THREE LITTLE HEARTS

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THREE LITTLE HEARTS
This pattern is designed in the amigurumi style, worked in a
continuous spiral, use a stitch marker to mark the start of each round.
This pattern is written in US crochet terms.

YOU WILL NEED ABBREVIATIONS

YARN R Round
Scheepjes Catona, 4 ply, 100% cotton, 50g balls ch Chain
Yarn A 115 shocking pink, 1 ball sc Single crochet
Yarn B 114 tulip, 1 ball sl st Slip stitch
Yarn C 115 hot red, 1 ball yo Yarn over
FLO Front loops only
The hearts in this pattern are made from the yarn
above, but these can be made from any yarn and st (sts) Stitch(es)
are good stash busters. Why not make some out of sc2tog Decrease (see below)
chunky or super chunky yarn for some super sized
hearts.

• 2.5mm hook (US C/2)

• Polyester toy stuffing
TENSION
• Stitch markers
Tension is not critical but ensure your stitches
• Embroidery needle are as dense as possible.

SPECIAL STITCHES
sc2tog (decrease)
In this pattern you can either do a regular decrease
or an invisible decrease:
Regular Insert hook into st, yo and pull through, insert
hook into the next st, yo and pull through, yo and
5cm tall heart
draw through all 3 loops on hook.
in tulip
Invisible Insert hook into FLO of st, insert hook into FLO 3.5 cm tall heart
of next st, yo and pull through 2 loops on hook, in hot red
yo and draw through remaining 2 loops.
The invisible decrease should make holes less
visible in the final work.

7cm tall heart in

shocking pink

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LARGE HEART
Make a magic ring in yarn A.

R1 ch1 (does not count as a st throughout), 6sc into ring. Pull ring tight. (6sts)

R2 2sc in each st around. (12sts)

R3 (2sc in next st, 1sc) 6 times. (18sts)

R4 (2sc in next st, 2sc) 6 times. (24sts)

R 5-7 sc in each st around. (24sts)

Sl st then fasten off leaving a long tail. Repeat R 1-7 (do not fasten off) and then continue below.

R8 Continue with the half sphere just completed, 12sc, insert hook into the first half sphere
(in the st just after you fastened off, see image A), 24sc, insert hook back into the next st of
the second half sphere, 12sc. (48sts)

R 9-12 sc in each st around. (48sts)

If there is a hole where the 2 pieces are joined, sew it closed using an embroidery needle and the
tail end left on the first half sphere.

R 13 (sc2tog, 20sc, sc2tog) 2 times. (44sts)

R 14 (sc2tog, 18sc, sc2tog) 2 times. (40sts)

R 15 (sc2tog, 16sc, sc2tog) 2 times. (36sts)

R 16 (sc2tog, 14sc, sc2tog) 2 times. (32sts)

R 17 (sc2tog, 12sc, sc2tog) 2 times. (28sts)

R 18 (sc2tog, 10sc, sc2tog) 2 times. (24sts)

Stuff the heart and stuff as you go.

R 19 (sc2tog, 8sc, sc2tog) 2 times. (20sts)

As the rounds get smaller it can get a bit fiddly, just take your time to make it as neat as possible.
If you are using invisible decreases, reverting to regular decreases may help.

R 20 (sc2tog, 6sc, sc2tog) 2 times. (16sts)

R 21 (sc2tog, 4sc, sc2tog) 2 times. (12sts)

R 22 (sc2tog, 2sc, sc2tog) 2 times. (8sts)

Remove st marker and sl st to close the spiral. Fasten off.

Thread the tail end onto the needle and make running stitches around the stitches of the last
round. Pull the yarn to close the hole and then sew in the end. (See image B).

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MEDIUM HEART
Make a magic ring in yarn B.

R1 ch1 (does not count as a st throughout), 6sc into ring. Pull ring tight. (6sts)

R2 2sc in each st around. (12sts)

R3 (2sc in next st, 1sc) 6 times. (18sts)

R 4-5 sc in each st around. (18sts)

Sl st then fasten off. Repeat R 1-5 (do not fasten off) and then continue below.

R6 Continue with the half sphere just completed, 9sc, insert hook into the first half sphere
(in the st just after you fastened off, see image A), 18sc, insert hook back into the next st of
the second half sphere, 9sc. (36sts)

R 7-9 sc in each st around. (36sts)

If there is a hole where the 2 pieces are joined, sew it closed using an embroidery needle and the
tail end left on the first half sphere.

R 10 (sc2tog, 14sc, sc2tog) 2 times. (32sts)

R 11 (sc2tog, 12sc, sc2tog) 2 times. (28sts)

R 12 (sc2tog, 10sc, sc2tog) 2 times. (24sts)

Stuff the heart and stuff as you go.

R 13 (sc2tog, 8sc, sc2tog) 2 times. (20sts)

As the rounds get smaller it can get a bit fiddly, just take your time to make it as neat as possible.
If you are using invisible decreases, reverting to regular decreases may help.

R 14 (sc2tog, 6sc, sc2tog) 2 times. (16sts)

R 15 (sc2tog, 4sc, sc2tog) 2 times. (12sts)

R 16 (sc2tog, 2sc, sc2tog) 2 times. (8sts)

Remove st marker and sl st to close the spiral. Fasten off.

Thread the tail end onto the needle and make running stitches around the stitches of the last
round. Pull the yarn to close the hole and then sew in the end. (See image B).

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SMALL HEART
Make a magic ring in yarn C.

R1 ch1 (does not count as a st throughout), 6sc into ring. Pull ring tight. (6sts)

R2 2sc in each st around. (12sts)

R 3-4 sc in each st around. (12sts)

Sl st then fasten off. Repeat R 1-4 (do not fasten off) and then continue below.

R5 Continue with the half sphere just completed, 6sc, insert hook into the first half sphere
(in the st just after you fastened off, see image A), 12sc, insert hook back into the next st of
the second half sphere, 6sc. (24sts)

R 6-7 sc in each st around. (24sts)

If there is a hole where the 2 pieces are joined, sew it closed using an embroidery needle and the
tail end left on the first half sphere.

R8 (sc2tog, 8sc, sc2tog) 2 times. (20sts)

As the rounds get smaller it can get a bit fiddly, just take your time to make it as neat as possible.
If you are using invisible decreases, reverting to regular decreases may help.

R9 (sc2tog, 6sc, sc2tog) 2 times. (16sts)

R 10 (sc2tog, 4sc, sc2tog) 2 times. (12sts)

R 11 (sc2tog, 2sc, sc2tog) 2 times. (8sts)

Remove st marker and sl st to close the spiral. Fasten off.

Thread the tail end onto the needle and make running stitches around the stitches of the last
round. Pull the yarn to close the hole and then sew in the end. (See image B).

A B

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