Today’s tutorial is for all you knitters, and is a pattern for mini knitted hearts. A handful of these make a super cute Valentine’s present, or they’d make a great chocolate box topper. I’m not the most experienced knitter, and patterns confuse me. So I just experimented and this is what came out! If you knit some of these I would LOVE to see your photos :)
My abbreviations:
CO = cast on
CO = cast off
st = stitch k = knit p = purl kfb = knit into front and back of stitch (to make 2 stitches where there was 1) k2tog = knit 2 stitches together p2tog = purl 2 stitches together rep = repeat
Pattern:
CO 2 st
row 1: kfb, k to last st, kfb row 2: p 1 row rep these 2 rows 6 times total (14 st)
row 3: k2 tog, k5 and turn, leaving remaining 7 st on the needle row 4: p2tog, p2, p2tog
CO 4 st, cut a long piece of wool (about 10?) and weave through back of piece to reattach to other side (where you left off when turning) row 5: k5, k2tog row 6: p2tog, p2, p2tog CO 4st
Repeat the above pattern for opposite side of heart. With the wrong sides facing, sew together the two hearts, and stuff before the last few stitches.
Mindi
February 3, 2011 at 01:34These are so cute! I love your blog and I just wanted to let you know that I’m featuring you in my stylish blogger post tomorrow (February 3rd)!
Mindi
February 11, 2011 at 21:58These are so cute! I love your blog and I just wanted to let you know that I’m featuring you in my stylish blogger post tomorrow (February 3rd)!