This free Big Eyes Heart Valentine's Day hot pad or pot holder pattern is a quick, useful, and satisfying crochet project! Using the tapestry crochet technique with half double crochet stitches, even beginners can create this beautiful 7x8 inch design in no time. This pattern uses worsted weight yarn (designed with Caron One Pound) and works up quickly in rows from the bottom up. Save the free pattern below and add a touch of handmade charm to your kitchen or give it to your fave cook as a gift!
Note--My patterns will look a little different from the tapestry crochet patterns you may be used to. I use a brick grid instead of the standard square grid. If you look closely at your finished crochet, you will see that the stitches are offset, like a brick wall. By designing the tapestry crochet pattern with brick, the finished image turns out so much better, in my opinion.
Tapestry Crochet Materials
US J/10 6.00 mm crochet hook
US K 6.50 mm crochet hook
Worsted weight/ size #4 yarn
Three contrasting yarn colors
Scissors
Yarn needle
Gauge
17 hdc x 9 rows = 4 inches
Crochet Terms/Stitches
Ch: Chain
SC: single crochet
HDC: half double crochet
SL ST: slip stitch
L: work from right to left
R: work from left to right
F: front side of the work
B: back side of the work
Color Key
#1: Off White
#2: Espresso Brown
#3: Soft Pink
Crochet Pattern Instructions
Base: begin with a ch 26 in color 3, turn, start in the 2nd ch from the hook. Each row begins with a "ch 1, turn" and the first ch 1 is not counted as a stich. All stitch counts for each row are 25 hdc.
Row 1 (L)(F): (25)3
Row 2 (R)(B): ch 1, turn, (25)3
Row 3 (L)(F): ch 1, turn, (12)3, (2)2, (11)3
Row 4 (R)(B): ch 1, turn, (10)3, (1)2, (1)1, (1)2, (12)3
Row 5 (L)(F): ch 1, turn, (10)3, (2)2, (2)1, (2)2, (9)3
Row 6 (R)(B): ch 1, turn, (7)3, (2)2, (5)1, (2)2, (9)3
Row 7 (L)(F): ch 1, turn, (7)3, (2)2, (2)1, (4)2, (2)1, (2)2, (6)3
Row 8 (R)(B): ch 1, turn, (4)3, (2)2, (3)1, (5)2, (3)1, (2)2, (6)3
Row 9 (L)(F): ch 1, turn, (4)3, (2)2, (1)3, (11)1, (1)3, (1)1, (2)2, (3)3
Row 10 (R)(B): ch 1, turn, (1)3, (2)2, (3)1, (3)2, (6)1, (3)2, (2)1, (2)2, (3)3
Row 11 (L)(F): ch 1, turn, (2)3, (1)2, (3)1, (1)2, (1)1, (2)2, (5)1, (1)2, (1)1, (2)2, (4)1, (1)2, (1)3
Row 12 (R)(B): ch 1, turn, (1)3, (1)2, (4)1, (3)2, (2)1, (1)2, (3)1, (3)2, (3)1, (1)2, (3)3
Row 13 (L)(F): ch 1, turn, (3)3, (1)2, (8)1, (2)2, (8)1, (1)2, (2)3
Row 14 (R)(B): ch 1, turn, (2)3, (2)2, (5)1, (2)2, (1)3, (2)2, (5)1, (2)2, (4)3
Row 15 (L)(F): ch 1, turn, (5)3, (6)2, (4)3, (6)2, (4)3
Row 16 (R)(B): ch 1, turn, (25)3
Fasten off and weave in the yarn ends.
Border: With the front side facing you, join color 2 in the first stitch on the opposite side of row 1.
Ch 1, sc into the next 25 stitches, ch 1 at the corner and switch to a 6.5mm K hook, sc down the next 16 row ends, switch back to the 6.0mm J hook and ch1, sc into the next 25 hdc, ch 1 and switch to the 6.5mm K hook, sc up the next 16 row ends, switch to the 6.0mm J hook and ch 1, sl st 1st sc. - 82 sc, 4 ch 1 spaces.
Fasten off and weave in the yarn ends.
Happy Hooking!
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