Simple Sunburst Crochet Heart Tutorial

Hello Lovelies, 

we are enjoying a quiet half term week here , I've been busy spring cleaning and reorganizing. 

But I've also taken the opportunity to write out another tutorial for you .

My original  Sunburst Granny Heart , which I posted last spring has turned out to be one of my most popular patterns.

That's quite a complicated design though, with many different stitches .

In this version my aim was to simplify things and also to create a solid version, suitable for stuffing......... 

What do you think ? I'm so happy with this new  version , especially the red and turquoise one....love that colour combination.

Here goes with the tutorial...lots of pictures and tips as usual ......enjoy :0)

I'm again using U.S. terms and you start by making a modified sunburst granny circle. It is the same as the first three rounds of my Easy Crochet Owl .
That tutorial has details of abbreviations and a stitch conversion chart at the beginning. So pop over there now and follow the pattern till you have at least one of these...........

Hello again, here goes with round 4....starting to develop the heart shape.
Choose your colour and attach with a slip stitch into any stitch between clusters ( see explanation of working into a stitch in round 4 of my owl tutorial if you are unsure ) ....chain 1........

In the next stitch make 1 hdc.........

1 dc in each of the next 2 stitches........

In the next stitch make 2 dc..........

followed by 1 dc in the next stitch and 2 dc in the following stitch.........

Then 1 dc in the next stitch and 2 dc in the next stitch, 1 dc in the next stitch and 1 hdc in the following stitch.

That's the first "bump" made, then make 1 sc in each of the next 7 stitches, followed by 1 hdc, 1 dc, 1 dc in consecutive stitches....

in the "point " at the bottom of your heart make 2 dc..........

Now you are working back up the second side of your heart, so it's just the reverse of the first side.
So after the point it's 1 dc, 1 dc, 1 hdc, in consecutive stitches. Followed by 1 sc in each of the following 7 stitches.........

Then it's time to make the second "bump".
Make  the following in each of  the remaining stitches around.........1 hdc, 1 dc, 2 dc, 1 dc, 2 dc, 1 dc, 2 dc, 1 dc, 1 dc, 1 hdc..........

In the same stitch as you began with make 1 sc and fasten off as shown ( note ...do not join to beginning stitch )

Round 5
Attach a new colour into the first stitch of round 4. Chain 1 .

make 1 hdc in the next stitch.......

then 1 dc in the next stitch and 2 dc in the following stitch..........

carry on with that sequence ( 1 dc, 2 dc ) 3 times more. So you end up with 4 repeats.....

then make 1 dc in the next stitch and 1 hdc in each of the next two stitches.........

Then make 1 sc in each of the next 9 stitches followed by 1 hdc in each of the next two stitches...........

in the point make 1 dc, chain 1 , 1 dc..........

then work back up towards the top as follows..........
1 hdc, 1 hdc, 1 sc in each of the next 9 stitches...........

then make the second bump, beginning with 1 hdc, 1 hdc,

then four repeats of 1 dc, 2 dc..........

I've highlighted them here............

Finnish off with 1 dc, 1 hdc and 1 sc .

Fasten off and if you want to make a padded heart repeat a second time leaving a long end on 1 heart . Weave in ends............

use the long end to whip stitch the two hearts together , right side out............

Stop when a smallish opening remains and stuff lightly........

Close up the hole .............

I still had a long tail of yarn ...........

so I inserted my hook and picked up the yarn and chained about 25 ................

then inserted my hook through the top of the heart again, pulled up a loop and fastened off............

then , simply weave in the tail of yarn............

Here I've put the two types of  Sunburst Heart next to each other. As you can see this new version is smaller but it's still  quite big.........About 4 inches high when made with double knitting  yarn and a 4 mm hook.....

My favourite one has found a home on my welsh dresser.............

Where I think it looks perfect :0)

I hope you have fun with this pattern and ,as always, I would love to hear/see how you got on.
Please let me know if anything is unclear.
Jacquie x