Crochet hearts

January 25, 2018

Intersecting our January crochet lessons and making hearts for the Hartsbrook Heartburst*, we are crocheting hearts this week! Help yourself to some yarn and fill from the box in the Hartsbrook Hall lobby, and find a size G crochet hook (use H for worsted weight yarn). 

*http://hartsbrookcrafting.blogspot.com/2017/02/hartsbrook-heartburst.html

Link to detailed step-by-step instructions (with picture) for a granny heart (pictured below)

https://lizziebellablog.wordpress.com/2014/02/01/granny-square-heart-tutorial/amp/

Link to video for simple stuffed heart (video shows each step close up and clearly, narration is in German)

http://ilove-crochet.com/easy-crochet-3d-heart/

Link to instructions for a different granny heart (bilingual English/Spanish)

http://anabeliahandmade.blogspot.com.es/2017/02/crochet-granny-hearts-free-pattern.html

Crochet!

January 2018 we will be learning crochet together! Beginners, bring a crochet hook and some yarn and we will start there. When you buy yarn, the label usually indicates the appropriate crochet hook size. 

We will have some spare balls of yarn to share for learning and enough crochet hooks to lend around.

Experts welcome (a needed resource!), and anyone may bring a pattern to make a specific item for yourself.

If you would like to make some “granny hexagon” sections for a group project blanket, we have wool yarn for H hook and a pattern to follow. We plan to donate the blanket to the school for an auction item.

We can help you start with the basic stitches and build your skills. A "granny square" is beginner level, so you can quickly jump in.

Photo of a granny square blanket from lovestitches.blogspot.fr

For anyone on Pinterest, here is a board of crochet links and images:
https://pin.it/gu3x2jgwalhxzi

Hartsbrook Heartburst

As an expression of love for our world, the Hartsbrook community will be making hearts to place in an outdoor, public place on Valentine's Day, for anyone to take one to keep or give to someone else. Please join us in making a heart (or 10). Heartsmade of stones, clay, shells, wax, wood, jute, wire, beads, etc. as well as yarn, felt and fabric... anything that can hold up to a little weather (not paper) would be wonderful.

If you can donate fabric, felt, yarn, wool roving for felting, or other natural materials for making hearts, please leave in the box in the Hartsbrook Hall foyer. If you need materials to make hearts, please help yourself from this box! There are some paper patterns for shapes.

Feel free to make hearts at home and place in the box by the main office anytime on or before 2/13.

We will be making hearts for this project at these sessions, if you would like to stitch love in good company:

• Thursday crafting sessions 8:30-10:45am in the Handwork room
• Friday mornings 8-10am in the Hartsbrook Hall foyer
• TBA: Evening or weekend gatherings (sign up on sheet by main office if you want to join this)
• Possible: Monday morning 2/12 9am-12pm in an early childhood classroom -- RSVP

Inspired by: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAdFAc7CzYM 

Hartsbrook hearts in Northampton 2017