Crochet Heart in a Pot Pattern (Free Heart Cactus Amigurumi Tutorial)
If you love quick and adorable Valentine crochet projects, you’ll enjoy this crochet heart in a pot pattern! This little heart cactus amigurumi is a fun twist on a classic crochet heart, using simple shaping techniques to create a cute “plant” that never dies. It’s fast to make, uses minimal yarn, and makes the perfect handmade Valentine’s Day gift, desk decoration, or mini amigurumi project for beginners.
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Introduction to Crocheting Heart in a Pot
In this post, we will first be starting off with the relevant supplies and techniques you would need to crochet this small heart in a mini pot. Here to make this heart, we only be using 3 yarn colours, red for heart, brown for soil and white for the pot. Then we will head into the pattern proper.
As this is a beginner friendly pattern, here you will learn how to crochet a heart shape without any special stitches, just increases and decreases in single crochet. You will be working in a continuous round as well as surface crocheting. There is some assembling right at the end as well.
Stick around after that to check out the full video of how to crochet a potted heart and remember to grab the free mini heart pillow pattern PDF below and join in a mini Valentine Crochet-A-Long to get more sweet designs arriving in your inbox.
The other available Valentine projects include a flat heart applique, mini heart pillow and valentine gift box, all using different techniques on this base flat heart!
Supplies and Techniques for Crocheting a Heart in a Pot
Here I have listed the techniques as well as the materials needed to crochet both the heart amigurumi on top and the soiled pot below. Each one is individually linked if you need to learn more about how to master each technique, or you could check out this post on “How to Learn Basic Crochet Stitches step by step for Absolute Beginners - 6 Easy Steps!”.
The materials needed are also listed below or if you wish to see what I start off most of my projects with, then check out this post on “My Crochet Tools and Accessories that are Super Simple to Start With”. Read on below.
Terminology for Crocheting Heart Cactus
Ch = chain
St = stitch (refers to number of stitches in one round)
2sc1 = single crochet increase (meaning 2 single crochet in same stitch)
Sc2tog1 = single crochet decrease (referring to invisible decrease)
2hdc1 = half double crochet increase
Special Stitches for Crocheting Heart in a Pot
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
Materials and Tools for Crocheting Heart Plant in a Pot
Scheepjes Catona or any equivalent fingering or sport weight yarn
Red, Brown, White (25gm each)
Darning needle
Filling – use leftover yarn or polyester fiberfill
Scissors
See how they look like and my selection for my amigurumis just below.
Also check out my full list of commonly used crochet tools and accessories here.
Now that you have gathered your supplies and had a look at the basic terminology to reading the following pattern, let us first get started!
Yarn
Scheepjes Catona or any equivalent fingering or sport weight yarn
Crochet hook
2.5-3.0mm Clover crochet hook
Stuffing
Use leftover yarn or polyester fibrefill
Darning Needles
Safety Eyes
4mm glass eyes or safety eyes
Stitch Markers
Plastic stitch markers or metal stitch markers
Crochet Mini Heart Amigurumi On Top
Use red yarn for the heart at the top, use white yarn for the flower pot, brown yarn for soil.
Only use red yarn to make the whole heart.
Round 1: Magic ring sc3 - 3st
Round 2: 2sc3 - 6st
Round 3: (Sc1, 2sc1) x 3 - 9st
Round 4: (Sc2, 2sc1) x 3 - 12st
Round 5: (Sc3, 2sc1) x 3 - 15st
Round 6: (Sc4, 2sc1) x 3 - 18st
Round 7: (Sc5, 2sc1) x 3 - 21st
Round 8: (Sc6, 2sc1) x 3 - 24st
Round 9: Skip 12st, sc1, place stitch marker here, sc11 - 12st
Round 10: (Sc2, sc2tog1) x 3 - 9st
Round 11: (Sc1, sc2tog1) x 3 - 6st
Round 12: (Sc1, sc2tog1) x 2 - 4st
Close up and end off.
Add stuffing to heart before working on the other side of heart.
Work into Round 8, surface crochet in the middle with slip knot first with opposite sides together and work in clockwise direction, place stitch marker at beginning of round,
Round 9: 2sc1, sc11 - 12st
Round 10: (Sc2, sc2tog1) x 3 - 9st
Round 11: (Sc1, sc2tog1) x 3 - 6st
Add more stuffing before sealing up the rest of heart.
Round 12: (Sc1, sc2tog1) x 2 - 4st
Close up and end off in FLO.
Sew up any gaps in the middle.
Crochet Flower pot
Start off flower pot with white yarn.
Round 1: Magic ring sc5 - 5st
Round 2: 2sc5 - 10st
Round 3: 2sc10 - 20st
Round 4: (Sc1, 2sc1) x 10 - 30st
Round 5: (Sc2, 2sc1) x 10 - 40st
Round 6: (Sc2, sc2tog1) x 10 - 30st
Round 7: (Sc1, sc2tog1) x 10 - 20st
Round 8: Sc20 - 20st
Round 9: Repeat Round 8 - 20st
Round 10: (Sc1 FLO, ch2, 3hdc1), 3hdc19 FLO - 60st
Change to brown, cut off brown yarn.
Round 11: Sc20 BLO (brown) - 20st
Round 12: Sc2tog10 (brown) - 10st
Add stuffing to pot.
Round 13: (Sc1, sc2tog1) x 3, sc1 - 7st (brown)
Close up in FLO and end off.
Assembly of Heart to Pot
Place bottom tip of heart right in the middle of the soil in the flower pot.
Then sew it down using whipstitch multiple times to secure it.
The tip might be blunted but that is ok because we want it to be secure.
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Crochet Heart Cactus Gift Amigurumi Video
After referring to the pattern above, remember to check out the full video on how to crochet a heart in a pot, from beginning to the end. It takes less than an hour and it includes captions with voice-overs as well. You can scroll to the specific parts that you are struggling when you are attempting the pattern above. Remember to also like the video and subscribe to my Youtube Channel so that when new amigurumi videos are released, you will know about it!
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Conclusion of Crocheting Heart Pot
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