Just in time for Valentine's Day!
GRANNY HEART PATTERN
PATTERN TERMS: US
MATERIALS: 100% DK COTTON (I used Coffee Cotton)
HOOK SIZE: 4.00mm
SKILL LEVEL: Easy
Foundation: 3ch, sl st to make a circle OR make a magic ring
Row 1: 3ch (counts as 1dc), 2dc into circle; (3ch; 3dc into circle) x3; 3ch, sl st into top of 3ch at start to close. Break off yarn.
Row 2: Join yarn in any 3ch space. 6ch (counts as 1dc, 3ch), 3dc into same space (first corner); (3dc, 3ch, 3dc into next 3ch space) x3; 2dc into same space as start join; sl st into 3rd of 6ch to close.
Row 3: Sl st into first corner space; (2trc, 3ch, 3trc, 3ch, 2trc) into next space between corners; sl st into next corner space; ((2trc, 3ch, 3trc, 3ch, 2trc) into next space between corners; sl st into next corner space to close. Break off yarn.
Row 4: Join yarn in unworked corner (the apex or point of the heart), 3ch (counts as 1dc), (2dc, 3ch, 3dc) into same corner; (1ch, 3dc into next space) x2; 2ch, 3dc into next space; 2ch, (3dc, 3ch, 3trc) into next 3ch space; sl st to right of sl st in Row 3; sl st to left of sl st in Row 3; (3trc, 3ch, 3dc) into next 3ch space; 2ch, 3dc into next space, 2ch; (3dc into next space, 1ch) x2, sl st into top of 3ch at start to close. Break off yarn.
Row 5: Join yarn with a sl st to left of 2nd sl in Row 4; 2ch, 1dc into same space; (skip 2dc, sl st into next space between dc; 2ch, 1dc into same space; skip 1dc, sl st into next space; 2ch, 1dc into same space) all around ending with a sl st to the right of 1st sl st in Row 4
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A special thank you to Jackie Ramsden of BLANKIES BY JACKIE for testing this pattern:
and to John Kelly of HE IS HOOKED and Michelle Westlund of CROCHET BETWEEN WORLDS for proof reading the pattern!