Easy Heart Knitting Pattern in Garter Stitch

This Easy Heart Knitting Pattern creates a sweet shape that lays flat in the Garter Stitch. It is reversible and knitted top-down on straight knitting needles.

We begin by making two humps with knitting increases. The middle section is just a few knitted rows. Finish by creating decrease rows that taper down to the bottom of your heart shape.

Knitting Supplies

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• Yarn in any weight, fiber, & color of your choice
• Knitting Needles sized appropriately for your yarn

• Tapestry Needle
• Scissors
  Optional:
• Knitting Blocks and T-Pins
• Digital Row Counter – Using row counters tutorial >
• Needle Point Protectors – How to prevent stitches from falling off your needles >

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Knitting Techniques

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CO = Cast On
K = Knit
KFB = Knit Front & Back (increase)
K2Tog = Knit Two Together (decrease)
BO = Bind Off

Knitting Instructions

START BY MAKING TWO HEART HUMPS

Long Tail Cast On 3 stitches

Row 1: K3

Row 2: KFB, K1, KFB (5 sts)

Row 3: K5

Row 4: KFB, K3, KFB (7 sts) 

Row 5: K7

• Cut Yarn
• Slide 1st Heart Hump down your needle
• Repeat Rows 1 – 5 to make the 2nd Heart Hump
• With both Heart Humps on the same knitting needle, continue to Row 6 (14 sts)

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MIDDLE SECTION OF KNITTED HEART

Row 6: K6, K2Tog, K6 (13 sts)

Row 7: K13

Row 8: K13

Row 9: K13

Row 10: K13

Row 11: K13

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DECREASE SECTION OF KNITTED HEART

Row 12: K2Tog, K9, K2Tog (11 sts)

Row 13: K11

Row 14: K2Tog, K7, K2Tog (9 sts)

Row 15: K9

Row 16: K2Tog, K5, K2Tog (7 sts)

Row 17: K7

Row 18: K2Tog, K3, K2Tog (5 sts)

Row 19: K5

Row 20: K2Tog, K1, K2Tog (3 sts)

Row 21: K2Tog, K1 (2 sts)

Bind Off, Cut Yarn, Weave-In Yarn 4 Tails