This Affinity Heart pattern is an old pattern that I made many years ago. I made Scandi style heart buntings and sold them at my Christmas Markets. Last month I decided to do a bit of work on it, and in the light of Covid and the rainbows everyone has been making to show support for the NHS (National Health Service) here in the UK, I thought it would be nice to make them in rainbow colours too. You can of course make any colour scheme you feel like!
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I make these hearts in Scheepjes Catona yarn using a 3 mm crochet hook, but other yarns can of course be used. All turning chains (ch 3) in row 1 – 10 counts as stitches. If you’re changing colours you can use a standing stitch instead of a turning chain, but you might want to still turn your work, so the texture pattern of the heart is the same throughout. If you’re unfamiliar with standing stitches you can find instructions here. You can make the hearts both with and without the border. You can see a photo towards the end of the blog post of what they look like without.
Affinity Heart UK Terms
Row 1: ch 3, tr in 1st ch. Turn.
Row 2: ch 3,1 tr in same st, 2 tr in turning ch. Turn. (4 sts)
Row 3: ch 3, 1 tr in same st, tr in next 2 sts, 2 tr in turning ch. Turn. (6 sts)
Row 4: ch 3, 1 tr in same st, tr in next 4 sts, 2 tr in turning ch. Turn. (8 sts)
Row 5: ch 3, 1 tr in same st, tr in next 6 sts, 2 tr in turning ch. Turn. (10 sts)
Row 6: ch 3, 1 tr in same st, tr in next 8 sts, 2 tr in turning ch. Turn. (12 sts)
Row 7: ch 3, 1 tr in same st, tr in next 10 sts, 2 tr in turning ch. Turn. (14 sts)
Row 8: ch 3, 1 tr in same st, tr in next 12 sts, 2 tr in turning ch. Turn. (16 sts)
Row 9: ch 3, 1 tr in same st, tr in next 14 sts, 2 tr in turning ch. Turn. (18 sts)
Row 10: ch 3, 1 tr in same st, tr in next 16 sts, 2 tr in turning ch. Turn. (20 sts)
Row 11: ch 1, htr in next 2 sts, tr in next 4 sts, htr in next 2 sts, dc in next 2 sts, htr in next 2 sts, tr in next 4 sts, htr in next 2 sts, dc in next st. Turn.
Row 12: ch 1, dc in next st, htr in next 2 sts, 2 tr in next 2 sts, tr in next st, htr in next 2 sts, dc in next 2 sts, htr in next 2 sts, tr in next st, 2 tr in next 2 sts, htr in next 2 sts, dc in next st. Turn.
Row 13: ch 1, dc in next st, htr in next st, (2 tr in next st, 1 tr in next st) x 2, htr in next 2 sts, dc in next st, ss in next 2 sts, dc in next st, htr in next 2 sts, (1 tr in next st, 2 tr in next st) x 2, htr in next st, dc in next st, ss in last st.
If you sew in the ends along the rows now rather than crochet them in along the side, it makes the border neater.
Border: make sure you are on the right side of the last row. Make a standing dc in the ss on the left, dc in next 4 sts, (2 dc in next st, 1 dc in next st) x 4, 1 dc in the side of the row 11, now work your way down the side, making 2 dc per row (18 dc), when you get to the last row make 2 dc along each side, work your way back up the other side making 2 dc per row (18 dc), dc in side of row 11, (2 dc in next st, 1 dc in next st) x 4, dc in next 5 sts. Fasten off and sew in ends.
Affinity Heart US Terms
Row 1: ch 3, dc in 1st ch. Turn.
Row 2: ch 3,1 dc in same st, 2 dc in turning ch. Turn. (4 sts)
Row 3: ch 3, 1 dc in same st, dc in next 2 sts, 2 dc in turning ch. Turn. (6 sts)
Row 4: ch 3, 1 dc in same st, dc in next 4 sts, 2 dc in turning ch. Turn. (8 sts)
Row 5: ch 3, 1 dc in same st, dc in next 6 sts, 2 dc in turning ch. Turn. (10 sts)
Row 6: ch 3, 1 dc in same st, dc in next 8 sts, 2 dc in turning ch. Turn. (12 sts)
Row 7: ch 3, 1 dc in same st, dc in next 10 sts, 2 dc in turning ch. Turn. (14 sts)
Row 8: ch 3, 1 dc in same st, dc in next 12 sts, 2 dc in turning ch. Turn. (16 sts)
Row 9: ch 3, 1 dc in same st, dc in next 14 sts, 2 dc in turning ch. Turn. (18 sts)
Row 10: ch 3, 1 dc in same st, dc in next 16 sts, 2 dc in turning ch. Turn. (20 sts)
Row 11: ch 1, hdc in next 2 sts, dc in next 4 sts, hdc in next 2 sts, sc in next 2 sts, hdc in next 2 sts, dc in next 4 sts, hdc in next 2 sts, sc in next st. Turn.
Row 12: ch 1, sc in next st, hdc in next 2 sts, 2 dc in next 2 sts, dc in next st, hdc in next 2 sts, sc in next 2 sts, hdc in next 2 sts, dc in next st, 2 dc in next 2 sts, hdc in next 2 sts, sc in next st. Turn.
Row 13: ch 1, sc in next st, hdc in next st, (2 dc in next st, 1 dc in next st) x 2, hdc in next 2 sts, sc in next st, ss in next 2 sts, sc in next st, hdc in next 2 sts, (1 dc in next st, 2 dc in next st) x 2, hdc in next st, sc in next st, ss in last st.
If you sew in the ends along the rows now rather than crochet them in along the side, it makes the border neater.
Border: make sure you are on the right side of the last row. Make a standing sc in the ss on the left, sc in next 4 sts, (2 sc in next st, 1 sc in next st) x 4, 1 sc in the side of the row 11, now work your way down the side, making 2 sc per row (18 sc), when you get to the last row make 2 sc along each side, work your way back up the other side making 2 sc per row (18 sc), sc in side of row 11, (2 sc in next st, 1 sc in next st) x 4, sc in next 5 sts. Fasten off and sew in ends.
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