Valentine Swap

Although I've not been blogging for such a long time, I've been in high gear on swaps. They're just so much fun! This time I'm working on Valentines for the Crow and Canary swap I found through the BPS. I won't put the photos of the finished cards here so as not to ruin the surprise for my swap partners but I will post the directions I worked out to crochet hearts for the valentines (just a small hint won't hurt their surprise -- I hope!)

These instructions could be used with any gague of yarn and its corresponding hook although I used a very small hook (I found it in my house -- left by the previous owner, Elsie -- so I'm not sure about what size it is) and white crochet cotton. The fun though is that it doesn't matter what size the heart turns out to be -- it doesn't have to fit anyone!

ch 5

sc in 2nd ch from hook

skip next 2 ch's

3 dc & next ch

without turning, ch 3

2 dc & last dc made

3 dc & same ch as 1st 3 dc made

without turning, ch2

dc 8 evenly across triangle side

turn, 5 dc in top of 2nd dc from hook

sl st in 2nd dc from hook

5 dc in top of 2nd dc from hook

sl st in last dc space