BIG LOVE: Happy Valentine's Day With A Chunky Knitted Heart Tutorial

Hi Knitters - I brought you a sweet last minute Valentine's Day - or any other day! - idea:

A chunky knitted heart you can knit up in minutes. Great for decorating a pillow case or adding a lovely accent to a blanket for example.

OR...sew it onto the front or back of your favorite knitted sweater to show some extra BIG LOVE!

Thanks to LoveKnitting.com I could finally put my hands on some Tjockt Fat&Sassy Merino.

Oh my - what a wonderful yarn! So soft and luxurious. And I LOVE this Dusty Rose colour - super pretty!

Of course you can use any other chunky yarn - like Loopy Mango Big Loop for example ;) or yarn leftover for this as well or multiply strands of thinner yarn to reach at least needle size 25mm.

The finished knitted heart has a size of about 36x36cm. You can easily adjust the size by adding more stitches and more rows or do less stitches and less rows. 

You need:

- About 200gr super chunky wool yarn 

- Straight or circular needles size 25-30mm

- Some embroidery floss and sewing needle

- scissors  

Here we go: Please note that you do a K1 and YO at the beginning of each row (not at the end!)

Cast on 3 sts

Row 1: knit

Row 2: K1, YO, K to end

Repeat Row 2 (7times) until you have 10 stitches on your needle

Next 7 rows: K1, YO, (K2tog), K to end (You could also just knit those 7 rows but the YO makes a nicer border...)

Now part the stitches equally - 5+5 - for the heart arches.

Right heart arch: K1, YO, (K2tog), K to end of the 5 stitches.

Row 2 of the right heart arch: K1, YO, (K2tog), K to end of the 5 stitches.

Row 3 of the right heart arch: K1, (K2tog), K to end of the 5 stitches

Cast off: K1, (K2tog), K1

Left heart arch ( attention please: this row starts in the middle of the heart!): K1, YO, (K2tog), K to end of the 5 stitches.

Row 2 of the left heart arch: K1, YO, (K2tog), K to end of the 5 stitches.

Row 3 of the left heart arch: K1, (K2tog), K to end of the 5 stitches.

Cast off: K1, (K2tog), K1

Weave in the ends or partially leave them like I did and with large stitches of embroidering floss sew the chunky knitted heart onto a pillow case or any other place you like.

My pillow has a diameter of 60cm. 

HAPPY KNITTING and HAPPY VALENTNE'S DAY,

Anette 

P.S. I posted the tutorial for the cute knitted bunny here on my blog...