful yarn scraps!
🧶 Materials
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Yarn: I used Sugar ‘n Cream cotton yarn in various colors (fun fact: all but one of them has “hot” in the name!)
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Hook: Size H (5.0 mm)
✨ Pattern Notes
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This pattern hasn’t been formally tested.
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It assumes a basic understanding of crochet (I’d rate it suitable for advanced beginners).
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You’ll be working in rounds, starting from the center like a granny square and building out.
💕 Crochet Heart Pattern
Round 1 – Hot Pink
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Chain 4 and join to form a ring.
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Work like a traditional granny square:
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Chain 2, 2 double crochet (dc), chain 2, 3 dc
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Repeat from * to * three more times (you’ll end up with four clusters of 3 dc separated by ch-2 spaces)
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Join with a slip stitch to the top of the starting chain.
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Round 2 – Beach Glass
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In each corner space: 3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc
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Chain 1 between each corner group.
Round 3 – Hot Purple
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Slip stitch to a corner space to begin.
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In each ch-1 space from Round 2: work 10 triple crochets (tr).
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Slip stitch into the next corner space, and repeat 10 tr in the next ch-1 space.
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These create the top curves of the heart.
Round 4 – Hot Blue
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Work single crochets (sc) all the way around the heart.
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At the bottom point of the heart, chain 2.
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On the purple sections, sc into each tr, chaining 1 between each stitch for added shaping.
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Round 5 – Hot Orange
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Slip stitch around the entire heart, working only in the back loops of the blue round.
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Don’t forget to chain 2 again at the point for definition.
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🎉 Finishing Touches
Weave in your ends neatly and admire your lovely handmade heart! It makes a perfect appliqué for bags, cards, gifts, or even a garland.
As always, I love sharing my crochet creations here at Crochet Easy, and I hope you enjoy making this little heart as much as I did. Happy crocheting! 💖🧶
