Tuesday, January 3, 2012

how to crochet a heart :: photo tutorial






Hello, everyone!  My name is Rachel and I'm the woman behind the Cornflower Blue Studio blog and handmade shop.  My mission is to enjoy a life filled with handmade goodness and share what I learn along the way.  

Here is a little tutorial for you!
But beware: crocheting these little hearts can be quite addicting!









Fantastic!  You just made a heart!

55 comments:

  1. Wow! Such a fantastic and simple tutorial but such a lovely effect! I will have to give these a go later! I am very excited! x

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  2. Thank you! I have just crocheted my first ever heart, thanks to your lovely, simple to follow tutorial! xxx

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  3. Thank you for such a clear and well set out tutorial. Am really proud of my little red heart!

    Linda x

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  4. I wish I knew how to crochet... maybe I'll add it to my 2012 list. I want to make one of those gorgeous Granny Circle blankets someday.

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  5. Great tutorial! Looking forward to getting addicted to these sweet hearts.

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  6. perfect little hearts, thanks! was wondering what font you used on your tutorial pics- i like it!

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  7. Thanks so much ... so simple and very good instructions!!! :)

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  8. Thank you for sharing this quick simple pattern. Loved your tutorial.

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  9. Super simple pattern thanks for sharing, I ask making adobe with knit cro sheen and a size 7 hook, perfect size for appliques and earrings, may try #10 thread and 10 hook see what I get!

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  10. Thank you and I love your tutorial...my previous comment didn't show up so doing this again. Planning on sharing this with my elementary students learning to crochet!

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  11. Great little pattern! Cute as can be! Thanks for sharing!

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  12. Awesome tutorial! I used a magic circle and chained 3 because I chain too tight! Easy and beautiful heart. Thank you!!

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  13. Very fast & easy. Thanks for sharing.

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  14. Found this through pinterest... now I'm hooked :-)

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  15. Well, mine don't look exactly as perfect as yours, but I'm addicted. Feeling under the weather today and have been laying on the couch using all my saved scraps to make a bowlful of beautiful and cheerful hearts. Thank you!

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  16. Love it! I posted a link to this on my blog...thru my pinterest board
    Thanks!
    Jennifer @ The Craft Barn

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  17. I can see myself making tons of these!!!!!

    I wonder how they would turn out if I used wool and felted them?! Sounds like a fun experiment to me!

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  18. thanks for this great tutorial! I am just learning and I am finding that with these photo still, I am actually getting it!!!! Yeah!! Made two hearts so far, more to go!

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  19. How cute! And great tutorial, I'm just learning to crochet now and I'm gonna give this a try! :)

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  20. Beautiful! Finally a pattern that is SUPER easy and CUTE! THANK YOU!!!!!

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  21. Yay been looking for a good heart tutorial!

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  22. Thanks so much for sharing this pattern for a heart. I have been using it over and over since you posted it a month ago!!

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  23. thank you for this tutorial. I am loving my red heart and so simple I shall be showing beginners how to make them. Just right for the month of February lol susiesu xxx

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  24. I love your heart pattern. It is the easiest I have found. I will put the link in my blog (I hope you don´t mind...)
    Ana BC
    Lanas & Hilos
    www.arteenhilo.blogspot.com

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  25. Thank you for sharing this adorable little heart!

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  26. I love this! I am curious, why did my second side the top seem a tad larger than the first side? Any tips? Thanks!

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  27. MERCI pour ce pas à pas au crochet !
    Cordialement
    VOLSUL

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  28. this has been so much fun. i made 8 hearts while waiting in line at parent teacher conferences last night. thanks for the awesome step by step!

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  29. This seems so easy to me, yet I'm completely lost after creating the point of the heart... So you work the 3 double crochets into the first chain, then chain 1, triple crochet into that chain or still into the first chain? And then chain 1 again??

    If I'm doing that correctly, what I am doing wrong after this? Do you work the next set of 3 double crochets into that last chain you created or into the first original chain? I don't know what I'm doing wrong, but mine looks completely awful. :(

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  30. JFK -
    Let's see if I can help you out! for the point of the heart you work 3 double crochets into the first chain, then you chain 1. Work 1 triple crochet into the same first chain you've been working in the whole time (not the ch 1 you just made - this ch 1 is simply worked because the length of the triple crochet is taller than the double crochets you made before, so the extra ch 1 on each side helps it fit). After the triple crochet, ch 1. Then work 3 double crochets into the same first chain you've been working in the entire time - all of your crochets are worked in that very first chain stitch : )

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  31. CUTE. once i figured that triple and double crochet seem to be different in different countries, i got it straight away! awesome. great instructions :) thank you! love my wee heart!

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  32. Thank you for sharing this heart, i love it.

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  33. simple and beautifull, thank you so much for this awesome tuttorial!
    bsss
    MariaD

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  34. Hi Rachel,
    I just came across this tutorial on Pintrest, and immediately busted out some yarn and needles. Now, I'm TOTALLY new to crochet (which is why this seemed like the perfect little project for me!) so I do have a question. How do I actually finish the heart? I mean, after the slip stitch. How do I tie off the yarn? I realize this is probably really a stupid question, but I tried looking online for some tips, and didn't find anything. :(

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    1. Just push your cut end of your yarn thru the center hole then tie a knot from there

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  35. Hi i reviewed this on my blog check it out http://craftycrittercritique.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/crochet-heart-for-you.html great project

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  36. wow, so simple, thank you very much.

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  37. Thanks thanks thanks!!! Just what I was looking for!!!

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  38. Thank you soooo much rachel. love it. helped me a lot with the simple and sooo clear images step by step. thank you

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  39. Thank you so much for the tutorial. I will be making ans sending hundreds of these little hearts to the people of Newtown, CT. Just a little piece of comfort they can carry with them.

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  40. This pattern is adorable and super easy.
    Thank you! :)
    Can see myself getting addicted to making these little hearts.
    Happy New Year!

    Emma

    http://readbakestitch.blogspot.co.uk

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  41. this is totally adorable... I will use it very soon as I want to make a key chain for a friend of mine... it will have a lot of these "adictable" hearts... ;) thank you so much for sharing...
    wish you a great 2013

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  42. Thanks for sharing. I'll give it a try ASAP.

    Hugs, Keti

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  43. Awesome! Very easy . Thank you for sharing.

    Hugs,

    Janine

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  44. So cute and easy- thank you! :)

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  45. Thanks for sharing such a good tutorial! I love it. I've been making some of these lately and you are right.. they are addicting!

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  46. Thanks for such an easy-to-follow tutorial. Such fun to do!

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  47. This is an awesome tutorial! Great pics and directions!
    Thank you!

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  48. Thanks, these will be a great addition to the valentine box we're sending my sister and niece....I've been making them with the magic circle and have little to no hole in the middle.

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  49. As all the other comments already said, thanks so much for this easy as pie tutorial. You can see them here:
    http://horaveintiseven.blogspot.com.es/2013/02/feliz-san-valentin-happy-valentines.html

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  50. I am a learner at crochet and I find these hearts so easy to do with a very pleasing and neat result. Thank you

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