Heart „Winter Romance“ – free crochet pattern
My dears,
I have to admit, I honestly enjoy winter time – cozy nights at home with your most comfy warm socks, a cup of hot cocoa and a lot of relaxation. If that warms the cockles of your heart just as much as mine, I would like invite you to crochet this little heart “Winter Romance” with me.
We are going to need the following material:
- Any type of yarn in red (4 ply, 137 yds / 1.75 oz or 125 m / 50 g) and a small amount of crochet thread in white (2 ply, 612 yds / 3.22 oz or 560 m / 100 g) with 2 crochet hooks, sizes 3.5 and 2.5
- or crochet thread in red and a small amount of white (2 ply, 612 yds / 3.22 oz or 560 m / 100 g) with a crochet hook size 1.5
(you may, of course, also use any other type of yarn and crochet hook in matching size)
- Polyester fiberfill
- A Sewing needle,
- approx. 20 pins,
- and some white sewing thread
And the following stitches:
This pattern is written in US terms, but for easier handling I have attached a conversion table for US/UK terms
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Abbreviation/ Term used in this pattern |
US Term |
UK Term |
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ch |
Chain |
Chain |
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sl |
Slip Stitch |
Slip Stitch |
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sc |
Single Crochet |
Double Crochet |
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hdc |
Half Double Crochet |
Half Treble Crochet |
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dc |
Double Crochet |
Treble Crochet |
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inc |
increase, work 2 sc into one stitch |
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dec |
decrease work 2 sc together |
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Magic Ring |
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[ ] square brackets |
Repeat instructions in [ ] as often as indicated by the x |
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( ) round brackets |
Number in ( ) indicates total number of stitches for this round |
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Before we begin, please let me add:
1) The bigger heart is worked with 4 ply yarn and a 3.5 hook and its snowflake with the 2 ply yarn and the 2.5 hook. For the small heart, I have only used the 2 ply yarn along with a 1.5 hook
2) This project is worked in spiral rounds, which means that the rounds are NOT connected by a slip stitch at the end of each round but just worked continuously without any visible break between the rounds. To mark the beginning/end of a round, you can use, for example, a stitch marker, a safety pin or a short piece of yarn in a different color.
Chapter 1 – The 2 tops
We are working the heart from top to bottom which means we will begin working the 2 little “corners” at the top separately at first and then joining them.
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| 1. Rd.: | Magic Ring with 6 sc | (6) |
| 2. Rd.: | [inc] x 6 | (12) |
| 3. Rd.: | [sc, inc] x 6 | (18) |
| 4. Rd.: | [2 sc, inc] x 6 | (24) |
| 5. Rd.: | [3 sc, inc] x 6 | (30) |
| 6. Rd.: | 30 sc | (30) |
1st piece: fasten off, weave in all ends
2nd piece: do NOT fasten off as we will be using this thread to continue
Chapter 2 – Joining the tops and continuing with the „body“ of the heart
In the 7th round, we will now crochet these two pieces together by using the loop of the 2nd piece (not fastened off) to first work 30 sc into the 1st piece (which was fastened off) and then work 30 sc into the 2nd piece, which will make a total of 60 stitches for this round
7. Rd.: 60 sc (60)
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| 8. Rd.: | [13 sc, 2x dec, 13 sc] x 2 | (56) |
| 9. Rd.: | [13 sc, dec, 13 sc] x 2 | (54) |
| 10. Rd.: | [11 sc, 2x dec, 12 sc] x 2 | (50) |
| 11. Rd.: | [11 sc, dec, 12 sc] x 2 | (48) |
| 12. Rd.: | [11 sc, dec, 11 sc] x 2 | (46) |
| Begin stuffing the heart with fiberfill | ||
| 13. Rd.: | [11 sc, dec, 10 sc] x 2 | (44) |
| 14. Rd.: | [10 sc, dec, 10 sc] x 2 | (42) |
| 15. Rd.: | [10 sc, dec, 9 sc] x 2 | (40) |
| 16. Rd.: | [10 sc, dec, 8 sc] x 2 | (38) |
| 17. Rd.: | [10 sc, dec, 7 sc] x 2 | (36) |
| 18. Rd.: | [10 sc, dec, 6 sc] x 2 | (34) |
| 19. Rd.: | [10 sc, dec, 5 sc] x 2 | (32) |
| Continue stuffing | ||
| 20. Rd.: | [10 sc, dec, 4 sc] x 2 | (30) |
| 21. Rd.: | [10 sc, dec, 3 sc] x 2 | (28) |
| 22. Rd.: | [10 sc, dec, 2 sc] x 2 | (26) |
| 23. Rd.: | [10 sc, dec, sc] x 2 | (24) |
| 24. Rd.: | [10 sc, dec] x 2 | (22) |
| 25. Rd.: | [9 sc, dec] x 2 | (20) |
| Continue stuffing | ||
| 26. Rd.: | [8 sc, dec] x 2 | (18) |
| 27. Rd.: | [7 sc, dec] x 2 | (16) |
| 28. Rd.: | [6 sc, dec] x 2 | (14) |
| 29. Rd.: | [5 sc, dec] x 2 | (12) |
| 30. Rd.: | [4 sc, dec] x 2 | (10) |
| 31. Rd.: | [3 sc, dec] x 2 | (8) |
| Finish stuffing | ||
| 32. Rd.: | [2 sl into one stich] x 4 | (4) |
Fasten off, weave in all ends
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Chapter 3 – The snowflake for the big heart
For this snowflake we will be using the with 2ply yarn and the 2.5 hook
| 1. Rd.: | Magic Ring with 12 sc |
| 2. Rd.: | [sc, 2 ch, sc] x 6 |
| 3. Rd.: | [sc, (around the 2 ch from the previous round: hdc, dc, 6 ch, sl into the 6th ch, 8 ch, sl into the 8th ch, 6 ch, sl into the 6th ch, sl into the dc, dc, hdc), sc] x 6 |
Fasten off, weave in all ends
Now we place the snowflake on the heart and use the pins to temporarily fixate it and pull all corners into the right position.
Then we sew the snowflake onto the heart using white sewing thread and a small sewing needle.
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Chapter 4 – The Snowflake for the small heart
Since the small heart is too small for the crochet snowflake of chapter 3, we will simply stitch the snowflake onto the front using the 2 ply white thread and a sewing needle.
Just follow the chart below to make your stitches:
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All done! :-)
I hope you enjoyed this crochet pattern and are pleased with your finished little hearts „Winter Romance“.
I would love to see your own ideas of decorating your hearts – like right here in the comments section.
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And, of course, I’ll be very happy if you give this pattern a like down below and share it with others who might enjoy it as well.
More ideas for cute little decorations – not just for winter time – can be found in my store. Have a look around! I’ll be looking forward to meeting you there.
I’m wishing you happy crocheting and a very cozy winter time.
Until next time,
Stefanie
- AramisvonK -
