My hands have been yearning to hook in the evenings lately; but the projects I have on the go at the moment (which have to remain secret at least until after Christmas) are rather more intricate than I dare attempt at such an hour where I am prone to the odd gin and tonic or two as well as a little snooze. 

So whilst creating numerous chains the other evening…see here .  I found myself hooking up a yarny little heart with not a care of the process noted down at all. 

 

Fast forward a couple of evenings later when the nest was still and quiet, I found myself unable to sleep, thinking of creative yarny possibilities and my yarny little heart began to trouble me. 

So, I found myself unpicking my heart and writing down the pattern and my world was well again. 

So here is my pattern for a ‘yarny little heart’.

This little heart is a great stash busting hook up as it only requires scraps.

You will need:

scraps of double knit (dk) yarn,

4mmhook,

darning needle to weave in the ends. 

Abbreviations used UK terminology (American terminology in brackets)

Ch – chain,         

slst – slip stitch,           

dc – double crochet (single crochet)               

htr – half treble (half double crochet)

tr – treble (double crochet)              

dtr – double treble crochet ( treble )

Begin by chaining 2 (ch2),

slst into first ch to form a tiny ring.

Ch 1 (counts as a dc), place hook inside of ring

and make x9 more dc in ring (10dc in total counting beginning ch). 

Turn circle over and give the tail end a firm tug…this should pull the centre of the circle into a more closed position.

Turn back over.

Row 2:

Ch 2 (counts as a dc,ch1),

*dc, ch1 in next st*

repeat from * – * in each stitch around.

Slst  in 1st ch

(10dc and 10 ch spaces)

Row 3:

Ch4 (counts as a dtr), 1dtr in the next 3 sts,

1tr in next 4sts,

1htr in next st, dc in next st,

ch3,

Slst into same space (this creates a picot),

dc in next st, 1htr in next st,

1tr in next 4 sts,

1dtr in next 4 sts, slst in to ch1 of beginning ch4.

Row 4: ch4 (counts as a dtr),

work x3dtr in side sts of ch4 of previous row

1tr in next 3 sts, 1htr into the next st, 1dc in next 4sts,

Slst in picot space

ch3, slst in to same space (picot made)

1dc in next 4 sts,1htr in next st, 1tr in next 3 sts

1dtr in next 4sts,

slst in to  the cleavage of the heart (i’m sure there is a proper name for that…just not sure what it is!!) But if you don’t understand I mean just here

To create hanging loop ch 14

and slst in to same space.

Fasten off to finish and weave in ends. 

Repeat until your hearts content

xxxxx

A yarny little heart ©2016 designed by Nicola Florence @ayarnyrobin