Pocket Size Puffy Hearts

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A few years ago I made a crocheted puffy heart pattern and this year I wanted to kind of revisit that pattern and make a new version of a crocheted puffy heart. This time a little bit smaller.

These tiny hearts that I am sharing today are small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, or in your pocket, hence the name Pocket Size Puffy Hearts. They would be easy to turn into little ornaments or keychains too. 

I made 2 different styles of hearts, one that was a little more tall and skinny, and one that is a little shorter and wider. These differences are made by changing up the number of increases in each round. You can leave them plain or add a little smiley face like I did on some of them. 

Since they are pretty tiny, and all one color, they are great for using up scraps. I used different kinds of medium weight yarn that I had in my stash. You could really use any yarn you wanted, you would just need to adjust the hook size to fit the yarn you are using, and it would change the size of your finished hearts. Thinner yarn and a smaller hook would make super tiny little hearts, while thicker yarn and a larger hook would make bigger hearts. 

The finished size of these hearts when made as written with medium weight yarn is about 2.5" tall and 3" wide for the wide heart, and 3" tall and 2" wide for the skinny heart. 

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How to Crochet Pocket Size Puffy Hearts (2 Styles)

You will need:

• medium weight yarn (samples made with Caron Big Donut, Red Heart Super Saver, and Loops & Threads Impeccable)
• G crochet hook (4.25 mm)
• fiberfill
• yarn needle
• optional: safety eyes and embroidery floss

Instructions:

Skinny Heart

Finished size approx: 3" tall x 2" wide

Round 1: ch 1 4 sc in mr (4 sc)

Round 2: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat (6 sc)

Round 3: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat (8 sc)

Round 4: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 3 sts] repeat (10 sc)

Round 5: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 4 sts] repeat (12 sc)

Round 6: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 5 sts] repeat (14 sc)

Round 7: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 6 sts] repeat (16 sc)

Round 8: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 7 sts] repeat (18 sc)

Round 9: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 8 sts] repeat (20 sc)

Round 10: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 9 sts] repeat (22 sc)

Round 11: 1 sc in next 12 sts, mark the last st worked in, sk next 10 sts (12 sc)

Round 12: 1 sc in each of the 12 sc from previous round (12 sc)

If you will be adding safety eyes now is the best time to do that, place them about halfway down, a few stitches apart

Round 13: sc2tog around (6 sc)

Finish off, weave around end to close up the opening at the top of the first bump, weave in tail, begin stuffing the heart, continue stuffing as you work

Round 14: begin in the same st you worked the last st of round 11 (marked st), 1 sc in that st, and in the next 10 unworked sts, sc in the same st you worked the first st of round 11 (12 sc)

Round 15: 1 sc in each st (12 sc)

Round 16: sc2tog around (6 sc)

Finish off, weave around end to close up the opening at the top of the second bump, weave in tail

If adding a face, embroider the mouth at this point

Wide Heart

Finished Size: approx. 2.5" tall x 3" wide

Round 1: ch 1 6 sc in mr (6 sc)

Round 2: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (9 sc)

Round 3: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (12 sc)

Round 4: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 3 sts] repeat around (15 sc)

Round 5: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 4 sts] repeat around (18 sc)

Round 6: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 5 sts] repeat around (21 sc)

Round 7: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 6 sts] repeat around (24 sc)

Round 8: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 7 sts] repeat around (27 sc)

Round 9: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 8 sts] repeat around (30 sc)

Round 10:1 sc in next 16 sts, mark the last st worked in, sk next 14 sts (16 sc)

Round 11: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (12 sc)

If you will be adding safety eyes now is the best time to do that, place them about halfway down, a few stitches apart

Round 12: sc2tog around (6 sc)

Finish off, weave around end to close up the opening at the top of the first bump, weave in tail, begin stuffing the heart, continue stuffing as you work

Round 13: begin in the same st you worked the last st of round 10 (marked st), 1 sc in that st, and in the next 14 unworked sts, sc in the same st you worked the first st of round 10 (16 sc)

Round 14: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (12 sc)

Round 15: sc2tog around (6 sc)

Finish off, weave around end to close up the opening at the top of the second bump, weave in tail

If adding a face, embroider the mouth at this point