Crochet Tea Party: Granny Heart for Valentine's Day

Crochet Tea Party: Granny Heart for Valentine's Day: Here is a quick and easy heart to work up for Valentine's Day. I can't claim this pattern as my own, as I have seen numerous versio...

Granny Heart for Valentine's Day

Here is a quick and easy heart to work up for Valentine's Day. I can't claim this pattern as my own, as I have seen numerous versions of this all over the internet. But here is my offering of this little beauty.

You can download this pattern on Ravelry  
   

Requirements:

    4mm crochet hook

    5g of Double Knit cotton yarn

    darning needle

Abbreviations:

    sl st slip stitch

    ch    chain

    sc    single crochet

    dc    double crochet

    tr    triple crochet

    sk    skip

    st(s) stitch(es)

    sp(s) space(es)

    beg   beginning

    rep   repeat

 

4 ch, join with a slip stitch in first ch to form circle.

Round 1:  3 ch (counts as first dc),

          2 dc in circle,

            *2 ch,

          3 dc in circle,

          rep from * twice more,

          1 dc in top of beg 3-ch to join.

Round 2:  3 ch (counts as first dc),

          2 dc in same sp,

          2 ch,

          3 dc in same sp,

          *1 ch,

          3 dc, 2 ch, 3 dc in next sp,

          rep from * twice more,

          1 ch,

          1 sc in top of beg 3-ch to join.

Round 3:  1 sc in next 2 sts,

          1 sc, 2-ch picot, 1 sc in next 2-ch sp,

          *1 sc in next 3 sts,

          1 sc in 1-ch sp,

          rep from * once more,

          **sk next 3 sts,

          12 tr in next 1-ch sp,

          sk next 3 sts,

          sl st in next 2-ch sp,

          rep from ** once more omitting last sl st,

          1 sc in 2-ch sp,

          rep from * once more,

          sl st in first sc to join.

Finish:   Fasten off and weave in ends of yarn. Block work.