Free Crochet Basic Heart Pattern for Beginners

Author: Talha

I am a crochet designer, macramé maker and a crafter who also loves doing MATH.

If you are a beginner, the classic crochet heart can be your first cute and still easy project. Just by working in two rounds with one yarn color, such a heart can be crocheted in 10 minutes.

You can follow this free crochet basic heart pattern written in US terms for making a customizable flat heart. After that, make heart hair clips, coasters, and a granny square using the same base heart.

How I Worked the Heart Pattern

The classic flat heart pattern is worked in flat rounds using six of basic crochet stitches. To start, you can also use a 4-chain ring, but I used a magic ring and then chain-4 to start my first round. Here is the plan to crochet a basic heart:

Work chain-4 as turning chains for the treble stitch.
In round 1, I will crochet the heart by working stitches of different heights.
In round 2, I will continue working around the heart to make it larger. You can also stop at the first round for crocheting hairclips.

The “center ring” refers to the 4-chain loop.

Finished Size: 5 cm by 4.5 cm (your size might be different)

How to Use Basic Heart

If you have a crochet amigurumi animal, let it hold this basic heart.
Add the straps of a halter crochet top.
Make a crochet bag with a heart granny square by working around this two-round heart.

Materials

To crochet a basic heart, I will suggest the following supplies:

I used a 2.5mm crochet hook to make a small heart.
Cotton Yarn (Mine is about 1.5mm thick or fingering weight).
Use red or pink yarn

Review These Basic Stitches & Abbreviations

The abbreviations I used for the basic heart pattern were simple because the heart pattern itself was simple. Here are those:

ch: Chain
sl st: Slip Stitch
dc: Double Crochet
tr: Treble Crochet
st(s): Stitch(es)
beg: Beginning

Crochet Heart Pattern

Project Level

Easy

Finished Measurements

Finished Size: 5 cm by 4.5 cm (your size might be different)

Pattern

Make a magic ring.

R1 Right Side: Ch 4. This will add the height for the longest stitch, the treble stitch. Inserting the hook in the ring: work 4 dc, 2 tr. Ch 4, sl st into the ring.

You can make a similar but small heart using half double crochet and single crochet. The idea is the same, just make stitches of different heights.

R1 Left Side: Ch 4. Inserting hook into the ring: 2 tr, 4 dc. This will mirror our pattern so that the heart is symmetric.

Make a slip stitch to join.

R2 Right Side:

Now we will try to make our hearts a little larger. So, we need increases, too.

Ch 4.

1 dc in the same st as join (the top of the ch-4 from R1).

2 dc in the next 3 sts.

Work (1 dc, 1 tr) in the next st.

2 tr in the next st.

3 tr in the next st.

1 dc in the top of the ch-4 loop from R1 (the chain going down to the center).

Ch 4, sl st into the center ring of the heart.

R2 Left Side: Ch 4.

1 dc in the top of the ch-4 loop from R1 (the chain coming up from the center).

3 tr in the next st.

2 tr in the next st.

Work (1 tr, 1 dc) in the next st.

2 dc in the next 2 sts.

Work (1 dc, 1 tr) in the last st.

Join with sl st to the top of the beg ch-4 of this round.

Weave in ends.

Need UK instructions:

R1 Right Side:
Ch 4. Insert the hook into the ring: work 4 tr, 2 dtr.
Ch 4, sl st into the ring.

R1 Left Side:
Ch 4. Insert hook into the ring: 2 dtr, 4 tr.

Make a sl st to join.

R2 Right Side:

Ch 4.

1 tr in the same st as join (the top of the beg ch-4 from R1).

2 tr in the next 3 sts.

Work (1 tr, 1 dtr) in the next st.

2 dtr in the next st.

3 dtr in the next st.

1 tr in the top of the ch-4 loop from R1 (the chain going down to the centre).

Ch 4, sl st into the centre ring of the heart.

R2 Left Side:

Ch 4.

1 tr in the top of the ch-4 loop from R1 (the chain coming up from the centre).

3 dtr in the next st.

2 dtr in the next st.

Work (1 dtr, 1 tr) in the next st.

2 tr in the next 2 sts.

Work (1 tr, 1 dtr) in the last st.

Join with sl st.

Pattern for Print

Crochet Heart Pattern

This is a free pattern for classic crochet heart by working in rounds. This is simple and easy.

R1 Right Side: Ch 4. Inserting the hook in the ring: work 4 dc, 2 tr. Ch 4, sl st into the ring.
R1 Left Side: Ch 4. Inserting hook into the ring: 2 tr, 4 dc.
Make a slip stitch to join.

R2 Right Side:

Ch 4.
1 dc in the same st as join (the top of the beg ch-4 from R1).
2 dc in the next 3 sts.
Work (1 dc, 1 tr) in the next st.
2 tr in the next st.
3 tr in the next st.
1 dc in the top of the ch-4 loop from R1 (the chain going down to the center).
Ch 4, sl st into the center ring of the heart.
R2 Left Side: Ch 4.
1 dc in the top of the ch-4 loop from R1 (the chain coming up from the center).
3 tr in the next st.
2 tr in the next st.
Work (1 tr, 1 dc) in the next st.
2 dc in the next 2 sts.
Work (1 dc, 1 tr) in the last st.
Join with sl st to the top of the beg ch-4 of this round.
Weave in ends.
Need UK instructions:

R1 Right Side:

Ch 4. Insert the hook into the ring: work 4 tr, 2 dtr.
Ch 4, sl st into the ring.
R1 Left Side:
Ch 4. Insert hook into the ring: 2 dtr, 4 tr.
Make a sl st to join.

R2 Right Side:

Ch 4.
1 tr in the same st as join (the top of the beg ch-4 from R1).
2 tr in the next 3 sts.
Work (1 tr, 1 dtr) in the next st.
2 dtr in the next st.
3 dtr in the next st.
1 tr in the top of the ch-4 loop from R1 (the chain going down to the centre).
Ch 4, sl st into the centre ring of the heart.

R2 Left Side:

Ch 4.
1 tr in the top of the ch-4 loop from R1 (the chain coming up from the centre).
3 dtr in the next st.
2 dtr in the next st.
Work (1 dtr, 1 tr) in the next st.
2 tr in the next 2 sts.
Work (1 tr, 1 dtr) in the last st.
Join with sl st.

Free Crochet Basic Heart Pattern for Beginners