candy heart hdc graph + ideas ♡
fun, customizable conversation heart graphic works up fast with half double crochet — finished heart measures about 5.5" wide and 5" tall on its own or about 7" wide & 6.5" tall with the white tapestry border
the half double crochet design makes this heart compatible on autumn olive oversized sweater & cardigan patterns -- it would be so cute to cover a whole sweater in these!! it would also work on the autumn olive crochet babydoll dress pattern!
scroll to the end to find several example messages you could embroider on these hearts, both sweet & sassy!
MATERIALS
2 dowel rods 9" , or 1 rod 18" cut in half
A: white (background) 50g/100yds
B: pastel shade 30g/60yds
C: darker shade 20g/40yds
CROCHET
optional: use stitch fiddle link to make a copy of the graph to edit, download, or track your progress
https://www.stitchfiddle.com/c/sf2u9d-hv3n8l
beginning with your background color A -- chain 26, working into the second chain from the hook, make 1 turning chain after each row (turning chains do not count as stitches) odd rows are the right side [RS] of the work
color B is your main pastel color, color C is your darker shade
always change colors to on the last pull through of the previous hdc to prepare the new color for the next hdc; keep all yarn ends on the wrong side [WS]
leave a long tail to begin if you would like to whipstitch the work to the dowel rods. otherwise, you can pull up a loop at the bottom to crochet it on
Row 1 [RS]: (A) x 25
Row 2 [WS]: (A) x 25
Row 3 [RS]: (A) x 10, (C) x 3, (B), (A) x 11
Row 4 [WS]: (A) x 10, (B) x 3, (C) x 3, (A) x 9
Row 5 [RS]: (A) x 7, (C) x 3, (B) x 7, (A) x 8
Row 6 [WS]: (A) x 6, (B) x 11, (C) x 3, (A) x 5
Row 7 [RS]: (A) x 3, (C) x 3, (B) x 15, (A) x 4
Row 8 [WS]: (A) x 3, (B) x 17, (C) x 2, (A) x 3
Row 9 [RS]: (A) x 3, (C) x 2, (B) x 17, (A) x 3
Row 10 [WS]: (A) x 3, (B) x 17, (C) x 2, (A) x 3
Row 11 [RS]: (A) x 3, (C) x 2, (B) x 17, (A) x 3
Row 12 [WS]: (A) x 3, (B) x 8, (C), (B) x 8, (C) x 2, (A) x 3
Row 13 [RS]: (A) x 4, (C) x 2, (B) x 6, (A), (C) x 2, (B) x 6, (A) x 4
Row 14 [WS]: (A) x 5, (B) x 4, (C) x 2, (A) x 3, (B) x 4, (C) x 2, (A) x 5
Row 15 [RS]: (A) x 25
Row 16 [WS]: (A) x 25
ASSEMBLE
you can chain 1 & turn after row 16 & single crochet the tapestry to the upper dowel rod, and then pull up a loop at the bottom and do the same; if you would rather use a tapestry needle to whipstitch it on, you can simply fasten off row 16 & do that
weave in ends after attaching to the dowel rod
EMBROIDER
using the same shaded color of yarn & your tapestry needle, choose a short word or phrase to add to your heart. if it is longer than a few letters, feel free to embroider smaller than what I have done in the example images/make 2 lines of text
SWEET OPTIONS
BABE
CUTE
LOVE
SEXY
B MINE
LUV U
MISS U
TXT ME
D8 ME
SWEET 4 U
ONE 4 ME
C U 2NITE
SASSY OPTIONS
HATE
UGLY
NO THX
GO AWY
4GET U
C U L8R
H8 2 B U
NOT URS
GET LOST
GET A LIFE
L8R LOSER
C U NEVER
2 CUTE 4 U
