Heart Pillow
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″.
Blue Pillow: I used Red Heart Super Saver yarn in Light Blue. It measures approximately 12″ by 12″.
Soft Pink: 9 single crochet and 10 rows= 2 inches
Light Blue: 10 single crochet and 11 rows= 2 inches
- 7 4.5mm crochet hook
- tapestry needle
- Worsted weight yarn (I used white, pink and blue)
- bulky weight yarn in white
- poly fil
- iron
- blocking boards
ch= chain
chs= chains
sc= single crochet
sc2tog= single crochet 2 stitches together
st= stitch
CLICK HERE to watch my Surface Slip Stitch 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]
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]
Row 2: ch 1, sc 8, sc2tog, sc 8, sc2tog, sc 8, turn [26]
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]
Repeat rows 1-13 for the second “bump”.
When you finish the second bump, continue to sc around the entire border of the heart.
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.
Before blocking.
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!
I used a thicker, bulky weight yarn in white yarn and Surface Slip Stitches to “write” the font.
CLICK HERE to watch my Surface Slip Stitch Tutorial
- Make a slip knot. Take it off of your hook.
- Decide where you want a letter to begin.
- 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.
Put the slip knot onto your hook and pull it back through to the front/right side.
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.
Grab the working yarn with your hook and pull it through to the front/right side. You now have 2 loops on your hook.
Pull the working yarn through the first loop on your hook. Surface slip stitch made.
Repeat steps 5-7 until you have finished the letter/section of a letter.
Line up your two hearts with the wrong sides facing inward and the right sides facing outward.
Using locking stitch markers, secure the two pieces together.
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.
Leave enough space to fit your hand into the pillow and fill it with poly fil.
When you are happy with how the pillow is filled out, finish single crocheting the two pieces together.
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.
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