Easy To Make Crochet Heart Square Pattern

This delightful crochet heart pattern combines color changes, textured stitches, and elegant shaping to create a beautiful heart motif perfect for any project. Whether you’re making a heartfelt gift, embellishing bags or blankets, or crafting decorative wall hangings, this pattern offers versatility and charm.

Crochet Heart Square

The tutorial walks you through each step clearly, starting from a classic granny square base to the intricate heart shaping and decorative border. With room for creativity in color selection and finishing touches, this heart is a joy to crochet and ideal for crafters looking to elevate their skills.

Materials

Oswal 4-ply yarn (Green, White, Yellow, Pink)
2.5 mm crochet hook

Initial Square Base (Green Yarn)

Start with a magic ring and make one chain to secure.
Chain 2 more (total of 3 chains).

Make 3 double crochets into the ring (4 DCs including initial chain).

Chain 2.
Repeat three more sets of 4 double crochets, each separated by 2 chains.
Chain 2 and slip stitch to the top of the beginning chain.
Cut yarn and secure.

Second Round (White Yarn)

Attach yarn to any corner two-chain space.
Chain 3, then make 1 double crochet and 3 more double crochets (total 4).
Chain 1 for the side.
In the next corner space: 3 double crochets, chain 2, 3 double crochets.
Repeat the corner and side pattern around.
Chain 2 and slip stitch to close the round.
Cut yarn and secure.

Base of the Heart (Yellow Yarn)

Attach yarn to a side chain space, not a corner.
Chain 3, single crochet into next space.
In the center hole: chain 6.
Single crochet the end of chain 6 into the next upper chain of the corner.
Chain 3, single crochet into next space.

At corner: chain 3, single crochet, chain 3.

Repeat the six-chain and three-chain sections on opposite side.
For each side of the six-chain sections, make five sets of three-chain stitches.
At corner middle hole: single crochet, chain 1, single crochet.
Continue with 3-chain stitches around.
Single crochet into original starting point to complete the round.

Heart Shape Definition (Yellow Yarn Continued)

Single crochet into first chain.
In each six-chain loop: make 12 double crochets.
Single crochet into next stitch to anchor.
Make one single crochet ahead.
Repeat 12 double crochets in second six-chain loop.

Anchor with single crochet and make one more ahead.

Turn work.
Chain 1, then on 12 double crochets: 1 double crochet + chain 1 across.
Single crochet into center stitch of previous 3-stitch segment.
Chain 1, then 1 double crochet + chain 1 across the second curve.
Finish with chain 1 and single crochet to secure.
Slip stitch and cut yarn.

Final Border Detail (Pink Yarn)

Attach pink yarn to front loop of next stitch.
Chain 3, make 2 double crochets (counts as 3 total).
Chain 3 and create a picot stitch by inserting hook at chain base and making single crochet.
Skip 2 double crochets, in space between: 2 DCs, 3 chains, picot.