Hi everyone, Hannah here, I made these skinny heart hot pads for Valentine’s Day and they were super fast and fun to work up! I hope you enjoy making them as much as I did!
Materials
for one hot pad
Lily Sugar ‘n Cream The Original Yarn (100% cotton, 71 g/ 2.5 oz, 109 m/120 yds)
1 skein White, 1 skein Tangerine or Tea Rose
Size H/5.00mm hook, tapestry needle, scissors
Size
Finished size 8 in x 8 in
Stitch
Half Double Crochet (HDC): Yarn over (YO), insert your hook, YO and pull up a loop, YO, pull through all 3 loops on hook.
Wide Half Double Crochet (WHDC): YO, insert your hook between stitch posts, YO and pull up a loop, YO, pull through all 3 loops on hook.
Pattern
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first square
With Tangerine, chain 25.
ROW 1: Starting in the 3rd chain from the hook, work 1 HDC into each chain. CH 2 and turn. (23 stitches)
ROW 2: Work WHDC (insert your hook in between the posts) into each of the first 11 spaces with Tangerine. On the 11th stitch, pull through with White before you finish the stitch (when you have 3 loops on your hook), and work WHDC with White and carry the Tangerine along the top of your work and crochet over it as you work your stitch. Before you finish the White stitch, pull through with Tangerine. Wrap the White around the front of your work, and leave it (don’t cut or carry it). Then work WHDC into each of the remaining spaces with Tangerine, making sure your last stitch is in between the last stitch of the previous row and the turning chain. (You should have 23 stitches total.) CH 2 and turn.
ROW 3: Work WHDC into each of the first 10 spaces with Tangerine. On the 10th stitch, pull through with White (pull it up from behind your work where you left it on the previous row). Work WHDC with White in each of the next 2 spaces and carry the Tangerine along the top of your work and crochet over it as you work your stitch. On the 2nd White stitch, pull through with Tangerine. Wrap the White around to the front of your work, then leave it, and work WHDC with Tangerine into each of the remaining spaces. CH 2 and turn.
For the remaining rows, I am just going to write out the color counts for each row – you should always carry the Tangerine along the top of your work and crochet over it whenever you are working White stitches and you should always leave the White yarn whenever you finish working all the White stitches for that row.
ROW 4: Work WHDC into each of the first 10 spaces with Tangerine, work WHDC into each of the next 3 spaces with White, work WHDC into each of the remaining spaces with Tangerine. CH 2 and turn.
ROW 5: Work WHDC into each of the first 9 spaces with Tangerine, work WHDC into each of the next 4 spaces with White, work WHDC into each of the remaining spaces with Tangerine. CH 2 and turn.
ROW 6: Work WHDC into each of the first 9 spaces with Tangerine, work WHDC into each of the next 5 spaces with White, work WHDC into each of the remaining spaces with Tangerine. CH 2 and turn.
ROW 7: Work WHDC into each of the first 8 spaces with Tangerine, work WHDC into each of the next 6 spaces with White, work WHDC into each of the remaining spaces with Tangerine. CH 2 and turn.
ROW 8: Work WHDC into each of the first 8 spaces with Tangerine, work WHDC into each of the next 7 spaces with White, work WHDC into each of the remaining spaces with Tangerine. CH 2 and turn.
ROW 9: Work WHDC into each of the first 7 spaces with Tangerine, work WHDC into each of the next 8 spaces with White, work WHDC into each of the remaining spaces with Tangerine. CH 2 and turn.
ROW 10: Work WHDC into each of the first 7 spaces with Tangerine, work WHDC into each of the next 9 spaces with White, work WHDC into each of the remaining spaces with Tangerine. CH 2 and turn.
ROW 11: Work WHDC into each of the first 6 spaces with Tangerine, work WHDC into each of the next 10 spaces with White, work WHDC into each of the remaining spaces with Tangerine. CH 2 and turn.
ROW 12: Work WHDC into each of the first 6 spaces with Tangerine, work WHDC into each of the next 11 spaces with White, work WHDC into each of the remaining spaces with Tangerine. CH 2 and turn.
ROW 13: Work WHDC into each of the first 5 spaces with Tangerine, work WHDC into each of the next 12 spaces with White, work WHDC into each of the remaining spaces with Tangerine. CH 2 and turn.
ROW 14: Work WHDC into each of the first 5 spaces with Tangerine, work WHDC into each of the next 13 spaces with White, work WHDC into each of the remaining spaces with Tangerine. CH 2 and turn.
ROW 15: Work WHDC into each of the first 4 spaces with Tangerine, work WHDC into each of the next 14 spaces with White, work WHDC into each of the remaining spaces with Tangerine. CH 2 and turn.
ROW 16: Work WHDC into each of the first 4 spaces with Tangerine, work WHDC into each of the next 15 spaces with White, work WHDC into each of the remaining spaces with Tangerine. CH 2 and turn.
ROW 17: Work WHDC into each of the first 3 spaces with Tangerine, work WHDC into each of the next 16 spaces with White, work WHDC into each of the remaining spaces with Tangerine. CH 2 and turn.
ROW 18: Work WHDC into each of the first 3 spaces with Tangerine, work WHDC into each of the next 8 spaces with White, work WHDC into the next space with Tangerine (carry the White and crochet over it), work WHDC into each of the next 8 spaces with White, work WHDC into each of the remaining spaces with Tangerine. CH 2 and turn.
ROW 19: Work WHDC into each of the first 3 spaces with Tangerine, work WHDC into each of the next 7 spaces with White, work WHDC into each of the next 2 spaces with Tangerine, work WHDC into each of the next 7 spaces with White, work WHDC into each of the remaining spaces with Tangerine. CH 2 and turn.
ROW 20: Work WHDC into each of the first 4 spaces with Tangerine, work WHDC into each of the next 6 spaces with White, work WHDC into each of the next 3 spaces with Tangerine, work WHDC into each of the next 6 spaces with White, work WHDC into each of the remaining spaces with Tangerine. CH 2 and turn.
ROW 21: Work WHDC into each of the first 4 spaces with Tangerine, work WHDC into each of the next 5 spaces with White, work WHDC into each of the next 4 spaces with Tangerine, work WHDC into each of the next 5 spaces with White, work WHDC into each of the remaining spaces with Tangerine. CH 2 and turn.
ROW 22: Work WHDC into each space across the row with Tangerine. Tie off and weave in ends with a tapestry needle.
second square
With Tangerine, chain 25.
ROW 1: Starting in the 3rd chain from the hook, work a HDC into each chain. CH 2 and turn. (23 stitches)
ROWS 2 – 22: Work WHDC into each space across the row. CH 2 and turn. At the end of row 22, tie off and weave in ends with a tapestry needle.
combining squares
Weave in all ends with a tapestry needle. Place the square with the heart on top of the plain square so that they line up evenly. With the heart side facing toward you, insert your hook through both squares and pull up a loop in any corner and chain 2. Work a HDC into each space around the edge of the squares, and work 3 HDC into each corner. When you reached the corner you started with, slip stitch into the starting chain 2 and tie off.
Here is a video!
Thanks so much for coming to our blog, I hope you enjoy this pattern! When you finish your hot pad, please take a picture and come share with us on Facebook or Instagram with #daisyfarmcrafts – we’d love to see!
xo, Hannah
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