5 Free Quick and Easy Crochet Heart Patterns for Beginners

Written By Huipei Zhang

Crochet hearts are versatile and can be used in countless ways to add charm and personality to your projects. You could use them as embellishment for clothes, gifts for loved ones or even make them as part of your home decor! Here are some great ideas to get you started quickly and easily!

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    Why crochet hearts?

    If you are wondering how a simple crochet heart can be used, here are some creative uses for crochet hearts:

    Gifts

    • Use heart baskets to store small gifts like earrings or jewelry.

    • Attach crochet hearts to gift cards for a personalized touch.

    • Make thoughtful presents for teachers or your kids’ friends.

    • Craft special gifts for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, or Valentine’s Day.

    Home Decor

    • Upsize a mini heart pillow pattern to create a cozy, decorative pillow.

    • String hearts together into a garland to brighten up your living space.

    • Add heart motifs to blankets or throws for a lovely accent.

    These ideas show just how versatile and meaningful crochet hearts can be, no matter the occasion!

    What equipment do I need to crochet a heart?

    Here I will talk about all the recommended yarn, hook sizes, and other materials that work best for these patterns. As for the details on each particular section and how to select the right crochet supplies and narrow down your choices, I will link to an appropriate detailed article for each one when you explore the full pattern itself - I hope it helps! 

    Yarn Selection  

    • Yarn weight – sport Yarn (I used Scheepjes Catona) or DK Yarn, worsted yarn for bigger projects

    • Yarn colours – red, pink, white  

    • Yarn material – acrylic or cotton are popular choices for amigurumi

    • Read more here about ‘12-point Checklist to Select the Best Yarn for Amigurumi’ 

    Crochet Hook Selection  

    • Basic cheap metallic hooks to start 

    Crochet Tools and Accessories 

    What do I need to know before crocheting hearts?

    Below I have included the techniques needed to crochet all the heart patterns below. They are great even for beginners, involving the 6 basic crochet stitches, magic ring, increases and decreases in stitches. Read on more below for what techniques you need to know before starting, if you have no idea how to do them - go ahead and click through to learn.

    Basic Crochet Stitches 

    Magic ring 

    Increase Crochet 

    Decrease Crochet 

    FLO and BLO 

    Surface Crochet

    Surface sc = surface single crochet

    • holding working yarn behind piece, hook in front of piece, insert hook through piece, yo, pull yarn through piece, proceed to sc

    How to make a heart in crochet?

    To make a crochet heart, there are a few ways to get it done, using a variety of techniques. You could start off the simplest way in rows, without involving magic ring, then combine flat pieces together to make a pillow. Alternatively you could extend the applique downwards to make into a basket or box, or even try out making the full heart amigurumi with a magic ring and crocheting in rounds.

    How to crochet a heart without a magic ring?

    This is the most basic way to crochet a heart and it does not involve crocheting in rounds so there is no magic ring involved. This heart is crocheted in rows back and forth, with increases and decreases at the ends to shape the heart. To do the opposite side, there is some surface crocheting involved as well.

    This pattern can also be used to crochet heart motif or even crochet a heart coaster with some adjustment to the size of the yarn used. Go and check out the free pattern over here. 

    How to crochet a heart pillow pattern?

    To convert from a 2D appliqué to a 3D mini pillow, try out this pattern. It involves making 2 separate flat heart pieces and then crochet the edges together, add stuffing then seal it up. Simple and quick, easy to whip up for Valentine’s Day and you can attach it to a small card with a message inside. See more of this free pattern over here.

    How to crochet a 3d heart?

    This crochet heart amigurumi pattern, unlike the heart pillow pattern above, involves crocheting in a round right from the beginning. That means that this heart crochet pattern does include a magic ring right at the start and by using some branching techniques, it looks very different at the end! So you could say this is a magic circle crochet heart, as compared to the heart made with rows above! Go ahead and try it here!

    How to crochet heart basket?

    From the basic heart appliqué pattern above, continue crocheting in a round until you get a considerable height. Then repeat the process with a slightly bigger heart to make as the lid. Then finally add in the colour changes and a ribbon right at the end. This is great as a mini gift box to house a pair of earrings or small jewellery. Or you could size it up and make a bigger version to contain a larger present. See the full free pattern over here.

    How to crochet a heart garland?

    To make this heart garland pattern, the techniques involved in making the heart continuously is on the chain, without any external sewing at all. Just change up the colours for variety on the garland or bunting. The techniques involved are also totally different from the other heart patterns. You can go ahead and check it out over here. 

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    Conclusion of Free Crochet Heart Patterns

    Hope you enjoyed the patterns above! All the patterns involved totally different techniques but they mostly work off a basic flat heart pattern. If you want to learn how to crochet other types of Valentine’s Day or love-related mini amigurumis, which are adapted from this basic flat heart pattern, go check out each specific pattern above by clicking through!

    There is this base flat heart pattern PDF which is available for download for free right below - go ahead and grab it!

    Huipei Zhang
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