At times it feels good to make beautiful things, that are easy and quick to make. You can crotchet a heart like this in a couple of hours.
First, you just need a a piece of wire you can bend into the shape of a heart.
Then you take some left-over tricot and you crotchet a round of single crotchet ("kiinteä silmukka", not sure if the translation is correct, sorry if not).
Once the heart is covered, switch to a thin yarn and make a round of single crotchet (three loops in one tricot loop).
On the second round, make three chains and fix your chains with a single crotchet.
On the third round make one single crochet two chains and one single crotchet to each chain ring.
And - voilá - your heart is done... I got carried away and made a few.
I love making baskets. They are so quick to crochet. In these ones I added a little frill to make them a bit more romantic.
My 8 year old daughter made these earrings the other day. She cut the rose from baize (huopa in Finnish) and I only helped a bit with the glue. These are for parties, she said.
