For this tutorial you'll need your selected yarn I'm using the Yarn and colours fabulous in the
colour pepper this calls for a six to seven metre crochet hook it says but I'm going to use a five
and a half millimetre because I want to make sure my stitches are really nice and tight you will
also need a pair of scissors and a darning needle to finish off your ends but before we get started
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you want to begin by creating your slipknot and you can do this in whichever method you prefer
go ahead and insert your crochet hook and we're going to chain 17 so yarn over pull through yarn
over pull through yarn over pull through go ahead chain 17 and meet me back in just a moment so I've
now chained 17 and what I'm going to do is do a double crochet into the second chain from the
hook so in the UK this is known as double crochet in the US this is known as single crochet so you
want to insert your hook into that chain grab the yarn and pull it through and you'll have two loops
on your hook yarn over pull through both loops on the hook that's one do that again into that same
chain so straight in yarn over pull through two loops on the hook yarn over pull through two and
then once more into that same chain yarn over pull through and then yarn over pull through
two then what we're going to do is do one double crochet into the next six chains so go into the
next space or next chain and do a double crochet so that's one two three four five and six we're
then going to skip two chains and then go into the chain after that so skip two one two and do
a double crochet into that next chain and we're going to do six double crochets so that's one two
three four five and six you'll find that you have one chain left and we're going to do three double
crochets into that chain one two and three so you can either lay this loose and down and crochet in
as you're working I'm just going to leave it for now and sort it out later just so I can
concentrate on showing you the instructions so now what we're going to do is work our way down
along the back of this chain so what you'll find is you've created a subtle V which will create the
shape of the heart so we're going to go down along the back of the chain so what I would suggest you
do is you have a look at your stitches so we've just done our three double crochets here and look
at where your stitches are lying along that front side of it and that is where you're going to do
your stitches just here so it's almost like a V and upside down V and it's kind of pointing
towards you where you need to be so we're going to do six double crochets so our first one is just
in here one two three four five and then six and what you will find then is you come to the chain
two space which we made before what you're going to do in here is go straight into that chain space
do a double crochet chain two and then do another double crochet into that chain space and now we're
going to work our way back along the opposite side so don't miss this very first stitch just here
we've got the chain space then there's a bit of a larger gap just here you're actually going to go
into that with a stitch so do a double crochet one two three four five and then your last one six now
I would highly recommend that you take a stitch marker at this point and put your stitch marker
into that last stitch you've just created and it will just help you keep track of where you are now
we're going to going straight into the next round so this is round two I'm going to start off by
increasing our stitches to get around the corner so what we're going to do is two double crochets
into the next three stitches so your first stitch is just it looks slightly elongated just
here we're going to go into that stitch and do two double crochets into that stitch one and two we'll
do two double crochets into the next stitch one and two and then two double crochets into the next
stitch one and two now what we're going to do is do one double crochet into the next five stitches
one two three four and five we're going to skip two stitches so this is the dip of the top of the
heart so skip two stitches and we're going to do five stitches into the opposite side one two three
four and five now we're going to go around the corner again and we're going to increase our
stitches so two double crochets into the next three stitches so two into this first 1 1 & 2
2 into the next one 1 & 2 & then 2 into the third one 1 & 2 so now we're going to work our way along
this side and we're going to do 7 double crochets 1 2 3 4 5 6 & 7 and that should bring us to the
chain 2 space just here so in this chain 2 space we're going to do a double crochet chain 2 and
a double crochet so now what you're going to do is do your 7 stitches 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 all the
way to your stitch marker so do 7 double crochets pause the video and meet me back in just a moment
so I've just done my 7 double crochets along there I've removed the stitch marker from the last round
and added it to the end of this round so that we can keep track we're now onto round 3 and what
we're going to do here is do 2 double crochets follow into one stitch followed by 1 double
crochet and we're going to repeat that three times so we're going to do two double crochets into the
next stitch and then one double crochet into the next stitch and we're going to repeat that two
more times so two double crochets into the next stitch 1 and two and then one double crochet into
the next stitch and then two double crochets into the next stitch and one double crochet into the
next stitch now we're going to do four double crochets along this side one two three and four
we're going to skip two stitches and then do five double crochets on the opposite side one two three
four and five now we're going to do our corner so we're going to do two double crochets and
one double crochet three times so two double crochets into the next stitch one and two and
then one double crochet two double crochets one and two and one double crochet and then
once more two double crochets one and two and one double crochet we're then going to do seven
double crochets along this edge one two three four five six and seven we're then at our chain
two space so one double crochet into that chain two space chain two and one double crochet into
that chain two space so all into that chain two space then you'll do eight double crochets up to
your stitch marker please don't forget that this little gap here is your first stitch so that would
be stitch one go ahead pause the video work your eight double crochets and meet me back in just
a moment so I've done my eight double crochets and I've altered my stitch marker so for round
four we're going to do a double crochet into the next double crochet into the next stitch so one
double crochet now we're going to do two double crochets into one stitch followed by one double
crochet into the next two stitches we're going to repeat that three times so double crochet
into the next stitch and then one double crochet into the next two stitches one and two so repeat
that twice more two double crochets one double crochet one double crochet and meet me back in
just a moment so now that you've worked your way around the corner you're going to do two double
crochets or one double crochet into the next two stitches one and two you're going to skip
two stitches one and two and then you're going to work four double crochets along this edge so
skip two stitches and then we'll do four double crochets one two three and four so what we're
going to do here is do our repeat again so we're going to do two double crochets into that stitch
that first stitch and then one double crochet into the next two stitches one and two so pause
the video do that twice more and meet me back when you're ready so now you've worked your way around
the corner we're then going to do this edge and we're going to do eight double crochets one two
three four five six seven eight we're going to work the base of our heart so we're going to do
a double crochet into that chain two chain two and then another double crochet into that chain
two now what you'll be doing is working into this very first stitch with your first one and
doing nine double crochets until you get to your stitch marker pause the video and meet me back in
just a moment so now we're on to our fifth and final round we're going to double crochet into
the next two stitches one and two and then we're going to do an increase so we're going to double
crochet into the next stitch followed by one double crochet into the next three stitches so
two double crochets into the next stitch followed by one double crochet into the next three stitches
one two and three so pause the video and repeat that two more times two double crochets in one
stitch followed by three double crochets meet me back in just a moment so we're now in the place
where we're going to move across so we're going to skip two stitches and then do three double
crochets across this side one two and three and then we're going to move into our increase again
so we're going to do two double crochets into the next stitch one and two followed by one double
crochet into the next three stitches one two and three so go ahead repeat that twice more and I'll
meet you back in just a moment okay so now you've gone round the edge we're going to do nine double
crochets into these stitches one two three four five six seven eight and nine we get to the chain
two space we're going to do a double crochet a chain two and a double crochet and then you're
going to do ten double crochets all the way along to your stitch marker so pause the video meet me
once you get to your stitch marker and I'll show you how to finish off your heart so I have just
done my last ten stitches and what we want to do is we want to try and make this seamless here so
we don't want it to appear that we've just got a bulky bit at the edge of our work so what you
want to do is go ahead and snip off your yarn with a good few inches spare and then bring
that outwards you're going to take your darning needle and thread that up and what you're going
to do is you're going to look for the next stitch over which is just this one here and
put your darning needle underneath both of those stitches and pull it through and you're going to
look at your last stitch and you're going to look at the V and put it on this side of the
V and pull it through and it makes that nice and seamless now all you need to do is just turn it
over and sew in your end and I recommend that you do this with the rule of three so go one way pull
it through once you pull it through this way make sure that is lining up nicely and then you can go
back the other way into your work and then back the other way once you are happy you can snip off
your yarn and then do it with your centre piece as well so now you have your heart coasters I really
hope you've enjoyed this tutorial don't forget to check out the description box below for the
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