Little hearts to decorate the Christmas table

The day before Christmas eve, I had nothing to do. So, I went to the local yarn store, and bought some yarn. I wanted to try out this thick cotton yarn (Kalastajan lanka) and ended up crotcheting these little hearts to hold the napkins in our Christmas table. The "diamonds" we bought earlier with my girls, and I think that the combination is quite festive.

The pattern for the heart I took from here:
http://www.kodinkuvalehti.fi/artikkeli/suuri_kasityo/neulonta_ja_virkkaus/virkattu_sydan

Centre piece for a dinner table

Rough piece of wood combined with crotchet roses makes an elegant centre piece for a dinner table. Maybe I will use this for Christmas dinner this year.

Christmas Decoration: Crochet Hearts

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.