How to crochet a heart

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Published: January 13, 2021 at 9:00 am

Nothing shows your love quite like a crochet heart! Whether you’re using it on a card, making a brooch, or embellishing an outfit, hearts are a simple crochet shape that are easy to hook up. There are lots of different ways to crochet a heart shape though, so we’ll show you how to make two different versions – a simple crochet heart pattern and a granny square crochet heart pattern, as well as giving you some links to patterns that use hearts in different ways too!

How to crochet a heart

Abbreviations

You can find a full list of all abbreviations we use in our abbreviations and conversions guide. This crochet heart pattern is written in UK terminology but you can easily convert it to US terms using the guide.

You Will Need

Yarn
Crochet hook

Step 1

Ch4, ss in 1st ch to form a ring. (alternatively you could use a crochet magic loop to make your ring)

Step 2

Round 1 Ch3 (counts as tr), 15tr in ring, ss to top of beg ch-3. [16tr]

Step 3

Round 2 Skip first st, 8tr in next st, skip next st, dc in next 3 sts, htr in next st, (htr, tr, htr) in next st, htr in next st, dc in next 3 sts, skip next st, 8tr in next st, skip next st, ss in next st. Fasten off and weave in ends

Now you know that basics of how to crochet a heart! But if you want to try something a little different, here’s another crochet heart pattern for you to try. This crochet heart pattern by Sara Huntington uses the traditional granny square as its starting point, which gives it more of a traditional crochet appearance, and is the perfect motif for adding to cards or notebooks.

Granny Square crochet heart motif

Make a crochet magic loop.

Round 1 Ch3 (counts as tr), 2tr into loop, ch2 (3tr into loop, ch2) 3 times, ss to top of beg ch-3 to join. [4 3-tr groups, 4 ch-2 sps]

Round 2 Ss across to first ch-2 sp, ch3 (counts as tr), (2tr, ch2, 3tr) in same ch-2 sp, ch1, *(3tr, ch2, 3tr, ch3) in next ch-2 sp; repeat from * once more, (3tr, ch2, 3tr, ch1) in next ch-2 sp, ss to top of beg ch-3 to join. [8 3-tr groups, 8 ch-sps]

Round 3 Ch1 (does not count as st), dc in same st, dc in next 2 tr, (dc, ch3, dc) in ch-2 corner sp, dc in next 7 sts, dc in next ch-2 corner sp, (skip next 3 tr, 12dtr in next ch-3 sp, skip next 3 tr, dc in next ch-2 corner sp) twice, dc in next 4 sts, ss to first dc to join. Fasten off and weave in ends.

Free Crochet Heart Patterns

Now that you’ve learnt how to crochet a heart, there’s plenty of other crochet heart patterns and variations for you to try. If you fancy trying to make a stuffed crochet heart, you can find 3 different types in this Free crochet heart decoration pattern.