Christmas Love Heart Ornaments
What better and more fitting way to use your Red Heart Yarn than with these Christmas Love Heart Ornaments? They are a cute way to remind someone how much you care this holiday season and to have hanging all around your tree. Give them as a gift to a friend or loved one for a heartfelt Christmas gift that also doubles as handmade Christmas ornaments. You will not be disappointed with your loving crochet ornaments this year.
Crochet HookI/9 or 5.5 mm hook
Yarn Weight(4) Medium Weight/Worsted Weight and Aran (16-20 stitches to 4 inches)
MATERIALS:
- Red Heart Holiday, 1 ball each:
- A: 9040 Red/Silver
- B: 140 White/Silver
- Crochet Hook (I/9 or 5.5 mm)
- Split-Ring Stitch Marker
- Small Amount of Stuffing
- Yarn Needle
SIZE:
Ornaments are 4½” tall x 5” across.
GAUGE:
14 sc = 4”; 14 rows = 4”.
NOTE:
Do not join rounds; instead, mark the beginning of each round with a stitch marker, move marker up each round.
HEARTS
Front
With A, ch 15.
Round 1: 3 sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in next 5 ch, skip next 2 ch, sc in next 5 ch, 3 sc in next ch; turn to work in unused loops of beginning ch, sc in next 5 ch, (sc, ch 2, sc) all in ch-2 space, sc in last 5 ch – 28 sc.
Round 2: [2 sc in next st] 3 times; sc in next 4 sts, skip next 2 sts, sc in next 4 sts, [2 sc in next st] 3 times; sc in next 6 sts, (sc, ch 2, sc) all in ch-2 space, sc in last 6 sts – 34 sc.
Round 3: [2 sc in next st, sc in next st] 3 times; sc in next 3 sts, skip next 2 sts, sc in next 4 sts, [2 sc in next st, sc in next st] 3 times; sc in next 6 sts, (sc, ch 2, sc) all in ch-2 space, sc in last 7 sts – 40 sc.
Round 4: Sc in next st, [2 sc in next st, sc in next 2 sts] 3 times; sc in next st, skip next 2 sts, sc in next 3 sts, [2 sc in next st, sc in next 2 sts] 3 times; sc in next 7 sts, (sc, ch 2, sc) all in ch-2 space, sc in last 8 sts – 48 sc. Fasten off.
Back
With A, repeat same as for Front; DO NOT fasten off at end of Round 4. Hold Front and Back wrong sides together and work next round through both pieces.
Round 5: Sc in next 14 sts, ch 20, slip st in 20th ch from the hook, sc in next 23 sts, 3 sc in ch-2 space, add stuffing, sc in last 9 sts.
Round 6: Slip st in every sc around. Fasten off, weave in ends.
HEART 2
With B, repeat as for Heart 1.
HEART 3
With A, repeat Heart 1 Front. With B, repeat Heart 1 Back.