All of my heart

Did you know that February is national heart month? To celebrate this and encourage awareness, the Elswick Crochet Crew have created a post box topper with the dual purpose of celebrating Valentines Day and Heart Month.

If you take a look at the British Heart Foundation’s website you will see lots of ways to help raise money and awareness and increase your knowledge of how too look after your heart and others.  They have an online CPR course that takes just 15 minutes and could be a lifesaver.

Our post-box topper features lots of knitted and crochet hearts.  A heart is not just for Valentines Day, lots of hospitals give them to patients and their loved ones as a way of keeping a bond while people are in-patients.

If you would like to make a heart, here’s a simple pattern.

Crochet Heart

Materials

• Dk Yarn
• crochet hook 2.5 mm
• polyester fiberfill
• darning needle

Stitches and abbreviations :

Sl st    Slip stitch,

Ch       chain

Dc       double crochet ,

Rep     repeat

 St(s)   stitches

Work in continuous rounds.

Use a stitch marker and place it in the first stitch of the round to mark the beginning of it.

PATTERN

1: Work 6 dc in a magic ring [6]

2: Work 2 dc in each st around [12]

3: (Dc in next st, 2 dc in next st) rep 6 times [18]

4-5: Dc in each st around

Cut the yarn leaving a short tail for sewing. Make another piece just like the previous one by repeating rounds 1-5. Do not cut the yarn as we will continue using the yarn of the second piece.

6: Crochet the pieces together. Work 9 dc on the second piece, 18 dc around the first piece and again 9 dc on the second piece [36]. Sew the hole between the two pieces closed.

7: Dc in each st around

8: (Dc in each of next 4 sts, dc2tog) rep 6 times [30]

9: Dc in each st around

10: (Dc in each of next 3 sts, dc2tog) rep 6 times [24]

11: Dc in each st around

12: (Dc in each of next 2 sts, dc2tog) rep 6 times [18]

13: Dc in each st around

Fill the heart with fiberfill. Add a bit of stuffing after the next rounds as well.

14: (Dc in next st, dc2tog) rep 6 times [12]

15: Dc in each st around

16: (Dc2tog) rep 6 times

Cut the yarn leaving a tail for closing the piece. Weave the threaded needle through the front loops of all remaining stitches and pull tightly to close.