Heart Filled Square

The Heart Filled Square is a reader request! I took everyone's favorite Heart Shaped Cloth, and turned it into a 12" square block, perfect for blankets and stitch-alongs - like the MooglyCAL! Share the love and enjoy the stitching with this free crochet pattern on Moogly!

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Featuring Red Heart With Love!

To make the original Heart Shaped Cloth, I used cotton - perfect for dishcloths, washcloths, and coasters. For the Heart Filled Square, I switched to Red Heart With Love! This yarn is my favorite yarn for colorwork blankets, and has been the featured yarn in the Moogly Crochet Along for several years now.

Red Heart With Love comes in lots of colors, is easy to find, and is easy to care for! It's a medium weight yarn, which is very popular for blankets. If you substitute with a DK weight yarn, your square will be about 10" instead of 12"

It All Comes From the Heart

I was so glad when everyone fell in love with the Heart Shaped Cloth - it's such a fun use of the granny stitch! So turning this shape into a square was a request I got several times. And of course, I had to keep the granny theme going. To add some texture, I also added an outline of surface single crochet to the heart, so it really pops!

And it was all just perfect timing, as the Heart Filled Square is now part of the MooglyCAL2022! Be sure to check out how I did my crochet along colors for a very different look!

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Heart Filled Square

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US-J, 6.0 mm hook - Susan Bates

150 yds Red Heart With Love
(4 - Worsted; 100% acrylic; 198 g/7 oz, 338 meters/370 yards)
Color A: Hot Pink
Color B: Sweet Pink

Stitch markers

Gauge: 13 sts x 8 rows = 4"/10cm in granny stitch pattern

Finished Size: 12" x 12"

Helpful Links and Tutorials:

Heart Filled Square Tutorial

Heart Shaped Cloth Tutorial

Crochet Abbreviations

Basic Crochet Stitches

Heart Shaped Cloth Pattern and Chart

CSDC - Chainless Starting Double Crochet

Surface Single Crochet

Note:

When joining new sections, be sure to note if they are joined from the WS (Wrong Side) or RS (Right Side). Place a st marker on the RS of the Heart before adding the Color B sections to help with this.

Heart Filled Square Instructions:

Row 1 (WS): With Color A, ch 3 (counts as first dc throughout pattern), 2 dc in 3rd ch from hook; turn. (3 dc)

Row 2 (RS): Ch 3, 2 dc in first st, skip next st, 3 dc in last st; turn.  (6 dc)

Row 3: Ch 3, 2 dc in first st, skip 2 sts, 3 dc between previous and next st, skip 2 sts, 3 dc in last st; turn. (9 dc)

Row 4: Ch 3, 2 dc in first st, skip 2 sts, 3 dc between previous and next st, skip 3 sts, 3 dc between previous and next st,  skip 2 sts, 3 dc in last st; turn. (12 dc)

Row 5: Ch 3, 2 dc in first st, skip 2 sts, 3 dc between previous and next st, *skip 3 sts, 3 dc between previous and next st; rep from * until 3 sts rem, skip 2 sts, 3 dc in last st; turn. (15 dc)

Rows 6 - 9: Rep Row 5. (increase of 3 sts per row)

Row 10: Ch 3, dc in first st, skip 2 sts, 3 dc between previous and next st, *skip 3 sts, 3 dc between previous and next st; rep from * until 3 sts rem, skip 2 sts, 2 dc in last st, turn. (28 dc)

Row 11: Ch 3, skip the next st, 3 dc between the posts of the previous st and the next st, *skip 3 sts, 3 dc between the posts of the previous st and the next st; rep from * until 2 dc rem, skip the next st, dc in last st, turn. (29 dc)

Row 12: Ch 3, dc in first st, *skip 3 sts, 3 dc between previous and next st; rep from * until 4 sts rem, skip 3 sts, 2 dc in last st, turn. (28 dc)

First Half of Top of Heart

Row 13: With Color A, ch 3, skip the next st, 2 dc between previous and next st, [skip 3 sts, 3 dc between previous and next st] 3 times, skip 3 sts, dc between previous and next st; turn - remaining sts left unworked. (13 dc)

Row 14: Ch 3, dc in first st, [skip 3 sts, 3 dc between previous and next st] twice, skip 3 sts, 2 dc between previous and next st, skip 2 dc, 2 dc in last st; turn. (12 dc)

Row 15: Ch 3, [skip 3 sts, 3 dc between previous and next st] twice, skip 4 sts, dc in the last st, turn. (8 dc)

Row 16: [Ch 3, skip 3 sts, sl st between previous and next st] twice; break yarn and turn.

Second Half of Top of Heart

Row 17 (WS): With Color A, join with dc in between same 2 sts as the last st of Row 13 (in center of Row 12), [skip 3 sts, 3 dc between previous and next st] 3 times, skip 3 sts, 2 dc between previous and next st, skip the next st, dc in last st; turn. (13 dc)

Row 18: Ch 3, dc in first st, skip 2 sts, 2 dc between previous and next st, [skip 3 sts, 3 dc between previous and next st] twice, skip 3 sts, 2 dc in last st; turn. (12 dc)

Row 19: Ch 3, skip 4 sts, [3 dc between previous and next st, skip 3 sts] twice, dc in the last st, turn. (8 dc)

Row 20: [Ch 3, skip 3 sts, sl st between previous and next st] twice; break yarn and finish off. (2 ch-3 sps)

Add First Bottom Corner

Row 1 (RS): With Color B, join with sl st to side of Row 6, (3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in side of Row 5, sl st in side of Row 4, ch 3, sl st in side of Row 3, turn. (6 dc)

Row 2: 3 dc in first st, skip 2 sts, (3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in ch-2 sp, skip 2 sts, 3 dc in last st, sl st in side of Row 7, ch 3, sl st in side of Row 8; turn. (12 dc)

Row 3: 3 dc in first st, skip 2 sts, 3 dc between previous and next st, skip 3 sts, (3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in ch-2 sp, skip 3 sts, 3 dc between previous and next st, skip 2 sts, 3 dc in last st, sl st in side of Row 2, ch 3, sl st in side of Row 1; turn. (18 dc)

Row 4: 3 dc in first st, skip 2 sts, [3 dc between previous and next st, skip 3 sts] twice, (3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in ch-2 sp, [skip 3 sts, 3 dc between previous and next st] twice, skip 2 sts, 3 dc in last st, sl st in side of Row 9, break yarn. (24 dc)

Add Second Bottom Corner

Row 1 (RS): With Color B, join with sl st to side of Row 4, (3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in side of Row 5, sl st in side of Row 6, ch 3, sl st in side of Row 7, turn. (6 dc)

Row 2: 3 dc in first st, skip 2 sts, (3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in ch-2 sp, skip 2 sts, 3 dc in last st, sl st in side of Row 3, ch 3, sl st in side of Row 2; turn. (12 dc)

Row 3: 3 dc in first st, skip 2 sts, 3 dc between previous and next st, skip 3 sts, (3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in ch-2 sp, skip 3 sts, 3 dc between previous and next st, skip 2 sts, 3 dc in last st, sl st in side of Row 8, ch 3, sl st in side of Row 9; turn. (18 dc)

Row 4: 3 dc in first st, skip 2 sts, [3 dc between previous and next st, skip 3 sts] twice, (3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in ch-2 sp, [skip 3 sts, 3 dc between previous and next st] twice, skip 2 sts, 3 dc in last st, sl st in side of Row 1, break yarn. (24 dc)

Add Center Top

Row 1 (WS): With Color B, join with sl st to side of Row 14, dc in center space of Row 12, sl st in side of Row 18, ch 3, sl st in side of Row 19; turn. (1 dc)

Row 2: (Dc, ch 1, dc) in dc, sl st in side of Row 15, ch 3, sl st in side of Row 16; turn. (2 dc)

Row 3: 2 dc in first st, 3 dc between previous and next st, 2 dc in last st, sl st in side of Row 20, break yarn. (7 dc)

Completing the Square

Row 1 (WS): With Color B, sl st in side of Row 13, (3 tr, ch 2, 3 dc) in side of Row 15, [3 dc over next sl st in Row 16] twice, [skip 3 sts, 3 hdc between previous and next st] twice, skip 3 sts, [3 dc over next sl st in Row 20] twice, (3 dc, ch 2, 3 tr) in side of Row 19, sl st in side of Row 17; turn. (30 sts)

Rnd 2 (RS): Sl st to next corner ch-2 sp, ch 3 (counts as dc), 2 dc in same ch-2 sp, *skip 3 sts, 3 dc between previous and next st; rep from * to corner, (3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in corner ch-2 sp, skip 3 sts, 3 dc between previous and next st, 3 dc in side of Row 12, 3 dc in side of Row 11, 3 dc in side of Row 9, [^skip 3 sts, 3 dc between previous and next st; rep from ^ to corner] twice, [skip 3 sts, 3 dc between previous and next st] 3 times, 3 dc in side of Row 9, 3 dc in side of Row 11, 3 dc in side of Row 12, 3 dc in space before next dc, skip 3 sts, 3 dc in ch-2 sp, ch 1, join to first st of rnd with hdc, do not turn. (108 sts)

Rnd 3 (RS): Ch 1, 2 hdc in same ch-2 sp, [hdc in each st to corner, (2 hdc, ch 2, 2 hdc) in corner ch-2 sp] 3 times, hdc in each st to corner, (2 hdc, ch 2) in first corner ch-2 sp, join and break yarn. (124 sts)

Rnd 4 (RS): With Color A, join to any st, ch 1, sc in each st around, working (sc, ch 2, sc) in each corner ch-2 sp; join and break yarn. (132 sts)

Add Some Texture (optional)

With Color A, surface single crochet around outside of heart if desired. Work approximately 2 sc around the outer st of each row, adjust as needed to get the look desired.

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LOOKING FOR MORE?

Are you looking for more 12" crochet square patterns? You can browse all my patterns on Moogly or Ravelry - and check out some of my most recent designs: Screen Window Square, Striped Hourglass Square, Leaping Stripes and Blocks Squared, Every Little Thing Square, and Right Round Square! And of course, there's the Moogly Crochet Along!

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