Want to make a puffed heart? Well, today I am going to show you how to knit two hearts and sew them together to make a cute, little stuffed heart. This makes an interesting ornament that you can hang in your bedroom, attach it to your shoulder bag, or put it on a Christmas tree, it’s also a wonderful gift to express love and devotion to your loved one.
There are lots of knitted heart tutorials around the web, most of them are using garter stitch. This little heart is created in stockinette stitch, the reason why I choose stockinette is because I think it’s THE STITCH to go when you’re making knitted toys and stuffed projects, those aligned stockinette Vs is a unique feature of a knitted project.
This is also a nice project for anyone who wants to learn more about increase and decrease stitches, this little heart uses several increasing and decreasing techniques, with it, you’ll learn how to increase and decrease on the Right Side and Wrong Side of a piece. The stitches it uses include KFB (Knit Front Back), PFB (Purl Front Back, increase on WS), K2TOG (Knit 2 Together) and P2TOG (Purl 2 Together, decrease on WS).
Now, here is the pattern, and enjoy your sweet heart!
You can watch me making this heart by clicking on the video below.
Simple Knit Heart Pattern
SKILL LEVEL: Easy
SIZE:
This is a free size project, no need to check gauge.
MATERIALS
• Worsted weight /DK yarn – half ball
• Two double-pointed needles – needle size as recommend in the yarn label
• A tapestry needle
• Some polyester fiberfill
HEART
Row 1 (WS): Purl. (2 sts)
Row 2 (RS): Kfb x 2. (4 sts)
Row 3: Pfb, p2, pfb. (6 sts)
Row 4: Kfb, k4, kfb. (8 sts)
Row 5: Pfb, p6, pfb. (10 sts)
Row 6: Kfb, k8, kfb. (12 sts)
Row 7: Pfb, p10, pfb. (14 sts)
Row 8: Kfb, k12, kfb. (16 sts)
Row 9: Purl.
Row 10: Knit.
Row 11: Purl.
Rows 12 – 13: Repeat rows 10 – 11.
Divide the piece into two part, right part and left part, we will first work on the right part, then on the left part.
Right part (Row 14 RS): k6, k2tog. (7 sts)
Right part (Row 15 WS): p2tog, p3, p2tog. (5 sts)
Right part (Row 16, RS): k2tog, k1, k2tog. (3 sts)
Right part (Row 17, WS): bind off by purling.
Left part (Row 14 RS): k2tog, k6. (7 sts)
Left part (Row 15 WS): p2tog, p3, p2tog. (5 sts)
Left part (Row 16, RS): k2tog, k1, k2tog. (3 sts)
Left part (Row 17, WS): bind off by purling.
SEWING
Make two hearts, with WS facing each other, use a tapestry needle to sew two pieces together, you can fill the heart with fiberfill while sewing.
Weave in all loose ends.
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