Turn granny heart squares into a bold scarf that makes the perfect gift for Valentine’s or Galentine’s Day, birthdays, Mother’s Day, and more! This pattern includes video tutorials to guide you through crocheting the granny heart and backing it with a granny square.
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I love crocheting granny squares and I wanted to make a variation on the traditional pattern with a heart center. Once I got started with these granny heart squares, I was having so much fun that I decided to make a scarf.
For my version, I used alternating colors of hearts and centers with a main color for the outer squares and border.
You can make your version using planned colors or keep it scrappy!
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Granny Heart Squares Scarf
Crochet Granny Heart Squares Pattern by Underground Crafter
Turn granny heart squares into a bold scarf! This pattern includes video tutorials to guide you through crocheting the granny heart and backing it with a granny square. Use planned colors or make your version scrappy! Makes a great gift for Valentine’s or Galentine’s Day, birthdays, Mother’s Day, and more! This pattern was originally published in three parts as the seventeenth Weekend Mystery Crochet Along with Underground Crafter.
Finished Size
- Adult/Teen: 7.5” (19 cm) wide x 75” (190.5 cm) long.
Materials
- Big Twist Value yarn (100% acrylic, 6 oz/170 g, 380 yd/347 m) – 1 skein each in Ivory (MC), Magenta (CA), and Medium Rose (CB), or approximately 315 yd (288 m) in MC and 165 yd (151 m) each in CA and CB in any medium weight yarn.
- KnitPro Waves 2.0 (available online at LoveCrafts | Amazon) US Size J-10/6 mm crochet hook, or any size needed to obtain correct gauge.
- Yarn needle.
Gauge
- Rnds 1-3 in pattern = 3.5” (9 cm) from point to center of bumps.
- Through Rnd 6 in pattern = 5” (13 cm) square.
- Through Rnd 8 in pattern = 7” (17.5 cm) square.
- Exact gauge is not critical for this project.
Abbreviations Used in This Pattern
- CA – Color A
- CB – Color B
- ch – chain
- dc – double crochet
- dc2tog – double crochet 2 stitches together (decrease) – A video tutorial for this stitch is available below.
- If you can’t see the video tutorial above for the dc2tog, watch it on YouTube.
- MC – Main Color
- rep – repeat
- Rnd(s) – Round(s)
- sc – single crochet
- sk – skip
- sl st – slip stitch
- sp – space
- st(s) – stitch(es)
- tr – treble (triple) crochet
- yo – yarn over
- * Repeat instructions after asterisks as indicated.
- [] – Repeat instructions between brackets as indicated.
- + Repeat instructions after plus sign as indicated.
- () Work instructions between parentheses into same stitch or space.
Pattern Notes
- There are several ways to crochet into chain spaces. For this pattern, I used the first method shown in the video below.
- If you can’t see the video above demonstrating how to crochet into chain spaces, watch it on YouTube.
- A helpful video tutorial demonstrating the slip stitch seam is available below.
- If you can’t see the video above demonstrating the slip stitch seam, watch it on YouTube.
Pattern Instructions
Granny Heart with Back – Make 6 in CA and 5 in CB
- NOTE: A video tutorial for the Granny Heart with Back is available below the written instructions.
- Ch 4, sk 3 ch, sl st to next ch to form ring.
- Rnd 1: Ch 1, [3 dc in ring, ch 2] 3 times, 3 dc in ring, ch 1, join with sc (counts as second ch in ch-2 sp) to top of first dc. – 3 sts on each side + 4 ch-2 sp
- Rnd 2: Ch 1, 3 dc in same ch-2 sp, *[ch 1, sk 3 sts,** (3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in next ch-2 sp] 3 times, rep from * to ** once, 3 dc in first ch-2 sp, join with sc (counts as second ch in ch-2 sp) to top of first dc. – 7 sts (6 dc + 1 ch-1 sp) on each side + 4 ch-2 sp
- Rnd 3: Ch 1, [sk 3 sts, 12 tr in ch-1 sp, sk 3 sts, sl st in ch-2 sp] twice.
- Rnd 4: Sl st in next 3 sts, (sc, ch 2, sc) in next ch-1 sp, ch 4, sk next 8 sts (3 dc + ch-2 sp + 3 dc), working behind previous Rnds (sc, ch 2, sc) in next ch-1 sp, ch 4, sk next 8 sts (3 dc + ch-2 sp + 3 dc) on Rnd 2 and sk first 5 tr on first bump of heart, * working behind previous Rnd (sc, ch 2, sc) in base of next 2 tr (sixth & seventh tr) on bump of heart, sk next 5 tr on bump of heart** and next 5 tr on next bump of heart, ch 4; rep from * to ** once, ch 4, working behind previous Rnd join with sl st to first sc. – 8 sc + 4 ch-4 sp + 4 ch-2 sp
- Watch the video tutorial for the Granny Heart with Back below.
- If you can’t see the video tutorial above, watch it on YouTube.
- Fasten off yarn. Weave in yarn tails on back of heart.
Granny Heart Squares
- NOTE: A video tutorial for attaching the heart and completing the Granny Heart Squares is available below the written instructions.
- For CA Hearts, start this next color with CB. For CB Hearts, start next color with CA. (Please note I used a different color combination in the video, but the final project uses the colors as I have them listed in the written pattern!)
- Join next color with sl st to ch-2 sp behind first bump of heart (right bump if you crochet right-handed and left bump if you crochet left-handed).
- Rnd 5: Ch 1, 2 dc in same ch-2 sp, skipping all sc on this Rnd *[ch 1, 2 dc in ch-4 sp] twice, ch 1,** (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in next ch-2 sp] 3 times; rep from * to ** once, 2 dc in first ch-2 sp, ch 1, join with sc (counts as second ch in ch-2 sp) to top of first dc.
- Rnd 6: Ch 2, 2 dc in same ch-2 sp, *[ch 1, sk 2 dc, 2 dc in next ch-1 sp] 3 times, ch 1, sk 2 dc,** (2 dc , ch 2, 2 dc) in next ch-2 sp; rep from * around, ending last rep after **, 2 dc in first ch-2 sp, ch 1, join with sc (counts as second ch in ch-2 sp) to top of first dc.
- Fasten off yarn. With yarn needle, weave in yarn tails.
- Rnd 7: Join MC with sl st to ch-2 sp before first bump of heart (right bump if you crochet right-handed and left bump if you crochet left-handed), ch 1, 2 dc in same ch-2 sp, *[ch 1, sk 2 dc, 2 dc in next ch-1 sp] 4 times, ch 1, sk 2 dc,** (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in next ch-2 sp; rep from * around, ending last rep after **, 2 dc in first ch-2 sp, ch 1, join with sc (counts as second ch in ch-2 sp) to top of first dc.
- Rnd 8: Ch 1, 2 dc in same ch-2 sp, *[ch 1, sk 2 dc, 2 dc in next ch-1 sp] 5 times, ch 1, sk 2 dc,** (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in next ch-2 sp; rep from * around, ending last rep after **, 2 dc in first ch-2 sp, ch 1, join with sc (counts as second ch in ch-2 sp) to top of first dc.
- Fasten off MC with long yarn tail (approximately 21”/53.5 cm) for seaming.
- With yarn needle, weave in yarn tails from start of Rnd 7.
- Watch the video tutorial for finishing the Granny Heart Squares below.
- If you can’t see the video tutorial above, watch it on YouTube.
Assembly and Finishing
- Arrange your squares as you’d like to seam them together. For my version, I arranged the squares so that the hearts were stacked on top of each other with alternating CA and CB hearts. Other options could include having the hearts side-by-side, or having 5 of the hearts stacking with points to the right, 1 heart at the center with the point going down, and the other 5 hearts with points to the left (so that when the scarf is folded around the back of the neck, all the hearts look right side up).
- Once you have your squares positioned as you’d like them to appear on the final scarf, place the first 2 squares with right sides together. Use the long yarn tail from Rnd 8 of the first square to join the squares together with slip stitch seam (see Pattern Notes) on the wrong side, working from the inner chain of the same ch-2 sp, in each st and ch across the side of the square, and into the next inner chain of the next ch-2 sp. Continue seaming the squares together in this fashion until all 11 squares are joined.
- With yarn needle, weave in ends on wrong side.
Border
- Border Rnd 1: With right side facing up, join MC with sl st to any corner ch-2 sp, ch 1, 2 dc in same ch-2 sp, *[ch 1, sk 2 sts, 2 dc in next ch-1 sp] 6 times across square, ch 1, sk 2 sts,** (dc in last ch-2 sp of current square, dc2tog in same ch-2 sp and first ch-2 sp on next square, dc in ch-2 sp on next square); rep from * across side of scarf, ending at ** before corner ch-2 sp,++ (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in corner ch-2 sp; rep from * around, ending last rep at ++ before first ch-2 sp, 2 dc in ch-2 sp, ch 2, join with sl st to first dc.
- Fasten off MC.
- With yarn needle, weave in ends on the wrong side.