It’s my turn, hip hip hooray! I have been so excited to share Square 7 with you for the Stitch Together Official crochet along called Stitch-A-Thon! What is it, you may ask? Stitch Together Official is an amazing crochet-along group that is about 4 years old now. We have been doing monthly crochet alongs in our facebook group, making everything from hats, to blankets, to sweaters, all with helpful tutorials and an amazing community of crocheters!
This year we have decided to do a big project together spanning the entire 12 months! It’s a blanket made up of individual squares, with a new square released every three weeks. So fun! This week it’s my turn to design the square, and I could not be more excited to share it with you.
Be sure to join in the fun at www.stitchtogetherofficial.com where you can find all of the information!
Square 7 – The Heart Square
I was very excited to design my square for my blanket, and I had a specific idea in mind because of who I am making my blanket for! Mine is going to go to Emma-Noel, my teenager so the heart square is perfect.
It may take a bit of extra time to crochet the heart pieces and get it all going, but the square itself is super easy and the result is so precious! I am thrilled with the way it turned out.
And to help you along, I put together a video tutorial to guide you through step-by-step!
Watch the video tutorial here:
The Pattern
Here is the written pattern for you to follow to make your heart squares! Make sure you tag @coco.crochet.lee and @stitchtogetherofficial on Instagram when you make yours!
Yarn
WeCrochet Brava Worsted (218yds/100g): 20gs per square.
Materials
US Size I/9 (5.5mm) crochet hook, 7 stitch markers, yarn needle, scissors.
Size
7” x 7”
Gauge
16 sc x 16 rows = 4”
Instructions:
Heart Base
Row 1: Ch 2, 2 sc in 2nd ch from hook, turn – 2 sc.
Row 2: Ch 1, 2 sc in each st, turn – 4 sc.
Row 3: Ch 1, 2 sc, sc 2, 2 sc in last, turn – 6 sc.
Row 4: Ch 1, 2 sc, sc 4, 2 sc in last, turn – 8 sc.
Row 5: Ch 1, 2 sc, sc 6, 2 sc in last, turn – 10 sc.
Row 6: Ch 1, 2 sc, sc 8, 2 sc in last, turn – 12 sc.
Row 7: Ch 1, 2 sc, sc 10, 2 sc in last, turn –14 sc.
Row 8: Ch 1, sc across – 14 sc.
Fasten off, weave in ends. Place 1st stitch marker in Row 1 in the same ch as the first 2 stitches (bottom of the heart). Place 2nd 3rd stitch markers at either end of Row 4.
Heart Top
(Make 2).
Row 1: Ch 2, 3 sc in 2nd ch from hook, turn – 3 sc.
Row 2: Ch 1, 2 sc in each st across, turn – 6 sc.
Row 3: Ch 1, [2 sc, sc in next] across, turn – 9 sc.
Row 4: Ch 1, [2 sc, sc in next 2] across, turn – 12 sc.
Fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing. On first piece, place 4th stitch marker in 1st st of Row 4. Place 5th stitch marker in 7th st of Row 4. On second piece, place 6th stitch marker in 7th st of Row 4, place 7th stitch marker in last stitch of Row 4.
Sew Heart Top to Heart Base.
Square
Round 1 (Set Up): Sl st in 1st marked st, ch 1 and sc in same st, ch 9, tr in 2nd marked st, ch 5, sc in 3rd marked st, ch 8, sc in 4th marked st, ch 5, sc in 5th marked st, ch 8, sc in 6th marked st, ch 5, tr in 7th marked st, ch 9, sl st to 1st st to join – 2 tr, 5 sc.
Round 2: Ch 1, sc in sc, sc in next 6 chs, (sc, ch 2, sc) in next ch, sc in next 2 chs, sc in tr, sc in next 5 chs, sc in sc, sc in next 4 chs, (sc, ch 2, sc) in next ch, sc in next 3 chs, sc in sc, sc in next 5 chs, sc in sc, sc in next 3 chs, (sc, ch 2, sc) in next ch, sc in next 4 chs, sc in sc, sc in next 5 chs, sc in tr, sc in next 2 chs, (sc, ch 2, sc) in next ch , sc in next 6 chs, sl st to join – 60 sc, 4 ch-2 spaces.
Round 3: Ch 1, sc 8, (sc, ch 2, sc) in ch-2 space, [sc 15, (sc, ch 2, sc) in ch-2 space] x 3, sc 7, join – 68 sc.
Round 4: Ch 1, sc 9, (sc, ch 2, sc) in ch-2 space, [sc 17, (sc, ch 2, sc) in ch-2 space] x 3, sc 8, join – 76 sc.
Round 5: Ch 1, sc 10, (sc, ch 2, sc) in ch-2 space, [sc 19, (sc, ch 2, sc) in ch-2 space] x 3, sc 9, join – 84 sc.
Round 6: Ch 1, sc 11, (sc, ch 2, sc) in ch-2 space, [sc 21, (sc, ch 2, sc) in ch-2 space] x 3, sc 10, join – 92 sc.
Round 7: Ch 1, sc 12, (sc, ch 2, sc) in ch-2 space, [sc 23, (sc, ch 2, sc) in ch-2 space] x 3, sc 11, join – 100 sc.
Fasten off, weave in ends.
I hope you enjoyed this blanket square, I can’t wait to see them! Happy crocheting!
