{"id":254,"date":"2013-02-08T07:22:22","date_gmt":"2013-02-08T07:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/?p=254"},"modified":"2025-12-11T21:45:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T04:45:04","slug":"crocheted-valentines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/2013\/02\/crocheted-valentines\/","title":{"rendered":"Crocheted Valentines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I crocheted some adorable heart themed dishcloths and pot holders for Valentine&#8217;s day this year! Most went into a thank you package for my mother in law, who has been doing lots of amazing sewing projects for me! And just a few dishcloths stayed behind for me and some others. :)<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DSCN1428-e1360209613484.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-260\" alt=\"Valentine washcloth 5\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DSCN1428-e1360209613484-300x262.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DSCN1428-e1360209613484-300x262.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DSCN1428-e1360209613484.jpg 875w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Heart Dishcloth #1<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I found the pattern for this cute little one <a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20040621223706\/http:\/\/hometown.aol.com\/JSchlossma\/heartdc.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I also used this pattern to make a couple of pot holders with much thicker yarn. So cute!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DSCN1426-e1360209567769.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-259\" alt=\"Valentine washcloth 4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DSCN1426-e1360209567769-300x284.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DSCN1426-e1360209567769-300x284.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DSCN1426-e1360209567769.jpg 788w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Heart Dishcloth #2<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This one is adorable, but I found it to be the most complicated. I had to pay very careful attention to my counts and my stitches. I found this pattern on pinterest, available from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/projects\/Teacuplane\/heart-blanket-crochet\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/projects\/Teacuplane\/heart-blanket-crochet<\/a>. The pattern is actually for a blanket, but I just made one square with cotton yarn and called it a dishcloth! :)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DSCN1412-e1360209338763.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-256\" alt=\"Valentine washcloth 1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DSCN1412-e1360209338763-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DSCN1412-e1360209338763-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DSCN1412-e1360209338763-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DSCN1412-e1360209338763.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Heart dishcloth #3 and variations on that theme&#8230;<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This one was my favorite, but I actually didn&#8217;t follow the pattern too closely..! It was more of a guide &#8212; but definitely a great one! And very easy and quick!\u00a0 The original pattern is here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heartmadeblessings.org\/Patterns\/Caringhearts.php\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.heartmadeblessings.org\/Patterns\/Caringhearts.php<\/a><\/p>\n<p>My changes from the pattern:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DSCN1413-e1360209445505.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-257\" alt=\"Valentine washcloth 2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DSCN1413-e1360209445505-300x286.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DSCN1413-e1360209445505-300x286.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DSCN1413-e1360209445505.jpg 796w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">After I made the first one, I decided to start the heart one row sooner&#8230; because I felt like it!<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">To keep them from getting too big for my liking, on the last two rounds I used single crochet instead of double.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">I had seen pictures of the hearts made of spaces (like mine are) instead of the special stitch the pattern uses. Whenever it called for the popcorn stitch, I just did a single chain and moved on.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">On a couple of the dishcloths I used a different color on my last round &#8211; just for fun!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DSCN1414-e1360209517920.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-258\" alt=\"Valentine washcloth 3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DSCN1414-e1360209517920-300x288.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DSCN1414-e1360209517920-300x288.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DSCN1414-e1360209517920.jpg 798w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DSCN1429-e1360209666520.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-261\" alt=\"Valentine washcloth 6\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DSCN1429-e1360209666520-300x296.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DSCN1429-e1360209666520-300x296.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DSCN1429-e1360209666520.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I crocheted some adorable heart themed dishcloths and pot holders for Valentine&#8217;s day this year! Most went into a thank you package for my mother in law, who has been doing lots of amazing sewing projects for me! And just a few dishcloths stayed behind for me and some others. :) Heart Dishcloth #1 I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,3,5,19],"tags":[21],"class_list":["post-254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crocheting","category-diy","category-holidays","category-valentines-day","tag-hearts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":286,"href":"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254\/revisions\/286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}