I was thinking about what I should make this week and decided that it’s been a while since I did a bit of crochet.
I saw a pattern for a crochet granny heart dishcloth on Pinterest and guessed that it’d be a quick make for a Sunday afternoon while the kids watch a film.
So here’s my version of it:
I followed the Daisy Cottage designs/Bunny Mummy pattern which required translating from US to UK crochet terms, you need to know how to do a variety of different stitches but once you know how to do them it’s fine. The only thing I did differently was that I started with a magic loop (as this closes up the hole in the middle) and not a chain as suggested.
With a 4mm hook I used some Drops cotton for the pink and blue and Red Heart mercerised cotton for the yellow centre (wasn’t as chunky as the Drops but that’s what I had). I have to say that I dislike using the Drops as the yarn is all splitty and you have to pay a bit more attention to what you crochet in case you don’t pick up all the cotton, on the other hand the Red Heart is a dream to work with.
There we go: a sweet little design from 2 talented people. this could be used as a dishcloth or a mat for a little vase and if you fancied making lots of them then it would make some funky bunting 🙂
Happy Monday everyone.
Jean X
The Creative Pixie 
Very cute.
oh I love it now I just need to learn to crochet …..still I just get so confused
This pattern would confuse you even more what with it being US terms. I must remember next time to not be lazy and write it out in UK terms – my brain was truly pickled trying to convert it and remember what each stitch meant. Meant to ask you, how long did it take you to knit your butterfly washcloth?
takes me about 2/3 hours but I was stopping and checking everything to make sure it all looked like it was meant to look, I know what you mean about pickled brains, my head was spinning after it all
Oh wow – you must be a quick knitter – I saw 60 rows and my heart sank. I suppose I could always give it a go, it’d be an excuse to buy some Red Heart Miami 😉
oh I thought that was slow, I see people on other blogs who knit about 50 things a day and I feel so dis-heartened! I just put up another design that I worked on today, I hope you like it
perfect for bunting !
This is such a beautiful heart 🙂 I admire people who can crochet from descriptions (I can do it only from patterns).
Jean, the heart is delightful, and I do so like the colors you used. I’ll have to keep this in mind, as I’ve been looking for some good heart patterns.
Blessings in your creative ventures,
Marianne xo
how lovely and so much nicer than normal ones
Aw, how sweet is that! I really need to get some time to get my crochet hook out and see if I can manage something. Love the heart!