Crochet tutorial
Crochet heart
A quick crochet heart – perfect for greetings that can be understood in any language and don’t need words. A pattern with video tutorial by Sylvie Rasch.
Table of contents
What you need for the crochet heart:
- Any cotton yarn with 125m/50g (137yd/1.75oz)
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addi crochet hook 2.5 mm (US 2 B/C)
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Wool needle
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Scissors
Abbreviations:
- 2 Stb zus – dc 2 together
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sl – slip
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tr – triple crochet
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sc – single crochet
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follow – following
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ch – chain
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Picot – ch3, sl st in 1st ch
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Rd = stitch/es
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dc – double crochet
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rep – repeat
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ib - in between
Abbreviations:
- 2 Stb zus – dc 2 together
-
sl – slip
-
tr – triple crochet
-
sc – single crochet
-
follow – following
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ch – chain
-
Picot – ch3, sl st in 1st ch
-
Rd = stitch/es
-
dc – double crochet
-
rep – repeat
-
ib - in between
How it works
Crochet heart
Round 1:
- in a magic ring: ch 5, 3 x (3 dc, ch 3), 2 dc, sl st in 2nd beginning-ch, pull ring tight.
Round 2:
- sl st in same 3-ch-arc, ch 5, 3 dc in same ch-arc, 3 x [ch 1, slip next 3 dc, (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in 3-ch-arc at the corner] ch 1, slip next 3 dc, 2 dc in ch-arc from the beginning, sl st in 3rd beginning-ch.
Round 3:
- 1 sc following ch, 8 x (ch 1, 1 tr in same 1-ch-arc), ch 1, sl st in 3rd corner-ch, 8 x (ch 1, 1 tr in same 1-ch-arc), ch 1, 1 sc in 3rd corner-ch; here starts the new rnd.
Round 4
- 1 sc in every dc/tr and every ch until you reach the corner, in 2nd corner-ch (1 sc, ch 2, 1 sc), 1 sc in same ch and every dc/tr and every ch until you reach the top center, slip ch before the centered sl st, sl st in sl st, slip 1-ch-arc, 1 sc in every dc/tr and every ch to the end of the rnd.
Finishing Cut the yarn in the upper middle, end the rnd invisibly and weave in ends. Attach a loop for hanging in the middle at the top.
