Nothing says I love you, like a hand~knit valentine heart. Here's how to make one:
Free Knitting Pattern: Valentine Hearts
Materials
Size 6 {4mm} Knitting Needle
Worsted Weight Yarn
Darning needle
Abbreviations
sts = stitches
M1 = make one stitch by lifting the running stitch
from the row below and knitting into it
K1 = knit
ssk = slip, slip, knit
k2tog = knit two together
Note
Slip the first stitch in each row for a nice finished border
Directions
For an itty bitty heart, cast on 3 sts. Turn
K 3 sts. Turn
K1, M1, K1, M1, K1. Turn
K 5 sts. Turn
K1, M1, K3, M1, K1. Turn
K7 sts. Turn
Break yarn.
Slide all these stitches to the end of the needle and repeat the last 4 rows again.
Don't break yarn the second time.
You should now have both tops of the heart on one needle.
Making sure both pieces are ridge side up, knit across. Turn
K 3 more rows. Turn
K1, ssk, K to last 3 sts, k2tog, K1. Turn
K across. Turn
Repeat the last two rows until 2 sts remain.
Bind off.
Finishing
Darn in ends, coaxing the heart into shape.
To make a larger heart, add more increase rows to each top piece.
To make a taller heart, add more plain rows between each decrease row.
For the valentine card, I hand stitched the heart in place with a bit of embroidery thread and a very sharp needle.
Enjoy~
p.s. Need more knitterly inspiration? You can join in with Ginny, over at Small Things for her weekly Yarn Along!
Um, thank you. I LOVE these...especially mounted on little cards!!
ReplyDelete:)Lisa
This is a very nice heart shaped little heart... do you know what I mean? A lot of the hearts I see are not 'right'..but yours is very right..very beautifully heart shaped...thanks so much for the tutorial..
ReplyDeletelove your cute little hearts.....I know what I'm making this weekend! Thanks for sharing!!
ReplyDeleteThere are perfect and I am casting on tonight! Thank you so very much for this.
ReplyDeleteI love the hearts. I am definitely going to make a few. Thank you sooo much for the pattern!
ReplyDeleteThose are such lovely, special cards! I don't think I can get my act together for next week, but I'm definitely bookmarking for next year! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteHow gorgeous! I've just bookmarked this. Thank you!
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Olga ☼
Thank you for the adorable pattern! Can I ask you what cast on you used?
ReplyDeleteI am thinking sachets....bookmarking this pattern; thanks for sharing it with us!
ReplyDeleteThank you all for the compliments!
ReplyDelete@Stocki~ I know exactly what you mean about shape and I can't even begin to tell you how many of these buggers I made trying to get the shape just right;)
@ Olga~ Thank you so much! I'll go take a look at it right now:)
Those are the prefect heart shape! So many knitted hearts are a little wonky. I love yours. I haven't been knitting much lately but this quick project might be the think to get my knitting mojo back.
ReplyDeleteI also just posted a valentines tutorial on my blog too but mine's handmade paper. :)
Just made a sweet little card for valentine's day for my family featuring one of these cuties. Thanks for the idea and the patter.
ReplyDeleteTracy
These look so perfect, definitely the best looking knitted hearts I've come across but when I attempt them I get an uneven pulling to one side in my finished lob-sided heart. Also, the ssk and the k2t seem to leave a ribbed effect which is different on both sides, and not present on your perfect ones. Any tips?
ReplyDeleteThank you, Ryan
Thanks, Ryan. For the lob sidedness, I made one like this too and when I ripped it back, I noticed that I didn't decrease evenly:) If that's not it, I always slip my stitches purlwise, so I tried making one slipping them knitwise and that didn't seem to change anything for me. When knitting garter stitch, I do tend to have a tighter gauge on one end vs the other, so maybe that's an issue.
ReplyDeleteFor the ribbed effect, I definitely have an "ugly" side, but I didn't notice a change with this either when I used the different slip technique.
I'd love to hear how it goes or if anyone else has any thoughts:)
Thank you for sharing these!!
ReplyDeleteI am just learning to knit and this is the first pattern I have ever used. It was so easy to follow and the little heart is very cute, I'm proud of my first proper project. Thanks :)
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