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Knit a Heart Pendant for Valentine’s Day

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How to knit a heart pendant for Valentine's Day.

 

I have kind of ignored Valentine’s Day this year. I’m not really sure why. Maybe because I’ve collected so many different Valentine’s Day knitting patterns over the years that I just didn’t know if there was anything new this year. (Though I’m sure there is!)

 

Whatever the reason, I did end up knitting a quick little heart pendant that you still have time to make for Valentine’s Day or any other time. It’s a great way to use a tiny bit of yarn, and takes about 15 minutes or less to do.

What You’ll Need

a pair of size 4 US/3.5 mm knitting needles

a small quantity of light-weight yarn (mine is some kind of silk yarn; I’m not really sure what it was)

Gauge is not important with this project. Mine measures 2 inches/5 cm wide at its widest point and is a little less than 2 inches/5 cm tall.

How to Knit a Heart Pendant

Cast on 3 stitches.

Knit 1 row.

Knit in the front and back of the first stitch, knit to the last stitch, knit in the front and back of the last stitch.

Repeat these 2 rows until you have 11 stitches.

Knit 5 rows straight.

Knit 4, knit 2 together. Turn the work, leaving the other 5 stitches on the needle.

Knit across these stitches.

SSK, k1, k2tog. 3 stitches remain. Turn.

Knit across these stitches.

SSK, k1. 2 stitches remain. Turn.

K2tog. Cut yarn and pull through remaining stitch.

Join yarn to the other 5 stitches. Knit across.

K2tog, k1, ssk. 3 stitches remain.

Knit across.

K1, ssk. 2 stitches remain.

K2tog. Cut yarn and pull through remaining stitch.

Weave in ends. Poke a jewelry chain through the tops of the heart to wear as a pendant.

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Pumpkin Knitting Patterns

There are so many great pumpkin knitting patterns out there, and it looks like I haven’t done a roundup of pumpkin knitting patterns in a few years, so it’s high time for another one.

The Lancaster Pumpkins from Cuddle Bunny Knits on Etsy are classic, made with stockinette stitch in the round and using super bulky yarn. If you’ve never knit a pumpkin before, this is a good place to start.

Jazz it up a little bit by knitting ribbing instead of straight stockinette, which gives your knit pumpkin a little more texture, too. This one is form Jessies Knits on Etsy. This one is worked flat on straight needles and there are three size options to choose from.

Or try the Pumpkin Patch pattern from Blue Sky Fibers, which is a free pattern on Ravelry. It’s worked with two strands of worsted weight yarn held together to give your pumpkins a marled look, or you can keep it solid. 

There’s another free ribbed pumpkin knitting pattern at Yarnspirations that is really cute. These are knit flat and seamed, and they come in three different sizes. You can either stack them as a centerpiece to decorate a table or you can leave them separate. Or make a whole pumpkin patch and do some of both! I love that they chose unconventional colors so you can see you don’t have to be limited to orange when you knit up your pumpkins.

Made by Devrie on Etsy has these cute pumpkins with twisted stitches (they look like cables but it’s only moving one stitch at a time) that you can make in any size with any yarn you like.

The Twisted Heart Pumpkin for Etsy seller Percival Makes Things uses cables to make a heart shape on the side of the pumpkin. It’s worked in the round and the cable pattern is charted.

And while I was really sticking to plain pumpkins here, not knit jack o’lanterns, I can’t resist sharing this beaded jack o’lantern knitting pattern from Knit Cole Studio on Etsy. The base pumpkin is simple Stockinette and you can stitch on beads in whatever design you like to make your face, or keep it plain.

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