Hearts: Free Crochet Pattern

Simple Crochet Hearts

(With Bonus Butterfly)

Designed by Dusti Rose Hendricks

Sheep Of Delight Crochet

I’ve been playing around with using different colors in my crochet, mostly because I have a growing stash of pinks, reds, and oranges that never get used.  And since next month is February, I decided to make some hearts for embellishment.  I thought they turned out pretty well, so I adapted them to make a butterfly.

Skill Level-Easy

Gauge- Not important

Finished Measurements-

Medium Heart-2 1/4” tall x 2 1/4”wide

Small Heart-1 1/2 ” tall x 1 3/4" wide

Butterfly-3 1/4” tall x 4” wide

Worsted Weight Yarn Colors-

                 .05 oz Peaches & Creme Strawberry Stripes Cotton Yarn

                 Less than .05 oz Peaches & Creme Black Cotton Yarn

Materials-

                 F/5 (3.75 MM) crochet hook

                 Yarn or tapestry needle

                 Scissors

                 Stitchmarkers

                 Polyester Fiberfill

Special stitches-None

Abbreviations-

                 Rnd…Round                                  Sc…..Single Crochet 

                 Ch….Chain                                     St(s)..Stitch(es)

                 Inc….Increase                                Dec…Decrease

                 Rep…Repeat                                 Sl St..Slip Stitch

Small Heart

Use Strawberry Stripes yarn.

Rnd 1: Sc 6 in magic ring OR Ch 2, Sc 6 in 2^nd ch from hook

Rnd 2: Inc 3, Sc, Inc, Sc (9 sts)

Rnd 3: 2 Hdc in one stitch, 2 Dc in the next stitch, Hdc and Sl st in one stitch, Sl st and Hdc in the next stitch, 2 Dc in one stitch, 2 Hdc in the next stitch, Sc, Sc and Hdc in one stitch, Hdc and Sc in the next stitch,Sc (18 sts)

Finish off with a sl st and weave in ends.

Medium Heart

Use Strawberry Stripes yarn.

Rnd 1: Sc 6 in magic ring OR Ch 2, Sc 6 in 2^nd ch from hook

Rnd 2: Inc 3, Sc, Inc, Sc (9 sts)

Rnd 3: 2 Hdc in one stitch, 2 Dc in the next stitch, Sc 2, 2 Dc in one stitch, 2 Hdc in the next stitch, Sc, Inc 2, Sc (16 sts)

Rnd 4: Sc, 2 Hdc, (2 Dc) rep 2, Hdc and Sl st in one stitch, Sl st and Hdc in the next stitch, (2 Dc) rep 2, 2 Hdc, Sc 3, Sc and Hdc in one stitch, Hdc and Sc in the next stitch, Sc 2 (26 sts)

Finish off with a sl st and weave in ends.

Butterfly

Start by making 2 each of the medium and small hearts in Strawberry Stripes yarn. To make the body, use Black yarn.

Row 1: Leaving a moderately long tail, ch 8

Row 2: Starting in the 2^nd ch from the hook, sl st in each st of the chain. 

Finish off, leaving a moderately long tail.  Knot the beginning and ending tails together and snip them to equal lengths to form the antenna.

Finishing-

Sew the wings together in pairs, with the Medium heart slightly overlapping the Small heart, using the picture as reference.  Remember that the wings should mirror each other.  Next sew the two pairs together in the center and attach the Butterfly body over the seam.