mini heart pattern

 

Just writing up this pattern in time for Valentines Day. It uses scraps of 4 ply yarn. Once you start its hard to stop, its addictive!

MINI HEARTS

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ABBREVIATIONS

st(s): stitch(es)

k: knit

p: purl

kfb: increase, knit into front and back of same stitch

sl: slip

psso: pass slip stitch over

tog: together

 

MATERIALS

needles size 2.25mm/US 1

4 ply/fingering yarn

 

Heart (make 2)

Cast on 2 sts, leaving a long yarn tail for sewing up.

ROW 1: kfb, k1  (3 sts)  right side

ROW 2: p.

ROW 3: kfb, kfb, k1  (5 sts).

ROW 4: p.

ROW 5: kfb, k2, kfb, k1  (7 sts).

ROW 6: p.

ROW 7: kfb, k4, kfb, k1   (9 sts).

ROW 8: p.

ROW 9: kfb, k3, turn work

Now there are 5 sts on right hand needle and 5 sts on left.

Continue with the 5 sts just worked.

ROW 10: p3, p2tog  (4 sts).

ROW 11: sl1, k1, psso, k2 (3 sts).

ROW 12: sl1 purlwise, p1, psso, return this stitch to left hand needle, slip the last stitch of the row over stitch which has just been moved.

Fasten off.

Rejoin yarn to the 5 sts

NEXT ROW: sl1, k1, psso, k1, kfb, k1  (5 sts).

NEXT ROW: sl1 purlwise, p1, psso, p3  (4 sts).

NEXT ROW: k2, k2tog  (3 sts)

NEXT ROW: sl1 purlwise, p1, psso, return this stitch to left hand needle, slip the last stitch of the row over stitch which has just been moved.

Fasten off.

 

To Assemble

Darn away the top three yarn tails on each heart piece on the reverse side.

Place two heart pieces wrong sides together.

Use off cuts of yarn tails to stuff, rolling in a ball and placing between the two halves. 

Using the yarn tails at the bottom of the heart pieces catch the edges and sew two pieces together.

Using the needle push the “stuffing” in as you go. Push in any bumps and loops with the needle to make the edge as even as possible.

Then lose ends inside heart.

  copyright Alison Hogg 2021