
Classic Heart
What you'll create
What you'll learn
01 Heart
What you'll need

Cotton Yarn
Weight

Colors

Crochet Hook
G6 / 4.00 mm

Safety Bead (x2)
6 mm

Stuffing

Darning Needle
Abbreviations
ch
Chain Stitch
st
Stitch
slst
Slip Stitch
sc
Single Crochet
inc
Increase
dec
Decrease (Sharp)
invdec
Invisible Decrease
Other Useful Info
Gauge
5 Rnds and 4 sts per 1”
Finished piece is about 2” tall
Worked
In the Round
Useful Tutorials
The Pattern

01Heart
[All in Main Color]
Ch 2 or use magic loop method
Rnd 1: Work 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook or into magic loop (6)
Rnd 2: inc in each st (12)
Rnd 3: sc in each st (12)
For Heart Half A: Cut the yarn leaving enough to sew the halves together and pull through. Repeat for a second-half (Heart Half B) starting from the top (before Rnd 1), but skip this note.
Rnd 4: Starting from the end of Rnd 3, Heart Half B, work into Heart Half A, starting in the next st, sc 9. (Pic 1)
Go back to Heart Half B, skip 3 sts, sc 1 into the next st to connect the two halves. (Pic 2) Now, using the cut end from Heart Half A, sew the together the 3 stitches between the
connected halves. (Pic 3)
sc 8 more into Heart Half B, working around the end used to sew together. (18 total)
Rnd 5: sc 3, invdec, sc 7, invdec, sc 4 (16)
Rnd 6: [sc 2, invdec] repeat 4 times (12)
Add a face if desired.
Rnd 7: invdec in each st (6)
Stuff fully, cut the yarn and sew closed.
I LOVED this pattern for a heart but I want to make a larger version for my younger child. Could you help advise on the correct way to scale this up? I have only completed some very basic projects and can’t quite wrap my brain around how to scale this up and maintain the nice original shape.
The quickest way is to simply use larger yarn, like blanket yarn. But you can also continue the pattern of increasing by adding a single crochet between increases for each Rnd, for example, Rnd 3: [sc 1, inc 1] 6 times (18)
This will make your halves bigger and therefore your heart bigger. You’ll also want to probably add a few extra Rnds of sc sts to add more height, and will need to line your decreases up in Rnds 5 on accordingly.
I suggest starting with making one using blanket yarn, it’ll be a lot easier. Hope that helps!
Thank you so much!!
Tori beat me to the rd6 problem good job tori