I have been diving back into crochet lately and I have been enamored with these little crochet hearts.

So enamored in fact, I have made so many of them that they have become confetti, of sorts. Hand crocheted heart confetti. I really like that. So I decided I would package up a few in these little glassine bags that I have had since our wedding to give away to those I love for Valentine’s Day. (Oooh these would make cute wedding favors packaged this way!)

Add just a touch of decor tape to close the envelope.

And these little packages are ready to give away. I just love the idea of giving away a pocket full of love. A sprinkling of love confetti. I really just want to throw a sprinkle of these soft hearts high in the air above my girls so they can feel my love raining down on them. Heartfelt and homemade love in tangible form. And these, once you get the hang of crochet, are quite meditative to make.

If you are just starting your hooking career or picking it up again after a long hiatus, the first one may take you a while. I scribbled this little pattern out almost three years ago during my second phase of crochet experimentation. I ended up making a lot of bowls instead and a bunch of deformed hearts until I got the combo of stitches just right. I really wanted to make tiny little hearts, but crochet thread and I don’t get along very well. We still don’t, hence these hearts are made with worsted weight yarn and are about 2″ tall. 

I haven’t really touched a hook since I jotted down this little pattern and made all those bowls (anyone want a crochet bowl?). I had all but lost my crochet abilities, well, almost anyways. To help refresh my memory, I downloaded the Learn to Crochet booklet from Lion Brand to use as a reference when I totally forgot how to make a half double crochet and double crochet stitch. It was like teaching myself to crochet all over again! Needless to say, it took me 45 minutes to make that first heart with all the reading and referring back to the book. But once I regained my crochet muscle memory, each heart took about 10 minutes. Granted, I am slow at crochet, you may very well whip one of these up in half the time. They are really that quick and easy.

So this year, I will be handing out little pockets of heart confetti for Valentine’s Day. I may even make a few extra to hand out to random strangers on the 14th to inject a little surprise love into their day. Yesterday I also had an epiphany thanks to this little blog post. It reminded me of the secret love hunts I used to create using folded heart notes, and I love the idea of using plush hearts instead! Even more, I love the idea of whipping up a batch of the little crochet hearts and tucking them in pockets and laptop cases and glove boxes for my honey to find throughout the month. Or year. We certainly do have an extra mason jar on hand in the cold cellar.

I’ll have a few more ideas about how to use these sweet little hearts in the coming days, but for now, want to try your hand at making them?

Crochet Heart Confetti

Materials

• Any worsted weight yarn in your favorite colour.
• Size G6 hook.
• Tapestry needle.
• Scissors.

Finished Measurements

Approx 2 inches tall with worsted weight yarn. If you want a smaller heart and those tiny hooks and crochet thread like you, you can make much smaller hearts.

Techniques and Abbreviations

ch (chain)
st (stitch)
sl st (slip stitch)
sc (single crochet)
hdc (half double crochet)
dc (double crochet)

Note

You can tell I was only making bowls when I scribbled this pattern down as this heart is worked in one continuous spiral. There is no joining and no turning, just continue to work around in a spiral.

Crochet Heart Directions

1. Ch 2.
2. Do 6 sc in the 2nd ch from the hook. Do not join. Do not turn.
3. Moving around the circle, do 2 sc in each of the next 5 sc, ch 1.
4. Do 2 dc in the next sc.
5. Do 2 sc in the next sc.
6. Do 1 sc in the next sc.
7. Do 1 hdc and 4 dc in the next sc.
8. Do 1 sc in the next sc.
9. Do sl st in the next sc.
10. Do 1 sc in the next sc.
11. Do 4 dc and 1 hdc in the next sc.
12. Do 1 sc in the next sc.
13. Do sl st in the next sc.
14. Cut yarn and bind off.
15. Using a tapestry needle, weave in yarn ends.

Have fun crocheting your own little confetti hearts! If you decide to whip up some hearts, drop me a line and a pic, I would love to see your creations!