'Hearts to Warm the Heart'
February 2002 Project

Valentines Day is a great time to create an afghan or to get started on a warm hat or scarf with a heart on it, but of course, love lasts all year and these Heart-Warming items can be made all year round! Since Warming Families is a One Heart Foundation project, we encourage people to send homemade items with hearts on them anytime. 

If I can stop one heart
from breaking,
I shall not live in vain
If I can ease one life from aching,
Or cool one pain
Or help one fainting robin
Into his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.

                                                                                 ---Emily Dickinson 

Heart-Squares Pattern Links

If you are looking for patterns to create your 'Warm the Heart Afghans', look no more.  I have searched and found some online, simple heart square patterns that would work. If you have more links for heart squares or afghans that you could send to me, please do so and I will add them.  Send links to: webmaster@thefamily.com
 

http://crochet.about.com/library/weekly/aa021099.htm   (crochet- links to heart patterns of all kinds!)

http://www.thesmartyarns.com/americanheartlandafghan.html  (crochet - American Heartland Afghan)

http://members.aol.com/SAG55/fheartaf.html (crochet- pretty filet heart square)

http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/crochettalk2/granheart.htm  (Crochet- pretty filet heart square)

http://www.thefamily.com/charity/crpatt2.html  (Crochet- Bev's One Heart 6" square)

http://www.crochetcabana.xoasis.com/puff_heart_square.htm  Puff Heart Square

http://www.karpstyles.f2s.com/crochet/heart1.html Jackies Heart Granny Square

http://www.fortunecity.com/millenium/abbeydale/183/vsampler.htm   Valentine Heart sampler

Bev's Heart square

Heart Baby Blanket

Heart - knitted
 

You can also make a simple heart and add it to your favorite hat or mitten pattern.  Here is a simple heart pattern, or feel free to use your own. 

Bev's 
HEART PATTERN: 
Use a size G hook and small amount of red or pink yarn. 
Ch 7 and join with sl st to form a ring. 
Row 1: Make 18 sc inside the 'ring'. 
Row 2: Ch 2, (counts as first hdc, now and throughout) 2 dc in next sc, 3 trc in next sc, dc in next sc, hdc in next 5 sc, (dc, hdc) in same sc, hdc in next 5 sc, dc in next sc, 3 trc in next sc, 2 dc in next sc, ch 2, slip st in last sc, (counts as last hdc); slip st in base of first ch 2.  Fasten off and tuck in the ends. 

Another Crocheted Heart Motif


Other Heart Items


We have all heard of Puppy Love... this is KITTY LOVE!

And I have to add this little fella!  What child would not want a small kitty to love? Please make a couple for the shelters!
http://www.thefamily.com/countrycottage/crochet/bevs-kitty.html

He would look great with a small heart stitched onto his tummy too! 

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