Heart Shaped Crochet Potholder

5. ch 1, 2 single crochet (sc) in next ch.  Dc in next sc.  (dc in next, 2 dc in next) repeat in parenthesis 7 more times.  Dc in next.  2 sc in next. Slip stitch to the stitch you started with. Move your marker if you are using one.

Ch, 2 sc in next stitch, dc in next, 2 dc in each of the next 4 stitches, dc in next, sc in next 5 stitches, 2 dc in each of next 2 stitches, make a dc, triple crochet, dc all in the next stitch, 2 dc in each of the next 2 stitches, sc in the next 5 stitches, dc in next stitch, 2dc in next, dc in next, 2sc in next, slip stitch to the first chain.  Finish off.

To start this next row, reattach (same color) to the triple crochet at the “bottom point” of the heart.  Ch 1.single crochet in the same stitch.  Sc in each stitch around until you are directly opposite where you started (so you are now where the heart dips inward).  This should be 22 stiches.  This next is a double crochet, but you stitch it into the stitch TWO rows down from the one you’re working on so that the double crochet sort of sits on top of the two rows you’ve finished.  Sc in each stich around to where you started at the point (23 sc). Slip stitch together and finish off.

6. Attach a contrasting color to the point and ch1. Sc in next 2 stitches, dc in next 2 stitches, triple crochet in next, (yarn over four times before you put your needle into the fabric and pull yarn through to form a double triple stitch, Ch1, form another double triple in the same stitch as the first one), triple in the next stitch, dc in next, dc in next, sc in next 6 stitches, dc in next 2 stitches, (triple, chain, triple) all in next stitch, dc in next sc in next 3, dc in next, dc in next, but go down into the stitch two rows UNDER the one you’re currently working, dc in next, sc in next 3, dc in next, (triple, ch, triple) all in next, dc in next two, sc in next 6, dc in next 2, (double triple, ch, double triple) all in next,  triple in next, dc in next 2, sc in next 2, slip stitch into first.

7. Make a back.  I chained 22 and did 20 sc across until I had 11 rows of dc.  Then I did 1 row of sc to make it almost the same exact size as the front.

8. Match the front and back together.  It would be easiest to begin crocheting them together at the corner without finishing off the backing.  I used a half-double crochet to join the front and back because it gave enough play and provided a solid frame for the heart.  Make sure to put one stitch into each of the front.  This is especially important on the sides because the black will not have stitches for you to match up.

9. I wanted my potholder to hang so that the heart is straight up and down.  To do that, I finished the join all the way around until I got to that position.  Once to the position at which I wanted the hanger to be, I chained 14, then slip stitched all the way back toward the potholder.

10. Grabbing the end of the hanger that is free from the potholder, I stuck it between the two layers of the potholder and stitched it into place with the next half-double crochet I needed for the finishing edge.  Finish the finishing edge around and slip stitch together.  Finish off.

11. Because I wanted the two pieces to be more firmly TOGETHER than they otherwise would be, I framed the heart further by stitching around it with more white yarn.  This is an optional step.

12. The finished potholder.  Lovely!

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