These heart squares are the cutest beginner friendly project to try, and they can be made into so many different things… scarves, hoods, pillows, book sleeves…

Materials used:

• Rainbow cotton yarn fron Hobbii (or any scrap yarn you have on hand)
• 4mm hook (or whatever hook is recommended on the yarn you are using)

Abbreviations (US):

• CH: chain
• SC: single crochet
• HDC: half double crochet
• DC: double crochet
• TR: treble crochet
• SLST: slip stitch

This pattern is written using US terms – skip to the end for the UK version. Stitches written in (brackets) indicate that they all go in one stitch.

Making the Heart

ROUND 1

Make a magic circle and ch3 (counts as your first dc),and add 11dc into ring.

slst into the top of your chain 3 to finish the round, and pull on the short tail end to close the circle tight. (12)

TIP: Crochet over the small tail left from closing the magic circle so you don’t have to weave it in later!

ROUND 2

2dc, 2dc, 1dc.

Then make 7tr, to finish off the other rounded part of the heart, then skip a stitch and slst into the first stitch of the last round.

Making the Square

Round 1

Start with your background colour in the stitch between the round parts of the heart.

In the next stitches do 1dc, 1hdc, 1sc

Work your stitches in the back loop only of the heart to create a neat boarder.

Optional: I find that I get the neatest result when I also pick up the loop that looks like its in between the stitches, but if you are a beginner this might be hard to see.

Then to make the first corner, (1dc, ch2, 2dc) – remember, brackets indicate stitches going into the same space.

In the next 6 stitches, do 3hdc, 2dc and 1tr…

After the corner, do 1tr, 1dc, 1hdc. Add 1sc in the chain space – this creates the point of the heart.

The rest of the round is mirroring what we have just done:

1hdc, 1dc, 1tr, (1tr, ch1, 1tr)

1tr, 2dc, 3hdc, (1dc, ch2, 1dc)

1sc, 1hdc, 1dc, and slst into the top ch3 to finish the round (36)

Round 2

I work this round using half double crochets, but you can also use double crochets if you want the square to be a bit bigger.

Ch2 (counts as 1hdc) then 1hdc in each stitch to corner space (should be 4 more hdc).

In the corner space, 2hdc ch2 2hdc

Then keep going with 1hdc in each space on the sides and (2hdc, ch2, 2hdc) in the corners for the whole round.

There should be 8dc on each side (not counting the corner stitches).

Making It Bigger…

I hope you enjoy making these lil heart squares into many cute projects… If you have any questions, drop me a message on insta – @earthyina, and I’ll get back to you as soon as possible <3

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The same but using British English crochet terms…

Abbreviations (UK):

• CH: chain
• SLST: slip stitch
• TR: treble crochet
• HTR: half treble crochet
• DC: double crochet
• DTR: double treble crochet

Making the Heart

ROUND 1

Make a magic circle and ch3 (counts as your first tr), and add 12tr into ring.

slst into the top of your chain 3 to finish the round, and pull on the short tail end to close the circle tight. (13)

TIP: Crochet over the small tail left from closing the magic circle so you don’t have to weave it in later!

ROUND 2

2tr, 2tr, 1tr.

Then make 7dtr, to finish off the other rounded part of the heart, then skip a stitch and slst into the first stitch of the last round.

Making the Square

Round 1

Start with your background colour in the stitch you left empty between the round parts of the heart.

In the next stitches do 1tr, 1htr, 1dc

Work your stitches in the back loop only of the heart to create a neat boarder.

Optional: I find that I get the neatest result when I also pick up the loop that looks like its in between the stitches, but if you are a beginner this might be hard to see.

Then to make the first corner, (1tr, ch2, 2tr) – remember, brackets indicate stitches going into the same space.

In the next 6 stitches, do 3htr, 2tr and 1dtr…

After the corner, do 1dtr, 1tr, 1htr. Add 1dc in the chain space – this creates the point of the heart.

The rest of the round is mirroring what we have just done:

1htr, 1tr, 1dtr, (1dtr, ch1, 1dtr)

1dtr, 2tr, 3htr, (1tr, ch2, 1tr)

1dc, 1htr, 1tr, and slst into the top ch3 to finish the round (36)

Round 2

I work this round using half double crochets, but you can also use double crochets if you want the square to be a bit bigger.

Ch2 (counts as 1htr) then 1htr in each stitch to corner space (should be 4 more htr).

In the corner space, (2htr, ch2, 2htr)

Then keep going with 1hdc in each space on the sides and (2htr, ch2, 2htr) in the corners for the whole round.

There should be 8tr on each side (not counting the corner stitches).

Making It Bigger…

I hope you enjoy making these lil heart squares into many cute projects… If you have any questions, drop me a message on insta – @earthyina, and I’ll get back to you as soon as possible <3