Crochet Christmas Hearts

Make these lovely crochet Heart ornaments for Christmas! They are easy to make and you can use them in many different ways.

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For these crochet Christmas heart ornaments, I used the same pattern as for my Colorful Valentine’s Day Hearts with the option to add the decorative edging.

You may also like my crochet Halloween Hearts, which I made using the same heart pattern!

Make sure to check out these adorable Gingerbread Heart ornaments, Christmas Candy Corn Hearts, and Patriotic Hearts as well!

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Abbreviations:

(See a list of crochet abbreviations used in patterns by yarn industry designers and publishers HERE)

Ch – chain

DC – double crochet

HDC – half double crochet

Rnd – round

SC- single crochet

Sl St – slip stitch

St (Sts) – stitch (stitches)

TR – treble crochet

I made my crochet Christmas Heart ornaments in two sizes – large and small.

Materials (yarn and hooks):

Large heart

• worsted medium weight yarn
• crochet hook 5 mm

Small heart

• Patons Grace, light weight #3 yarn (100% mercerized cotton; 136 yds/124 m per 1.7 oz/50 g skein), color – red (Cardinal)
• Patons Grace, light weight #3 yarn (100% mercerized cotton; 136 yds/124 m per 1.7 oz/50 g skein), color – white (Snow)
• Crochet hook 1/2.75 mm
• Crochet cotton threads size 10
• Crochet hook 4/2.00 mm

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Other Materials:

Lastly, you will need cute buttons of your choice. For this project I used snowflakes, stockings, gingerbread man, snowman, and Christmas tree buttons.

I like to purchase buttons on the Etsy website. You can find my favorite button collections HERE.

 

Finished Size:

Large heart: 3″ (7 – 1/2 cm)

Small Heart: 1 – 3/4” (5 cm)

Instructions:

Copyright: This pattern is an original design by GoldenLucyCrafts. You may not copy, rewrite, redistribute or resell this pattern in any form, this includes making video tutorials. You may not translate this pattern to another language and publish the pattern or any parts of it.

Small Heart

With light weight yarn and hook 1/ 2.75 mm, Ch 4;
Rnd 1. Make all of the next stitches into the fourth Ch from hook (the first Ch made) working under both loops – 3 DC, 3 HDC, Ch 1,  DC (Heart point), Ch 1, 3 HDC, 3 DC; Ch 3, Sl St in center.

Rnd 2.  Ch 3, HDC + DC in first St, 3 TR in next St, 2 DC in next St, HDC into each of next 3 Sts, HDC in Ch-1 St, Ch 1, DC in next St (Heart point),

Ch 1, HDC in Ch-1 St, HDC into each of next 3 Sts, 2 DC in next St, 3 TR in next St, DC + HDC in next St, Ch 3, Sl St in center.

Cut the yarn leaving about 5” tail, draw tail through the loop and pull tight.

Rnd 3. Join second color into the center of the Heart, Ch 3, SC in top of first St of previous round, 2 SC in each of next 4 Sts, then SC in each of the next 6 Sts, SC in Ch-1 stitch, Ch 1, DC in next St (Heart point),

Ch 1,  SC in Ch-1 stitch, SC in each of the next 6 Sts, 2 SC in each of next 4 Sts, SC in next St, Ch 3, Sl St  in center.

Cut the yarn leaving about 5” tail, draw tail through the loop and pull tight.

Rnd 4. (optional – decorative edge). Use crochet hook size 4/2 mm. Join crochet cotton thread into top of last Sl St of previous Rnd, work under back loop only – *Ch 1, Sl St in next St, repeat from *  around.

Finishing:

Fasten off and weave in all ends except two in different colors to make a loop for hanging on the tree.

Block your Heart as necessary.

Embellish your crochet Heart ornament with buttons.

Large Heart

With worsted medium weight #4 yarn and crochet hook 5 mm, follow the Instructions for rounds 1-3 of the Small Heart (see above).

Updates 08/2019:

On our county fair hobby contest my Christmas Heart ornament received the Pink ribbon and fourth premium in the category “Holiday”! You can read about this in my post “Blue Ribbon, Red Ribbon, Special Award”. 

I hope you enjoyed this Christmas heart ornament free crochet pattern!

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