Free Crochet Heart Pattern - Valentines Day!

Valentine´s Day is right around the corner. On 2016 I published a Free Crochet Heart Pattern
And I want to show you my this year´s amigurumi hearts, all made with this free amigurumi pattern. It´s super easy and quick crochet heart. You can make them as decortaions, little gifts or even turn your little crochet hearts into hairties, very practical as well. Crochet hearts can also be just as small gifts to hand out everybody you like. Kids love them, I know :)
And it doesn´t have to be only February, 14th to enjoy making and sharing those little crochet hearts. Always a very popular choice a year round.

My Amigurumi Crochet Hearts made this year, and will make more, for sure!

These crochet hearts are turned into hairties. Beautiful combination of different soft colors. 

Katia Bamboo, 2.5mm crochet hook, some stuffing and a hairtie. 

This red crochet heart is crocheted up with a very small hook, 1,5mm, tiny crochet heart is rigid and there are no gaps between stitches.

Hope you´ll enjoy making your crochet amigurumi hearts.

Preparations for Valentine´s Day: Crochet Heart, Free Amigurumi Pattern - Toast to LOVE!

Amigurumi Heart - Free Pattern 

I´ve created a lovely little heart design, easy and quite quick to make. They can be individual gifts, accessories or decorations for gift bags. You name it, enjoy!

Crochet Tutorial:

Materials:

2,5 crochet hook
Yarn: Katia Bamboo, DK/8ply
yarn needle
stuffing

Abbreaviations used:

"magic ring": crochet over an adjustable loop wih 6 single crochet, then pulling on the yarn tail until there is no hole left
"Neat finish"- one method to finish a toy piece in amigurumi. See the photos below.

Sc - single crochet
Inc - Increase
Invdec - invisible decrease

1) 6 sc into magic ring (6)
2) 6 x Inc (12)
3-4) sc all around (12)
fasten off

make another one:


1) 6 sc into magic ring (6)
2) 6 x Inc (12)
3-4) sc all around (12), don´t fasten off, you will join two parts together

Make the joining into next stitch of the end of the first part

You´ll have a new beginning of the row: hide the yarn tail by doing so: do you stitches over the yarn tail, by doing so, you don´t have to hide the yarn afterwards.

1) Make 12 sc on the first part and then 12 sc on the other part of the heart (24): NB! under both loops, there will be a little hole between two parts, we´ll come back later to close it up.

I use a yarn as a stitch marker of a new row.

2) 5 sc, Invdec, 10 sc, Invdec, 5 sc

3) 4 sc, Invdec, 9 sc, Invdec, 5 sc

4) 4 sc, Invdec, 8 sc, Invdec, 4 sc, stuff

5) 4 sc, Invdec, 7 sc, Invdec, 3 sc

6) 3 sc, Invdec, 6 sc, Invdec, 3 sc, from now on, try to stuff after every new row

7) 3 sc, Invdec, 5 sc, Invdec, 2 sc

8) 2 sc, Invdec, 4 sc, Invdec, 2 sc

Two rows before the finishing up:

9) 2 sc, Invdec, 3 sc, Invdec, 1 sc

10) 1 sc, Invdec, 1 sl.st. leave a lengh of yarn for "neat finish" and closing up the hole. For a "neat finish" : pick up all the sc left, one by one with the yarn needle and pull them together to have a neat and proper finish.

And also close up the hole:

Well done, your cute little heart is ready!

Make a nice bunch of hearts. Personally, I like the green one. In some disciplines green is the color of heart :)