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Have you seen crochet items with puff hearts floating around the internet this time of year? Me too. I LOVE THEM! So I decided to take a stab at a hot pad design that will get your kitchen ready for Valentine’s Day. <3
I had a few balls of Lily Sugar N Cream and Lion Brand Re-Up lying around from Christmas in red and white (the official color is called Ecru), so I bought a ball of Lily Sugar N Cream in Rose Pink and got to work on this Valentine’s Day pattern.
I found puff hearts to be a bit tricky to make, and I’ve been obsessed with the moss stitch lately, so I decided to make this hot pad using rows of moss stitch and inserting the puff hearts into the chain one spaces. This will make more sense below – I made a photo tutorial to help with the explanation. I love how it turned out!
Scroll down for the free pattern below.
Materials Needed:
- Size US I – 5.5mm crochet hook (I use these hooks from Amazon – they’re awesome!)
- 1 ball each of Lion Brand Re-Up in Red, Lily Sugar N Cream Cotton in Ecru, Lily Sugar N Cream Cotton in Rose Pink
- Scissors
- Tapestry Needle
Finished Size:
8″ x 8″ – perfect jumbo hot pad size. If you need to adjust the size, chain any even number of stitches and work the pattern accordingly.
Abbreviations (US):
- ch = chain
- sk = skip
- sc = single crochet
- puff = puff stitch; for this pattern, 5 loops in a puff
- st(s) = stitch(es)
Stitches Used:
- Single Crochet
- Puff Stitch (Brief instructions: Insert hook into stitch, yarn over, draw up a loop. Yarn over, draw up another loop. Do not y/o and pull through until you have drawn up desired number of loops. Yarn over, pull through all loops on hook. Ch 1 to finish top of puff stitch.)
- Moss Stitch (Brief instructions: Ch even number of stitches, sc in 4th loop from hook, ch 1, sk next st, sc. Repeat until end of row. You should end on a sc. Ch 2, turn. For the next row, sc followed by a ch 1 in each ch 1 space until end of row.)
Pattern:
Ch 26 in color 1.
Row 1: Sc in the 4th st from hook. *Ch 1, sk next st, sc.* Repeat * until end of row. You should end on a sc. [Note: If you are using multiple colors (which I recommend, it’s super cute), finish the last sc of the row with your contrasting color, ie. color 2.] Ch 2, turn.
Row 2: Sc in 1st ch 1 space, ch 1, *puff st, ch 1, puff st, ch 2 in next ch 1 space, sc in next ch 1 space, ch 1.* Repeat * until last two ch 1 spaces in row. You should have 5 puff hearts, and finish the row with one sc each in the last two ch 1 spaces of the row. Ch 2, turn.
Row 3: Sc in 1st ch 1 space, ch 1, *sc in ch 1 space, ch 1.* Repeat * across. For this row, ch 1 spaces are before and after the puff heart sts. You should end on a sc. Switch to color 3, ch 2, turn.
Row 4: Sc in 1st ch 1 space, ch 1, *puff st in ch 1 space between puff heart from row 2, ch 1, puff st in same ch 1 space, ch 2, sc in next ch 1 space, ch 1* Repeat * until last two ch 1 spaces of row.
Row 5: Sc in 1st ch 1 space, ch 1, *sc in ch 1 space, ch 1.* Repeat * across. For this row, ch 1 spaces are before and after the puff heart sts. You should end on a sc. Switch to color 1, ch 2, turn.
Repeat rows 4 and 5 alternating colors every 2 rows for a total of 23 rows. I ended using Re-Up in Red.
To finish, moss stitch border around all sides of the hot pad. Before tying off yarn, ch 10 and slip stitch into corner to make a loop to hang the hot pad.
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Please let me know if you have any questions about this pattern. Share your finished projects with me on Instagram using #sfcvdayhotpad <3 I can’t wait to see your finished projects!
Happy Making!
