Heart Pillow

crochet heart pillow free pattern
crochet heart pillow free pattern
crochet heart pillow free pattern

For Valentine’s Day I decided to design a Heart pillow. I was originally going to design the pillows to look like candy Conversation Hearts. Once I got started though, I changed my mind and decided to use white yarn for the font (as opposed to red). I also added a scallop border. I think the pillows look like boxes of Valentine chocolates! What do you think?

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As you can see, my pink pillow ended up being larger than my blue pillow.

Pink Pillow: I used Caron One Pound yarn in soft soft pink . It measures approximately 13″ by 13″.

crochet heart pillow free pattern
crochet heart pillow free pattern

Blue Pillow: I used Red Heart Super Saver yarn in Light Blue.  It measures approximately 12″ by 12″.

crochet heart pillow free pattern
crochet heart pillow free pattern

Soft Pink: 9 single crochet and 10 rows= 2 inches

Light Blue: 10 single crochet and 11 rows= 2 inches

ch= chain

chs= chains

sc= single crochet

sc2tog= single crochet 2 stitches together

st= stitch

crochet heart pillow free pattern
crochet heart pillow free pattern

CLICK HERE to watch my Surface Slip Stitch Tutorial

surface slip stitch crochet pattern tutorial

Make 2

Instructions between asterisks(*) should be repeated for the remainder of the row.

Row 1: ch 4, sc in 2nd ch from the hook, sc in next 2 chs, turn [3]

Row 2: ch 1, sc in the first st, 2 sc in the next st, sc in the last st, turn [4]

Row 3: ch 1, *2 sc, sc in 1 st*, turn [6]

Row 4: ch 1, sc in each st, turn [6]

Row 5: ch 1, *2 sc, sc in 2 sts*, turn [8]

Row 6: ch 1, *2 sc, sc in 3 sts*, turn [10]

Row 7: ch 1, sc in each st, turn [10]

Row 8: ch 1, *2 sc, sc in 4 sts*, turn [12]

Row 9: ch 1, *2 sc, sc in 5 sts*, turn [14]

Row 10: ch 1, sc in each st, turn [14]

Row 11: ch 1, *2 sc, sc in 6 sts*, turn [16]

Row 12: ch 1, *2 sc, sc in 7 sts*, turn [18]

Row 13: ch 1, sc in each st, turn [18]

Row 14: ch 1, *2 sc, sc in 8 sts*, turn [20]

Row 15: ch 1, *2 sc, sc in 9 sts*, turn [22]

Row 16: ch 1, sc in each st, turn [22]

Row 17: ch 1, *2 sc, sc in 10 sts*, turn [24]

Row 18: ch 1, *2 sc, sc in 11 sts*, turn [26]

Row 19: ch 1, sc in each st, turn [26]

Row 20: ch 1, *2 sc, sc in 12 sts*, turn [28]

Row 21: ch 1, *2 sc, sc in 13 sts*, turn [30]

Row 22: ch 1, sc in each st, turn [30]

Row 23: ch 1, *2 sc, sc in 14 sts*, turn [32]

Row 24: ch 1, *2 sc, sc in 15 sts*, turn [34]

Row 25: ch 1, sc in each st, turn [34]

Row 26: ch 1, *2 sc, sc in 16 sts*, turn [36]

Row 27: ch 1, *2 sc, sc in 17 sts*, turn [38]

Row 28: ch 1, sc in each st, turn [38]

Row 29: ch 1, *2 sc, sc in 18 sts*, turn [40]

Row 30: ch 1, *2 sc, sc in 19 sts*, turn [42]

Row 31: ch 1, sc in each st, turn [42]

Row 32: ch 1, *2 sc, sc in 20 sts*, turn [44]

Row 33: ch 1, *2 sc, sc in 21 sts*, turn [46]

Row 34: ch 1, sc in each st, turn [46]

Row 35: ch 1, *2 sc, sc in 22 sts*, turn [48]

Row 36: ch 1, *2 sc, sc in 23 sts*, turn [50]

Row 37: ch 1, sc in each st, turn [50]

Row 38: ch 1, *2 sc, sc in 24 sts*, turn [52]

Row 39: ch 1, *2 sc, sc in 25 sts*, turn [54]

Row 40: ch 1, sc in each st, turn [54]

Row 41: ch 1, *2 sc, sc in 26 sts*, turn [56]

Row 42: ch 1, *2 sc, sc in 27 sts*, turn [58]

Row 43: ch 1, *2 sc, sc in 28 sts*, turn [60]

Row 44: ch 1, sc in each st, turn [60]

crochet heart pillow free pattern

Do not fasten off.

You are now working the “bumps” of the heart. You are working them one at a time.

You are beginning where you left off for row 45.

Row 1: ch 1, sc 9, sc2tog, sc 9, sc2tog, sc 8, turn [28]

crochet heart pillow free pattern
crochet heart pillow free pattern

Row 2: ch 1, sc 8, sc2tog, sc 8, sc2tog, sc 8, turn [26]

crochet heart pillow free pattern

Row 3: ch 1, sc 8, sc2tog, sc 7, sc2tog, sc 7, turn [24]

Row 4: ch 1, sc 7, sc2tog, sc 7, sc2tog, sc 6, turn [22]

Row 5: ch 1, sc 6, sc2tog, sc 6, sc2tog, sc 6, turn [20]

Row 6: ch 1, sc 6, sc2tog, sc 5, sc2tog, sc 5, turn [18]

Row 7: ch 1, sc 5, sc2tog, sc 5, sc2tog, sc 4, turn [16]

Row 8: ch 1, sc 4, sc2tog, sc 4, sc2tog, sc 4, turn [14]

Row 9: ch 1, sc 4, sc2tog, sc 3, sc2tog, sc 3, turn [12]

Row 10: ch 1, sc 3, sc2tog, sc 3, sc2tog, sc 2, turn [10]

Row 11: ch 1, sc 2, sc2tog, sc 2, sc2tog, sc 2, turn [8]

Row 12: ch 1, sc 2, sc2tog, sc 1, sc2tog, sc 1, turn [6]

Row 13: ch 1, sc2tog, sc2tog, sc2tog, [3]

crochet heart pillow free pattern

Repeat rows 1-13 for the second “bump”.

crochet heart pillow free pattern
crochet heart pillow free pattern

When you finish the second bump, continue to sc around the entire border of the heart.

crochet heart pillow free pattern
crochet heart pillow free pattern

I recommend you block your hearts. I used an iron but you could also use blocking boards. Make sure you use a piece of cloth between your crochet work and the iron.

crochet heart pillow free pattern
crochet heart pillow free pattern

Before blocking.

crochet heart pillow free pattern

After blocking.

This step is optional. I think the pillows look adorable with the words but you can also leave them as they are. They look really cute either way!

crochet heart pillow free pattern
crochet heart pillow free pattern

I used a thicker, bulky weight yarn in white yarn and Surface Slip Stitches to “write” the font.

crochet heart pillow free pattern

CLICK HERE to watch my Surface Slip Stitch Tutorial

surface slip stitch crochet pattern tutorial
  1. Make a slip knot. Take it off of your hook.
  2. Decide where you want a letter to begin.
  3. Insert your crochet hook (without yarn attached) through the front/right side of your crochet work. Your hook should poke through to the back/wrong side.
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Put the slip knot onto your hook and pull it back through to the front/right side.

crochet heart pillow free pattern
crochet heart pillow free pattern

Insert your hook into the next space (location is determined by the direction you want your yarn to move). Your hook will poke through to the back/wrong side.

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Grab the working yarn with your hook and pull it through to the front/right side. You now have 2 loops on your hook.

crochet heart pillow free pattern
crochet heart pillow free pattern

Pull the working yarn through the first loop on your hook. Surface slip stitch made.

crochet heart pillow free pattern

Repeat steps 5-7 until you have finished the letter/section of a letter.

crochet heart pillow free pattern

Line up your two hearts with the wrong sides facing inward and the right sides facing outward.

crochet heart pillow free pattern

Using locking stitch markers, secure the two pieces together.

crochet heart pillow free pattern

Attach the same color yarn that you used for the hearts. Chain 1 and single crochet the two heart pieces together through the single crochet stitches on the borders.

crochet heart pillow free pattern
crochet heart pillow free pattern
crochet heart pillow free pattern

Leave enough space to fit your hand into the pillow and fill it with poly fil.

crochet heart pillow free pattern
crochet heart pillow free pattern

When you are happy with how the pillow is filled out, finish single crocheting the two pieces together.

crochet heart pillow free pattern
crochet heart pillow free pattern

Attach your white yarn to one of the single crochet stitches from your join seam.

Chain 2, *skip a st, 4 dc in next st, skip a st, slip st in next st* (repeat between the * all the way around), join, fasten off and weave in ends.

crochet heart pillow free pattern
crochet heart pillow free pattern
crochet heart pillow free pattern

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crochet heart pillow free pattern