With Love, heart, pillow, many sizes, knitting pattern

Heartshaped pillow „With Love“, to give away or just to cuddle yourself. The pillow is knit in one piece, the shape is produced by special increases and decreases that are explained in detail. So it hardly needs any sewing, merely the small section that is left open to allow you to insert the filling and this is easily closed.

By choosing the yarn weight and needle sizes, you decide on the size of the pillow.The pattern contains four examples of sizes.

Also great for scraps of yarn.

Detailed instructions, eight pages, with step by step photos.

Detailed instructions, nine pages, with step by step photos.

Detailed written explanation for the different stitches in the legend.

Skill level: beginner

Skills:
knit
bind off

Sizes and needle sizes:
Wool for felting: ca. 29 x 21 cm; 11 ½ x 8 ¼“; 8 mm (US11)

Fake fur: ca. 19 x 14 cm; 7 ½ x 5 ½”; 4.4 mm (US7)

Sock yarn 4-ply: 12 x 9 cm; 4 ¾ x 3 ½“; 2.5 mm (US 1 1/2)

Fuzzy yarn (blue) 50 x 37 cm; 19 ¾ x 14 ½“; 10 mm (US15)

Materials:
For all sizes: 1 crochet hook, size a bit smaller than the circular needle; 1 stitch marker, 1 removable stitch marker; wadding, tapestry needle

Examples yarn and needle sizes:
100 g soft wool for felting (50 m/50g); circular needles 8 mm (US11)

or: 50 g fake fur yarn (eg Schachenmayr Brazilia) (90 m/50 g); circular needles 4.5 mm (US7)

or: 10 g sock yarn 4-ply (420 m/100g); circular needles 2.5 mm (US 1 ½)

or: blue pillow: 300 g „fuzzy yarn“, (about 50 m/50 g and for needle size 8 or 9 mm; US11 or 13); cicular needles 10 mm (US15); Knit with double thread

Or desired yarn. With thinner yarn, the pillow will be smaller and with thicker yarn bigger. Also great for mohair etc.

Choose needle size which ensures that the pillow is not too floppy or the filling might shine through.