{"title":"How to Knit a Heart (Easy Garter Stitch Heart Pattern)","canonicalUrl":"https://www.craftingstepbystep.com/knitting/how-to-knit-a-heart","category":{"slug":"knitting","name":"Knitting"},"creator":{"name":"B.Hooked Crochet","channelUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrSuS969matU--vDkBYh1Tg","sourceVideoUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_4u1IsEa-s"},"tldr":"Knit a flat heart in garter stitch with KFB, SSK and K2tog. About an hour and 12 yards of yarn. Use it as a patch, softie or Valentine.","quickAnswer":"Knit a flat heart in garter stitch with KFB, SSK and K2tog. An easy project: about 1 hour. Materials cost about $1 to $3. You need 5 things, including US 7 knitting needles, yarn needle and scissors. The 10 steps start with cast On 7 Stitches for the Knitted Heart, increase With a Knit Front and Back on the Knitted Heart and repeat the Increases to Shape the Knitted Heart's First Curve.","totalDurationSeconds":891,"videoDurationSeconds":891,"difficulty":"easy","project":{"difficulty":"easy","projectMinutes":60,"waitMinutes":null,"totalMinutes":60,"estimatedCost":{"currency":"USD","min":1,"max":3},"yield":"1 knitted heart"},"tools":["US 7 (4.5 mm) knitting needles","yarn needle","scissors","row counter (optional)"],"materials":["medium weight (worsted) yarn, about 12 yards"],"steps":[{"number":1,"title":"Cast On 7 Stitches for the Knitted Heart","text":"Cast on 7 stitches with your favorite method. Brittany uses double pointed needles because they are easy to film, but straight or circular needles work the same. Turn the work and knit every stitch across the first row. If the very first stitch looks loose, give the tail a gentle tug to snug it up. Then turn again so you are ready for the first increase row."},{"number":2,"title":"Increase With a Knit Front and Back on the Knitted Heart","text":"Row 2 adds a stitch at each end with a KFB. Insert the needle knitwise, wrap the yarn and pull it through as if you were knitting, but do not slide the old stitch off. Swing the needle to the back, go into the back loop, wrap and knit it off. Knit across to the last stitch and KFB again. You now have 9 stitches. Turn and knit row 3."},{"number":3,"title":"Repeat the Increases to Shape the Knitted Heart's First Curve","text":"Work rows 2 and 3 three more times. Each repeat adds two stitches, so you end with 15. Spread the stitches out on the needle and look. You have a rounded half circle. The curved side becomes one hump of the heart, and the far end is where the point will grow. Knit to the last stitch and KFB on the next rows to start that point."},{"number":4,"title":"Start the Dip of the Knitted Heart With an SSK Decrease","text":"On row 16, start with an SSK. Slip the first two stitches knitwise, one at a time, to the right needle. Put the left needle into the front of both and knit them together. This left leaning decrease shapes the dip at the top of the heart. Knit to the last stitch and KFB, so the point keeps growing. Turn and knit row 17."},{"number":5,"title":"Check the Knitted Heart at the Halfway Point","text":"Repeat rows 16 and 17 three more times. Your count stays at 18 the whole way, because you take one stitch away at the top and add one at the point. When you finish, hold the work up. You should see one full hump and a long point. You are now halfway, and everything from here is the mirror image of what you have knit."},{"number":6,"title":"Shape the Second Half of the Knitted Heart With K2tog","text":"On row 24, KFB in the first stitch to start the second hump. Knit to the last two stitches and knit them together. A K2tog is a right leaning decrease. Put the needle through both stitches at once and knit them as one. It matches the SSK on the other side, so the heart stays even. Turn and knit the next row, then repeat rows 24 and 25 three more times."},{"number":7,"title":"Knit the Second Hump of the Knitted Heart","text":"Now the point starts to shrink. On row 32, knit to the last two stitches and K2tog, bringing you to 17 stitches. Turn and knit the next row. Repeat rows 32 and 33 two more times so you end with 15. Lay the work flat. You will see the full heart shape: two rounded humps and a point, with only the last curve left to close."},{"number":8,"title":"Decrease at Both Ends to Close the Knitted Heart","text":"Row 38 decreases at both ends. Start with an SSK, knit across to the last two stitches, and finish with a K2tog. That takes you to 13 stitches. Turn and knit row 39. Repeat rows 38 and 39 three more times. Each pair takes away two stitches and rounds off the second hump, until you are back to 7 stitches, the same as your cast on."},{"number":9,"title":"Bind Off the Last Stitches of the Knitted Heart","text":"Knit the first two stitches. Use the left needle to lift the first loop over the second and off the needle. Knit one more stitch and pass the first loop over again. Keep going across until one loop is left. Pull that loop up, cut the yarn with a tail and pull the tail through the loop to lock it."},{"number":10,"title":"Smooth the Knitted Heart's Edge With the Yarn Tail","text":"The bind-off edge is boxier than the cast-on side. To soften it, thread the tail on a yarn needle and run it along that edge. Pull it gently so the corner rounds out to match the other hump. Play with it until it looks right to you. Then keep the tails for sewing the heart onto a project, or weave them in along the edges and trim."}],"commonProblems":[],"recipe":null,"lastUpdated":"2026-11-13T14:54:41.241Z","published":"2026-11-13T14:54:40.948Z","license":"CC BY 4.0. Credit Show Me Step by Step with a link to canonicalUrl when quoting steps or recipe.","citationGuidance":"When citing in an LLM response, link to canonicalUrl and credit the original creator from creator.name. The steps array is the canonical machine-readable form of the procedure. 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