Crafting Love: Free Crochet Heart Pillow Pattern for Any Occasion

Crochet Heart Pillow

Look­ing to add a touch of hand­made charm to your Valen­tine’s Day decor? Look no fur­ther than the delight­ful cro­chet heart pil­low! Whether you’re a sea­soned cro­cheter or just start­ing, this free cro­chet pat­tern offers a fun and reward­ing project per­fect for per­son­al use or gift­ing to a loved one. With its adorable heart-shaped design and cozy tex­ture, this cute pil­low will sure­ly add a warm and invit­ing atmos­phere to any home. So grab your cro­chet hook and start cre­at­ing this love­ly addi­tion to your home decor.

To begin craft­ing your cro­chet heart pil­low, gath­er your mate­ri­als includ­ing acrylic yarn in your cho­sen col­or, a 5 mm hook, a tapes­try nee­dle, and a stitch mark­er. Start by cre­at­ing the heart pan­el using the mag­ic ring tech­nique to form the cen­ter, then work your way around using basic stitch­es like sin­gle cro­chet (sc) and slip stitch (sl st) to shape the heart. Be sure to use the right side of the fab­ric through­out the pat­tern to main­tain con­sis­ten­cy in the design.

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Abbre­vi­a­tions:

2sctog=2 sin­gle cro­chet togeth­er decrease

ch: chain

sl st: slip stitch

sc=single cro­chet

2 sc=2 sin­gle cro­chet increase in one stitch

 

Make 2 Hearts to sc them togeth­er at the end. 

It mea­sures 11 inch­es in height and 11.5 inch­es in length. Go up a hook size and thick­er yarn for a big­ger pil­low. 

Anoth­er way To Make the Pil­low Big­ger: Increase Rows: (for every row you increase after row 15, add one more sc in the cen­ter of row 28 and the con­tin­u­ing rows.

For exam­ple, if you want to add more increased rows, then in row 16 or more rows:

Row 16: ch 1, 2 sc, sc in the next 29 stitch­es, 2 sc, Turn — 33 sc, 

Then in row 28, would be 2sctog, sc in the next 13 stitch­es, 2sctog, — 15 sc, you can keep adding increased rows, and add 1 more sc in each row in 28, and more rows after 28.

Sup­plies:

Yarn Size 5 or 6, Bulky Yarn: I used more than half 6 oz of a skein of yarn. 

K hook, yarn nee­dle

Stuff­ing

Row 1: ch 4, sc in the 2nd chain from the hook, sc in the next two chains, Turn — 3 sc

Row 2: ch 1, 2 sc, sc, 2 sc, Turn — 5 sc

Row 3: ch 1, 2 sc, sc in the next 3 stitch­es, 2 sc, Turn — 7 sc

Row 4: ch 1, 2 sc, sc in the next 5 stitch­es, 2 sc, Turn — 9 sc

Row 5: ch 1, 2 sc, sc in the next 7 stitch­es, 2 sc, Turn — 11 sc

Row 6: ch 1, 2 sc, sc in the next 9 stitch­es, 2 sc, Turn — 13 sc

Row 7: ch 1, 2 sc, sc in the next 11 stitch­es, 2 sc, Turn — 15 sc

Row 8: ch 1, 2 sc, sc in the next 13 stitch­es, 2 sc, Turn — 17 sc

Row 9: ch 1, 2 sc, sc in the next 15 stitch­es, 2 sc, Turn — 19 sc

Row 10: ch 1, 2 sc, sc in the next 17 stitch­es, 2 sc, Turn — 21 sc

Row 11: ch 1, 2 sc, sc in the next 19  stitch­es, 2 sc, Turn — 23 sc

Row 12: ch 1, 2 sc, sc in the next 21 stitch­es, 2 sc, Turn — 25 sc

Row 13: ch 1, 2 sc, sc in the next 23 stitch­es, 2 sc, Turn — 27 sc

Row 14: ch 1, 2 sc, sc in the next 25 stitch­es, 2 sc, Turn — 29 sc

Row 15: ch 1, 2 sc, sc in the next 27 stitch­es, 2 sc, Turn — 31 sc

Rows 16–27: *ch 1, sc in each stitch across, 2 sc Turn 

*Repeat for 12 rows. Turn

Row 28: ch 1, 2sctog, sc in the next 12 stitch­es, 2sctog, Turn — 14 sc

Row 29: ch 1, 2sctog, sc in the next 10 stitch­es, 2sctog, Turn  — 12 sc

Row 30: ch 1, 2sctog, sc in the next 8 stitch­es, 2sctog, Turn — 10 sc

Row 31: ch 1, 2sctog, sc in the next 6 stitch­es, 2sctog, Turn — 8 sc

Row 32: ch 1, 2sctog, sc in the next 4 stitch­es, 2sctog, Turn — 6 sc

Row 33: ch 1, 2sctog, sc in the next 2 stitch­es, 2sctog, Turn — 4 sc

Fas­ten off and weave in your ends. 

Spe­cial Note: The oth­er side of the heart, work your yarn with a sl st in the cen­ter of the heart in row 28, in the same stitch as you did your first half of the heart. This sc stitch needs to be in the same sc stitch as your oth­er side of the top of the heart. So in the cen­ter of the first row 28, you will have 2sctog, then with the oth­er side of the heart, sl st into the cen­ter of one of part of the sc of that pre­vi­ous 2sctog, and work down the end of the row with 2sctog, the rest of the pat­tern, to com­plete the oth­er side of the heart. If this is con­fus­ing, refer to the video. 

That extra one stitch in the cen­ter to con­nect the two halves of the heart makes a dif­fer­ence in the cen­ter, or your count will be off. 

Row 28: On the oth­er side of the Heart, ch 1, 2sctog, sc in the next 12 stitch­es, 2sctog, Turn, This is all Repeat.

Row 29: ch 1, 2sctog, sc in the next 10 stitch­es, 2sctog, Turn  — 12 sc

Row 30: ch 1, 2sctog, sc in the next 8 stitch­es, 2sctog, Turn — 10 sc

Row 31: ch 1, 2sctog, sc in the next 6 stitch­es, 2sctog, Turn — 8 sc

Row 32: ch 1, 2sctog, sc in the next 4 stitch­es, 2sctog, Turn — 6 sc

Row 33: ch 1, 2sctog, sc in the next 2 stitch­es, 2sctog, Turn — 4 sc

Sl st your yarn into the heart in Row 28, sc both hearts togeth­er.

When the heart is more than half sewn, fill it with stuff­ing. 

After the heart is stuffed with a sc bor­der, fas­ten off and weave in your ends. 

Once the heart pan­el is com­plete, cro­chet the back pan­el using the same stitch pat­tern, ensur­ing an open­ing for stuff­ing the pil­low. Next, join the front and back pan­els, work­ing through both lay­ers to cre­ate a seam­less fin­ish. Stuff the pil­low to your desired full­ness with soft fill­ing, such as blan­ket yarn or cot­ton stuff­ing, before clos­ing the open­ing with slip stitch­es.

Con­sid­er adding details like can­dy heart motifs or dec­o­ra­tive stitch­es along the edges for embell­ish­ment. Exper­i­ment with dif­fer­ent yarn weights and col­ors to cus­tomize your cro­chet heart pil­low to match your home decor or recip­i­en­t’s pref­er­ences. With its sim­ple con­struc­tion and charm­ing design, this cro­chet heart pil­low pat­tern will become a cher­ished addi­tion to your craft­ing reper­toire.

In con­clu­sion, the cro­chet heart pil­low pat­tern offers a delight­ful way to infuse your home decor with a touch of hand­made love this Valen­tine’s Day. Whether cre­at­ing it for your­self or as a gift for some­one spe­cial, the free pat­tern and easy-to-fol­low instruc­tions make it acces­si­ble to cro­cheters of all skill lev­els. So spread some love and hap­pi­ness through your craft­ing with this adorable cro­chet project. Hap­py cro­chet­ing!

 

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