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Today we are going to learn how to knit these sweet little Valentine Hearts in under 15
minutes.
These little cuties are perfect for decorating a do it yourself Valentine's Day card, on
gift wrap, or they can simply be given as is, they are just that adorable.
I love playing with different colors and types of yarns.
Today, I’ll be knitting using one of my favorite yarns.
This is from Deborah Norville, it’s her Fashion Jeweltone Collection.
Of course, it’s a red color and it has these wonderful little sequins.
The stitches we’ll be using are very simple: Cast-On, Knitting, Binding-Off.
Doesn’t get much easier than that!
For the complete pattern, please see the link below to The Sitting Tree.
Love this hearts, love these pattern.
The material that you’ll need are very simple as well: yarn, knitting needle, tapestry needle,
and scissors.
Okay, I’s time to get started.
Now I’ve already created one of the humps, as I call them.
And this will be the second one.
Once I do this, you’ll understand a little bit more what I mean.
So, we’re creating hump number two.
Simply putting the three stitches on the two needles.
And you’ll see I already have hump one completed.
I’m going to slide it down and use the same needle to finish off hump number two.
All we do is knit three stitches… one, two, and three.
Okay, great.
Now, as the pattern indicates, the next row is our increase row.
So, we knit one and we make one.
Knit one, make one… now we have four… and lastly, knit one.
Okay, great.
Now, the next row is very simple.
All we have to do is knit five across.
I love knitting, not a big fan of purling, so this pattern is awesome!
We just knit to our heart’s content.
Okay, one two three four and five.
Alrighty.
One more increase row.
So, this will be seven.
What I like to do is knit one, then knit one make one.
My own personal preference.
And then we knit until we get to those last stitches.
And now we have seven.
And we’re going to knit across that row one more time to finish it off.
And once you’re done with this, it is time to join the humps.
Now, as you recall, hump number one is sitting on the needle there, just patiently waiting.
So, here we go.
We put the two together, and all we’re going to do is knit those across together.
Now, what I like to do, you’ll see, is in the middle, I like to knit those two stitches
together.
I don’t think the pattern indicates doing this.
It just makes me feel more secure.
Let’s me know we’re all bound tightly together.
And that the humps aren’t sliding around the needle a little bit.
So, on the seventh stitch, I am going to join it and knit two together and continue on until
we are done with this row.
Are you knitting along?
Okay, now, as the pattern indicates, we just knit across about four more rows.
It depends on how long you want your heart to be.
Four is fine.
The size that I made is pretty much the standard.
Okay, great.
So, now we have those four rows completed.
And it is already time to decrease.
Can you believe it?
I love these quick, quick knits.
So, what I like to do is to knit one and then knit two together.
And continue on.
Now, if you are using a yarn similar to what I am, with the sequins, I love it.
But sometimes those sequins can get stuck.
So, it makes is a little challenging sometimes.
Okay, so at the last three stitches, it’s time to knit two together.
There you go.
And get that last one in there.
Okay, great.
Alright.
Home stretch time!
When you have three stitches on the needle, it is time to bind off.
So, knit two together and bind off.
Sometimes I like to do it a little bit assymtrically, it looks, it looks cuter I think.
So we have those two stitches and by binding off, all we do is take that one stitch, take
it over that one.
Awesome.
And it is time to cut the yarn and we’re done.
So, you’re done!
You have all of these cute little Valentine Hearts to give to the one you love.
I also like using unconventional materials.
Here I found some wax thread for under three dollars, and it made this really cool heart.
It’s a little bit gothic.
Kind of feels like rubber.
And in the kitchen drawer, I found some twine that looks really cool and if you match it
up with your knitted heart, awesome!
So, thank you so much.
I really hope that this tutorial was helpful to you.
And you can just keep knitting hearts everywhere you go.
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