​Helping our users. Crochet Heart Cute Pillow.

You'll need:

Lion Brand Wool-Ease Thick & Quick in Blossom (2 skeins of 170g each);

Caron Simply Soft in Plum Wine (less than half a 170g skein);

Crochet hook 9 mm;

Crochet hook 3.5 mm for pompom edging;

Stuffing;

Tapestry needle.

Used Stitches

Double Crochet Cluster: [Yo, insert hook in st, yo, pull through st, yo, pull through 2 lps on hook], repeat [ ] two more times, yo, pull through all 4 lps on hook, ch 1.

*Ch 1 and turn at the end of each row*

Instructions

Heart

Make 2 panels in Blossom.

Using a 9.00mm hook, you will use two strands together.

Row 1: Ch 3, sc across (2 sts)

Row 2: Inc twice (4 sts)

Row 3: Inc, sc 2, inc (6 sts)

Row 4: Inc, sc 4, inc (8 sts)

Row 5: Inc, sc 6, inc (10 sts)

Row 6: Inc, sc 8, inc (12 sts)

Row 7: Inc, sc 10, inc (14 sts)

Row 8: Inc, sc 12, inc (16 sts)

Row 9: Inc, sc 14, inc (18 sts)

Row 10: Inc, sc 16, inc (20 sts)

Row 11: Sc across (20 sts)

Row 12: Inc, sc 18, inc (22 sts)

Rows 13-14: Sc across (22 sts)

Row 15: Inc, sc 20, inc (24 sts)

Row 16: Sc across (24 sts)

Now we will start the heart shape. Each “bump” is done separately, so you will be crocheting only half way across the panel and then we’ll go back and do the second bump afterwards.

Row 17: Sc 12 (12 sts)

Row 18: Dec, sc 10 (11 sts)

Row 19: Dec, sc 7, dec (9 sts)

Row 20: Dec, sc 5, dec (7 sts)

Row 21: Dec, sc 1, dec twice (4 sts)

Tie off. Turn your heart panel so that the bump you just completed is on the left, as seen in the pictures below. Join your yarn and repeat rows 17 to 21 for the second bump. Repeat all of the above fo the second panel.

Assembly

Step 1: Pillow

Place the two panels together, matching up all sides. Starting on the left side at the top, begin attaching the panels together by chaining one and single crocheting around the outside of the panels in Blossom using two strands.

Crochet all the way down and around the heart and up the opposite side. Stop here and pull up a long loop.

Stuff your pillow.

Continue crocheting the panels together, topping up stuffing as you go. Slst to first st to join. Tie off. Poke the yarn tail inside.

Step 2: Trim

Add trim all the way around the pillow in Plum Wine and a 3.5mm hook, to give a base for the pompom edging. However, you could also choose to leave the trim off, and simply crochet the pompoms directly to the stitches around the outside of the pillow by skipping ever other stitch.

To crochet the trim, join your Plum Wine coloured yarn at any stitch on the pillow.

Rnd 1: *[Sc 2 in same st], ch 5, skip 1 st*. Repeat * around.

Join with a slst but do not tie off. Continue to pompom edging below.

Step 3: Pompoms

First, you will need to slst twice so that you are working from a chain space.

Pompom: [Ch 8, cls in 3rd ch from hook, ch 3, cls in 3rd ch from hook, slst to ch underneath first cls, ch 5, slst to next ch-sp on pillow.] Repeat [ ] around.

Tie off. Poke yarn tails inside.