Christmas Love Heart Ornaments

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Christmas Love Heart Ornaments
By: Red Heart Yarns

Ornaments
Crochet Hook: I/9 or 5.5 mm hook
Yarn Weight: (4) Medium Weight/Worsted Weight and Aran (16-20 stitches to 4 inches)

MATERIALS:
Red Heart Holiday, 1 ball each:
A: 9040 Red/Silver
B: 140 White/Silver
Crochet Hook (I/9 or 5.5 mm)
Split-Ring Stitch Marker
Small Amount of Stuffing
Yarn Needle


SIZE: Ornaments are 4½” tall x 5” across.

GAUGE: 14 sc = 4”; 14 rows = 4”.

NOTE:
Do not join rounds; instead, mark the beginning of each round with a stitch marker, move marker up each round.

HEARTS
Front
With A, ch 15.
Round 1: 3 sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in next 5 ch, skip next 2 ch, sc in next 5 ch, 3 sc in next ch; turn to work
in unused loops of beginning ch, sc in next 5 ch, (sc, ch 2, sc) all in ch-2 space, sc in last 5 ch – 28 sc.
Round 2: [2 sc in next st] 3 times; sc in next 4 sts, skip next 2 sts, sc in next 4 sts, [2 sc in next st] 3 times; sc in next 6 sts, (sc, ch 2, sc) all in ch-2 space, sc in last 6 sts – 34 sc.
Round 3: [2 sc in next st, sc in next st] 3 times; sc in next 3 sts, skip next 2 sts, sc in next 4 sts, [2 sc in next st, sc in next st] 3 times; sc in next 6 sts, (sc, ch 2, sc) all in ch-2 space, sc in last 7 sts – 40 sc.
Round 4: Sc in next st, [2 sc in next st, sc in next 2 sts] 3 times; sc in next st, skip next 2 sts, sc in next 3 sts, [2 sc in next st, sc in next 2 sts] 3 times; sc in next 7 sts, (sc, ch 2, sc) all in ch-2 space, sc in last 8 sts – 48 sc. Fasten off.

Back
With A, repeat same as for Front; DO NOT fasten off at end of Round 4. Hold Front and Back wrong sides together and work next round through both pieces.
Round 5: Sc in next 14 sts, ch 20, slip st in 20th ch from the hook, sc in next 23 sts, 3 sc in ch-2 space, add stuffing, sc in last 9 sts.
Round 6: Slip st in every sc around. Fasten off, weave in ends.

HEART 2
With B, repeat as for Heart 1.

HEART 3
With A, repeat Heart 1 Front. With B, repeat Heart 1 Back.