Crochet Heart Tutorial

Let's just say I got a little obsessive over these the last two days.

Finding different patterns and trying them.

Some good and some not so good.

After trying quite a few,

I decided to modify a pattern to

of course,

make it faster. 

I'll include links for two of the others at the bottom,

but first,

here are my directions for the FASTEST one!

I used a Size E hook and three strands of crochet cotton.

I don't know the numbers on the cotton, sorry.

It was all from my aunt's stash and all of it unwrapped.

Experiment with what you have.

I even have some perle cotton in some of them.

So let's start...

Chain 6, join with slip stitch to form a ring.



Round 2

Chain 3 = first double crochet.

Two more double crochets in the ring

Chain 2

Three double crochet in the ring

Chain 1

Three double crochet in the ring

Chain 2

Three double crochet in the ring

Chain 3

Slip stitch in the second chain from the hook

(Picot made)

Chain 1

Join to the top of the first chain 3 in the ring.

You should now have something that looks like a lop-sided

granny square.

Round 3

Slip stitch in the top of the next two double crochets

and

in the next chain 2 space.

Chain 1

*Double crochet into the top of the middle double crochet in the next

cluster of double crochets

Chain 1

Repeat until you have five double crochets in the same stitch

Chain 1*

Slip stitch into the chain 1 space

and

repeat between *'s

for the second hump of the heart.

Slip stitch into the next chain 2 space and fasten off.

Weave in ends.

How easy is that?

Well, if you have a problem,

you can always email me.

And these are what I modified it from.

Here is the link for those.

http://hinzpired.wordpress.com/2010/01/18/crocheted-heart-pattern/

These are pretty quick also.

Here is that link:

http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/teeny-tiny-hearts.html

I wanted some variety in them. 

Planning on starching all of them today,

I can't decide on the coffee staining. 

I may try a few first.

I think that I like the colors the way they are.

What would you do?