Quick Crochet Hearts (You won’t want to stop making them!)

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Don’t you just love these cute little crochet hearts? This free crochet heart pattern includes three different heart patterns that you won’t want to stop making once you start.

Use them to hang as bunting or a heart garland, add some dimension to a Valentine’s Day card or gift, or sew them as an applique on another project. Grab your hook and some leftover yarn and let’s learn how to crochet a heart.

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Do you remember being disappointed as a kid when you learned that our actual hearts aren’t really pretty or cute like the hearts we use to represent love?

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I watched this happen with my kiddos recently. My son had been asking about how blood moves through his body so we pulled up some animated YouTube videos about the circulatory system.

As they showed the cartoon veins and anatomically correct heart my kids were so confused. What is THAT?!?!

That’s a drawing of what your heart looks like….

WHAT?!?!? HUH?!?! That’s a heart?!?!

My daughter, who loves all things pink, hearts, and unicorns, was especially confused.

Why doesn’t it look like a heart?

uuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhh……………

Well I, for one, am glad that we have a cute symbol that does represent love, emotion, and feeling. I don’t think I’d be very good at drawing or crocheting anatomically correct hearts.

About the Easy Crochet Heart Patterns

Below you’ll find instructions and a photo tutorial for 3 different sizes of crochet hearts: a tiny heart, a small heart, and a slightly larger heart.

All of them use scrap yarn amounts so you can dig in your stash to find the perfect yarn to make these hearts. I used all worsted weight yarn for the sample hearts, but you can certainly use different weights of yarn to vary the sizes and styles of the hearts even more.

Although these hearts are easy to make, I wouldn’t recommend this as a beginner pattern.

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Quick Crochet Heart Patterns

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Skill Level: Easy

Materials:

US size H/8, 5.0mm crochet hook (Do you have a favorite set of crochet hooks? I sure do and you can read about my favorite hooks or check them out on Amazon.)

#4 Medium Weight yarn (scrap amounts – I couldn’t even get my scale to register the weight of one of the largest hearts.)

Large Eye Yarn Needle (My favorite needles sold on Amazon)

Abbreviations:

dc(s): double crochet(s)
tr(s): treble crochet(s)
sc(s): single crochet(s)
sl st: slip stitch
hdc(s): half double crochet
sk: skip
st(s): stitch(es)

Notes:

As you read through the patterns, you may notice what’s missing from the start of rounds 2 and 3: chains! Don’t worry, that isn’t a mistake. To keep those lovely heart curves, we are going to skip chaining and jump right into the stitches.

Tiny Heart Pattern

This is probably one of the easiest crochet heart patterns ever!

approximately 1.5″ wide

Start with a magic ring

Round 1: work dc, 3 tr, 4 sc, ch 2, 4 sc, dc, 3 tr, dc in the magic ring, sl st into the ring, fasten off before closing the loop, tighten to close, weave in ends.

How to crochet the tiny crochet heart step by step with photos

Start with a magic ring, work into the magic ring: dc, 3 tr,

4 sc,

ch 2, 4 sc,

dc, 3 tr, dc,

sl st into the ring, fasten off before closing the loop, and tighten to close.

Small Crochet Heart Pattern

approximately 2″ wide

Round 1: ch 1, hdc 8 in ring, tighten to close, join with a sl st to first hdc (8)

Round 2: (dc, 3 tr, dc) in the next st (sk 1^st hdc), sc in next 2 sts, (sc, ch 2, sc) in the next st, sc in the next 2 sts, (dc, 3 tr, dc) in the next st, join with sl st to the first skipped hdc. (17)

Fasten off and weave in ends.

How to crochet the small crochet heart step by step with photos

Start with a magic ring

Round 1: ch 1, hdc 8 in ring, tighten to close, join with a sl st to first hdc (8)

Round 2: (dc, 3 tr, dc) in the next stitch (sk 1^st hdc),

sc in next 2 sts,

(sc, ch 2, sc) in the next st,

sc in the next 2 sts,

(dc, 3 tr, dc) in the next st,

join with sl st to the first skipped hdc. (17)

Fasten off and weave in ends.

Easy Crochet Heart Pattern

approximately 2.75″ wide

Start with a magic ring

Round 1: ch 1, hdc 8 in ring, tighten to close, join with a sl st to first hdc (8)

Round 2: (dc, 3 tr, dc) in the next st (sk 1^st hdc), sc in next 2 sts, (sc, ch 2, sc) in the next st, sc in the next 2 sts, (dc, 3 tr, dc) in the next st, join with sl st to the first skipped hdc. (17)

Fasten off and weave in ends if changing colors

Round 3: Join contrasting colors yarn in the last sl st of the previous round or anywhere beneath the indent of the heart, sc in dc, 2 scs in tr, 3 scs, in tr, 2 sc in tr, 2 scs in dc, sc in the next 3 sc, (sc, ch-2, sc) in the ch-2 sp, sc in the next 3 scs, 2 sc in dc, 2 scs in tr, 3 scs in tr, 2 scs in tr, sc in dc, sl st into same place where yarn was joined. (30)

Fasten off and weave in ends

Adding Round 3 photo tutorial

Join contrasting colors yarn in the last sl st of the previous round or anywhere beneath the indent of the heart,

sc in dc,

2 scs in tr, 3 scs, in tr, 2 sc in tr, 2 scs in dc, sc in the next 3 sc, (sc, ch-2, sc) in the ch-2 sp,

sc in the next 3 scs, 2 sc in dc, 2 scs in tr, 3 scs in tr, 2 scs in tr, sc in dc,

sl st into same place where yarn was joined. (30)

Fasten off and weave in ends. Aren’t they all just cute little hearts? I’m excited to see how you use them.