Lovely Crochet Heart Flower Free Pattern For Valentine's Day
Create beautiful crochet heart flowers easily with this free pattern that adds charming accents to your projects using simple steps for quick and lovely results.
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Cute Crochet Heart Flower Free Pattern For Someone Special
This cute flower has five heart-shaped petals that look soft and pretty. It is made using simple crochet stitches, so even if you are still learning, this project is friendly for beginners. The flower is small enough to add to hats, bags, scarves, or even decorations around your home. You can choose any color of yarn you like, which means you can match it to your style or the season.
Made with medium yarn and a regular crochet hook, the flower is quick to finish but looks special because of its shape. The pattern mainly uses easy stitches, so the project is fun and gives you a nice feeling of accomplishment.
If you want to add a charming heart flower to your crochet items, this Free pattern is a wonderful guide. Follow the full pattern will help you see how each part comes together to form this lovely design. Try it out and add a personal touch to your crochet!
Crochet Heart Flower Pattern
This heart flower pattern uses amigurumi techniques to create a dimensional heart, green calyx, and attachable leaves, resulting in a charming motif ideal for gifts, decor, or as part of a bouquet arrangement. The entire pattern is worked in seamless rounds for the heart and calyx, then rows for the leaves, with an assembled stem for a complete, elegant look.
Pattern Basic Points
Key Features:
- Three-dimensional construction: Heart, calyx, and leaves are all crocheted and joined for realism.
- Continuous rounds: The heart and calyx components are worked seamlessly for a smooth finish.
- Assembly with wired stem: A wire or skewer gives the flower structure and allows for versatile display.
- Embellishment options: Customize with different yarn colors for petals, calyx, or leaves.
Special Notes
- Unless stated, work in continuous rounds (do not join or turn at the end of each round unless indicated).
- Use a stitch marker to keep track of round beginnings for the heart and calyx.
- Firm, even stitches produce a neat result (especially important for amigurumi construction).
- Stuff firmly for best shape but do not overfill or stretch the stitches.
- Use hot glue with care for assembly steps.
Skill Level
Skill Level: Intermediate
Confident beginners may tackle the basic heart and leaves, but the calyx involves specialty stitches (triple and quadruple crochet) and assembly requires some experience with hot glue and yarn wrapping.
Materials
- Yarn: Sport weight or light DK yarn (#2) in:
- Red (for the heart)
- Green (for calyx and leaves)
- Hook: 2.0 mm crochet hook (or size to obtain tight gauge)
- Polyester fiberfill stuffing
- Yarn needle (for weaving in ends)
- Scissors
- Skewer or floral wire (for stem)
- Hot glue gun (for stem and leaf assembly)
- Stitch marker (recommended)
Measurements
- Heart: Approximately 5 cm (2 inches) tall with sport weight yarn and 2.0 mm hook.
- Full flower (with calyx and leaves): Approx. 12–15 cm (5–6 inches) including the stem.
- Individual Leaves: Approx. 4 cm (1.5 inches) in length.
Gauge
- Tight single crochet, as is typical in amigurumi.
- After Round 4 of the heart, your piece should measure about 2.5 cm (1 inch) in diameter. Adjust hook size if needed.
Stitch Pattern
Amigurumi single crochet in the round, basic increases and decreases, specialty tall stitches for calyx points, and basic row work for the leaves.
Stitch Abbreviations
- ch: chain
- sc: single crochet
- inc: increase (2 sc in the same st)
- dec: decrease (sc 2 together)
- dc: double crochet
- tr: treble crochet (triple crochet; 2 yarn overs)
- qdtr: quadruple crochet (3 yarn overs)
- sl st: slip stitch
- hdc: half double crochet
- st(s): stitch(es)
- MR: magic ring
Special Stitches
Quadruple Crochet (qdtr):
Yarn over 3 times, insert hook in next stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop, [yarn over and draw through 2 loops] 4 times.
Decrease (dec):
Insert hook into next st, yarn over and pull through, insert hook in next st, yarn over and pull through (3 loops on hook), yarn over and pull through all 3 loops.
Pattern Instructions
Heart Flower (Red Yarn)
Make 2 identical heart sections. Fasten off the first; leave yarn attached to second for joining.
Round 1:
- Make a magic ring (MR).
- Work 6 sc into ring. (6 sts)
Round 2:
- 6 inc (2 sc in each stitch). (12 sts)
Round 3:
- Repeat [1 sc, 1 inc] around. (18 sts)
Round 4:
- Repeat [2 sc, 1 inc] around. (24 sts)
Rounds 5–6:
- 1 sc in each stitch around. (24 sts per round)
Fasten off first heart lobe—set aside. Do not fasten off the second; continue to joining.
To join both heart lobes:
Round 7:
- Holding both pieces side by side, insert hook into a stitch on the first lobe and begin working around its entire edge: 25 sc around first piece.
- Continue to the second lobe and work 25 sc around it.
- (Total: 50 sts. Mark start of round.)
Shape the Heart:
Round 8:
- 23 sc, 1 dec, 23 sc, 1 dec. (48 sts)
Round 9:
- Repeat [6 sc, 1 dec] around. (42 sts)
Round 10:
- 1 sc in each stitch around. (42 sts)
Round 11:
- Repeat [5 sc, 1 dec] around. (36 sts)
Round 12:
- 1 sc in each stitch around. (36 sts)
Round 13:
- Repeat [4 sc, 1 dec] around. (30 sts)
Round 14:
- 1 sc in each stitch around. (30 sts)
Round 15:
- Repeat [3 sc, 1 dec] around. (24 sts)
Round 16:
- 1 sc in each stitch around. (24 sts)
Round 17:
- Repeat [2 sc, 1 dec] around. (18 sts)
Round 18:
- 1 sc in each stitch around. (18 sts)
- Stuff heart firmly at this point.
Round 19:
- Repeat [1 sc, 1 dec] around. (12 sts)
Round 20:
- 1 sc in each stitch around. (12 sts)
- Add more stuffing if needed.
Round 21:
- 6 dec with sc2tog. (6 sts)
- Sl st to finish. Cut yarn, leaving a long tail.
Calyx (Green Yarn)
Round 1:
- Make a magic ring (MR).
- 6 sc in ring. (6 sts)
Round 2:
- 6 inc (2 sc in each st). (12 sts)
Round 3:
- 1 sc in each stitch around. (12 sts)
Round 4:
- Repeat [3 sc, 1 inc] three times. (15 sts)
Round 5:
- 1 sc in each stitch around. (15 sts)
Round 6 (Calyx ‘leaves’):
Repeat for each of 3 points:
- (1 sc, 1 dc, 1 tr, 1 qdtr, ch 2, sl st in 2nd ch from hook for point), 1 qdtr, 1 dc, 1 sc, 1 hdc to finish the segment. Start next segment in next st.
Repeat process for all three calyx points evenly spaced around.
Fasten off, leaving a tail for sewing.
Leaves (Green Yarn, Make 2)
Foundation:
- Ch 10.
Row 1:
- Skip first ch. In next ch, 1 sc.
- 1 hdc in next ch.
- 4 dc in next 4 ch.
- 1 hdc in next ch.
- 1 sc in next ch.
- In the final ch, 3 sc (turning the corner).
- Now work along the other side of the foundation chain:
- 1 sc in the next ch.
- 1 hdc in next ch.
- 4 dc in next 4 ch.
- 1 hdc in next ch.
- 1 sc in last ch.
- Sl st in the beginning ch to finish.
Fasten off and weave in the ends.
Assembly & Finished Size
- Attach Calyx: Sew or glue the center of the calyx (magic ring) to the bottom of the heart shape.
- Insert Stem: Apply hot glue to the end of the skewer or wire and insert through the calyx's magic ring (center) into the bottom of the heart.
- Wrap Stem: Apply glue in small sections and wrap green yarn firmly around the length of the stem for a neat, covered appearance.
- Add Leaves: As you wrap the stem, glue each leaf in place to the side of the stem for a natural look.
- Finish Wrapping: Continue wrapping with yarn to the base, and secure end with glue.
- Shaping: Adjust the calyx and leaves as needed.
Finished flower measures about 12–15 cm (5–6 inches) from heart top to stem end.
Conclusion
This heart flower pattern provides a charming, dimensional crocheted blossom complete with a shaped heart, textured calyx, and side leaves that add realistic detail. It is suitable for gifting, keepsakes, or permanent bouquets. The design encourages neat, tight amigurumi work, as well as attention to seamless assembly, and allows for endless creativity by varying colors and arrangement. The use of a wrapped stem ensures stability and professional finish, making this heart flower a delightful project for crafters seeking unique, hand-crafted floral pieces.