Crochet heart garland tutorial

I've been asked if I could share the pattern that I worked from to create my crochet heart garland back on the 11th february part-two.

This will be my first tutorial so please bear with me.

Crochet Heart Garland

Dc           double crochet

Htr          half treble

Tr            treble

Dtr          double treble

Round 1

Chain 4

Then make all of the next stitches into the first chain.

3 dtr

3 tr

chain 1

 1dtr

 chain 1

3tr

3dtr

chain 2

 slip stitch

Round 2

Chain 3

In the first dtr make a dc and a htr

3 htr in the next stitch

2 htr in the next stitch

Dc in the next 4 stitches

Chain 1

Tr in the dtr

Chain 1

Dc in the next 4 stitches

2 htr in the next stitch

3 htr in the next stitch

Slip stitch into the centre

Round 3

Chain 3

Dc in the top of chain 3 from previous row

2dc in the next stitch

Dc in the next stitch

2dc in the next stitch

Dc into each of the next 6 stitches until you get to the point of the heart

Chain1

Dc in each of the next 6 stitches

2dc in the next stitch

Dc in the next stitch

2dc in the next stitch

Chain 3

Slip stitch

You can then make a chain stitch of your desired length and then attach the hearts as you crochet along.

For example I chain stitched approx. 20 stitches, crocheted into the top of the heart, chain stitch 6 and then crochet into the other side of the heart. (depending on the tension of your hearts you may need to increase or decrease this figure but you can judge it pretty well by eye). I then gave a chain of about 15 stitches before adding the next heart in. I then added another 20 stitches at the end to tie up.

At the end of the process I then lightly ironed my hearts which mildly felted them to give them a warm wooly look.

Good luck

xx