Hello, in this post I am sharing a free pattern for a heart in a square with you. A few weeks ago I designed a crochet heart and shared the pattern as a stash busting project. I wanted to include my stash busting hearts in my Shades of the Rainbow blanket so I have designed a pattern to put the hearts into a square of the same size as my sample squares.
Here is a link to the heart pattern. This pattern starts with a completed heart. The heart you made should look like this. I have also included the heart pattern again at the bottom of this post.
The picture above shows the start point for this pattern and the points where the outside border joins the heart are indicated with an X.
Heart in a Square pattern – UK version (US version below)
First round – slip stitch into the side of the heart in the stitch indicated in the picture above. CH2, DC into next stitch, CH5, miss three stitches, TR into the next stitch (at the top right of the heart), DC into next stitch, CH5, DC into stitch at the top of the left side of the heart, TR, CH5, miss three stitches, 2DC, CH12, DC into the bottom stitch of the heart, CH12 and slip stitch to the second of the chains that started the round to join to your start point.
Second round – CH2, DC, (2DC, CH2, DC) into the corner, 2DC at the top right hand side of the heart, 5 DC across the centre/top of the heart, 2DC into the top left hand side of the heart, (DC,2CH,2DC) into the left hand corner, 2DC, (7DC, 2CH,5DC) into the bottom left corner, DC into the stitch at the bottom of the heart, (5DC,2CH,7DC) into the bottom right corner and slip stitch to the second of the chains that started the round to join to your start point.
Third round – CH2, DC all round working 2DC,2CH,2DC into the corner chains.
You should end up with a square that looks like this 🙂
Heart in a Square pattern – US version
First round – slip stitch into the side of the heart in the stitch indicated in the picture above. CH2, SC into next stitch, CH5, miss three stitches, DC into the next stitch (at the top right of the heart), SC into next stitch, CH5, SC into stitch at the top of the left side of the heart, DC, CH5, miss three stitches, 2SC, CH12, SC into the bottom stitch of the heart, CH12 and slip stitch to the second of the chains that started the round to join to your start point.
Second round – CH2, SC, (2SC, CH2, SC) into the corner, 2SC at the top right hand side of the heart, 5 SC across the centre/top of the heart, 2SC into the top left hand side of the heart, (SC,2CH,2SC) into the left hand corner, 2SC, (7SC, 2CH,5SC) into the bottom left corner, SC into the stitch at the bottom of the heart, (5SC,2CH,7SC) into the bottom right corner and slip stitch to the second of the chains that started the round to join to your start point.
Third round – CH2, SC all round working 2SC,2CH,2SC into the corner chains.
In case there are issues with the heart link or just in case you would like this pattern all in one place – here is the heart pattern:
Heart Pattern
UK terms
Make a magic loop, chain 3 and working into the magic loop, 3 dtr, 3tr, chain 1, 1dtr, chain 1, 3tr, 3dtr, chain 2, slip stitch into magic loop and pull the thread to close the centre of the heart.
second round – 2 sl stitch into the gap behind the three chain from the first round. 3dc into the next stitch (top of the left side of the heart), 3 dc into the next stitch and 2 dc into the following stitch. Work 4 dc to take you to the bottom loop of the heart. 3dc into the bottom stitch of the heart, 4 dc, work 2dc, 3dc, 3dc into the next three stitches, 2 sl stitches and one final slip stitch into the centre of the heart.
third round – 2 slip stitches then 2dc into the next five stitches (around the top of the left side of the heart) 7 dc, 3dc into the bottom stitch of the heart, 7dc, 2dc into the next five stitches, 2 slip stitches and finish off to complete the heart.
US terms
Make a magic loop, chain 3 and working into the magic loop, 3TRC, 3DC, chain 1, 1TRC, chain 1, 3DC, 3TRC, chain 2, slip stitch into magic loop and pull the thread to close the centre of the heart.
second round – 2 sl stitch into the gap behind the three chain from the first round. 3SC into the next stitch (top of the left side of the heart), 3 SC into the next stitch and 2SC into the following stitch. Work 4SC to take you to the bottom loop of the heart. 3SC into the bottom stitch of the heart, 4SC, work 2SC, 3SC, 3SC into the next three stitches, 2 sl stitches and one final slip stitch into the centre of the heart.
third round – 2 slip stitches then 2SC into the next five stitches (around the top of the left side of the heart) 7 SC, 3SC into the bottom stitch of the heart, 7SC, 2SC into the next five stitches, 2 slip stitches and finish off to complete the heart.
That’s all for now. I will be sharing my completed blanket in a few weeks – just a few more squares to go – and a lot of ends to tie in!!
Happy crocheting!
Annie 🙂