Crochet stuffed heart pattern — three pieces, 11 rounds written out
This is a free crochet stuffed heart pattern for a heart about 5 cm across, worked on a 4.0 mm hook in a single colour, about forty-five minutes' work. Two lists make three pieces: the lobe is worked twice, the second one stays on the hook, and round 5 is crocheted around both of them at once — twelve stitches into the second lobe, twelve into the first — so the two are joined by being worked into rather than sewn. From there the heart drops three stitches every round with no straight rounds between, and that slow taper is the entire shape. All 11 rounds are written out below across three pieces, with the number of stitches it leaves you on printed beside it.
Maths verified, not yet made. Every one of the 11 rounds was checked against the round before it by machine — the counts, the increases and the decreases all add up. What nobody can promise you yet is how it sits in the hand.How we check
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Why it is rated Easy
Easy apart from one round. Round 5 is worked around both lobes at once, and they have to be held side by side with their open ends level while you do it.
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00What you need before you start
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What you need before you start
Yarn — one colour, weight 4
1 small ball (~15 g)Worsted / aran acrylic or cotton. Blush pink, cream or deep plum make the same heart in a different mood.
Tools
3 you probably own, 1 to buyYou likely have
Tapestry needle
Scissors
Stitch markers
You need to buy
Polyester stuffing (~10 g)
Optional
A stitch marker in a contrast colour for the round start
A length of ribbon, if you want to hang it
Gauge and finished size
the last check before you cast onTension
Tight enough that no stuffing shows between the stitches. A looser hand only makes a bigger heart.
Finished size
~5 cm across and ~5 cm tall, small enough to close a hand around
Taking six stitches a round out instead of three finishes faster and pulls the fabric into a puckered blob rather than a point. If you want a deeper dent between the lobes, run a length of yarn front to back across the join and pull it snug before weaving in.
How to make the stuffed heart, piece by piece
Switching rewrites every round:US6 sc in mrUK6 dc in mrWork a US sc as a UK single crochet and the fabric comes out looser and taller.
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01The lobes
Two the same: out to twelve stitches, then two straight rounds. They…4 RNDS
starts in cherryRed· magic ring· Piece 1 of 2· make 2
First four rounds[6] [12] [12] [12]
1[6]
2[12]
3[12]
4[12]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreasest(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneFasten off the first one. Leave the second on the hook with the yarn attached — you carry straight on with it.
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02The heart
Hold the lobes side by side and crochet around both of them in one…7 RNDS
starts in cherryRed· picked up· Piece 2 of 2
First six rounds[24] [21] [18] [15] [12] [9]
The join
RND 1–15[24]
The slow taper
RND 2–56[21]
7[18]
8[15]
9[12]
Down to the point
RND 6–710[9]
11[6]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreasest(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneDraw the last six stitches closed and pull the tail through to the middle of the heart before you snip it, so the end disappears inside.
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Eight notes on the stuffed heart
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01An original Crochet Genie design.
02Every stitch here is a plain single crochet worked in a continuous spiral, so the fabric comes out smooth and even all over — there is no ribbing, no texture and no openwork anywhere in this piece.
03The two lobes are listed as one part worked twice, then the Heart part carries on across both of them at once. Nothing is sewn together: the lobes are joined by crocheting into them, and the piece is one continuous fabric from there down to the point.
04Fasten off the first lobe and leave a short tail inside it. Keep the yarn attached to the second lobe — that is the working yarn for the whole rest of the heart.
05Round 5 is the join: hold the two lobes side by side with their open ends level, then work 12 sc around the second lobe and 12 sc around the first, ending back where you started. You are now working one ring of 24.
06The taper is deliberately slow, 3 stitches a round with no straight rounds in between. Taking 6 a round instead pulls the fabric into a puckered blob rather than a point.
07Stuff as you go, a little at a time, and add the last of it through the 12-stitch round before the opening gets too small for your fingers.
08The dent between the lobes deepens if you run a length of yarn from the front of the join to the back and pull it snug before weaving it in.
Four questions this pattern answers
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How many pieces make up the stuffed heart?
Can the stuffed heart be made with a different hook or yarn?
What hook will the stuffed heart need, and what is the finished size?
How long will the stuffed heart take to crochet?
A round that will not add up?
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