These hearts are easy to knit and quick to knit too. They make a nice (Valentines? or Mother’s Day?) gift and look good hanging on a chest of draws or similar.
As they can also very easily be made from scraps of ribbon and wool – which is what I did – and Valentines only a month away and Mothers’ day 2 months, I though I’d share the pattern with you as my January Scrap Happy post.
Hanging Hearts Pattern
My hearts were make using double knitting and came out about 3.5″ high.
Abbreviations:
k knit
k2tog knit two stitches together
kfb knit into the front and the back of the stitch
m1L Make a left slanting stitch: insert the left-hand needle, from front to back, under the strand of yarn which lies between the stitch just worked and the next stitch on the left-hand needle. Knit this stitch through the back of the loop.
m1R Make a right slanting stitch: insert the left-hand needle, from back to front, under the strand of yarn which lies between the stitch just worked and the next stitch on the left-hand needle. Knit this stitch through the front of the loop.
p purl
p2tog purl two stitches together
ssk slip two stitches knit-wise, one at a time, onto the right hand needle then slip them back onto the left and knit them together
sts stitches
Ready to Knit?
Cast on 2 stitches
Row 1: kfb twice.
Row 2: purl
Row 3: k1, m1R, M1L, k1
Row 4: purl
Row 5: k1, m1R, knit to last 2 stitches, M1L, k1
Repeat rows 4 and 5 until you have 32 stitches
Work 8 rows stocking stitch
Shape top of heart
Row 1: ssk, k14, turn
Working only on 15 stitches just worked,
Row 2: p2tog, p to end
Row 3: ssk, knit to last 2 stitches, k2tog
Repeat rows 2 and 3 once then row 2 again.
Row 7: sssk, k to last 2 stitches, k2tog
Cast off
Second side of top
Row 1: k14, k2tog
Row 2: p2tog, p to last 2 stitches, ssp
Row 3: ssk, k to end.
Repeat rows 2 and 3 once then row 2 again.
Row 7: sssk, k to last 2 stitches, k2tog
Cast off
Sew ribbon to top and hang.
If you like the idea of using your scraps, click on Kate or Gun (first two names in the list below) and join us on the 15th of every month – or just those months you feel like joining in. Here’s a list of both frequent and occasional Scraphappiers (?) if you want to see what everybody else is doing.
Kate, Gun, Titti, Heléne, Eva, Sue, Nanette, Lynn , Lynda,
Birthe, Turid, Susan, Cathy, Debbierose, Tracy, Jill, Claire, Jan, Karen,
Moira, Sandra, Linda, Chris, Nancy, Alys, Kerry, Claire, Jean, Johanna,
Joanne, Jon, Hayley, Dawn, Gwen, Connie, Bekki, Pauline and Sue L.
Until next time,
Bekki x
Thanks for the pattern – you old romantic you. 💓
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Actually we don’t do valentines here – not lack of romance, just my strong headedness not wanting anyone telling me when to tell LH I love him!
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Love them, I shall have to knit some! Thanks for the pattern. LH needs them.
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Thank you. They can go with your lovely card!
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Might have to put my sister on to this blog post so she can make a few hearts for me!
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Excellent plan! 🙂
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These are lovely, thanks for sharing the pattern.
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Thank you. Glad you like them.
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If I could knit at all, I’d be on this in a flash, but as it is, I’ll just have to admire them and sigh regretfully 🙂
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Or point them out to someone who can knit for you?
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I’ll have to have a think… no-one in the immediate family knits, it’s not a skill in huge demand in tropical Queensland!
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🙂
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Pretty hearts — if I knit I’d try my hand at it! But it would be a perfect way to use up little bits of yarn.
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Thank you.
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Aww, so sweet!
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🙂
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