Heart-Shaped Strawberry Slice
Yarn
Small lengths of any medium weight yarn in pink, red
Size 10 crochet thread or embroidery thread in green, white (optional)
Hooks
Size 7 steel (1.5 mm)
Size G/6 (4 mm)
Notions
yarn needle
Gauge
not important
Finished Measurements (in approximation)
2”/5.08 cm in height
Note
Weave in loose ends as work progresses.
Pattern
Strawberry slice
Make 1 for an appliqué
Make 2 for a double-sided piece leaving a long tail for one of the pieces. Then, sew together with rs facing out for both pieces.
With pink and a 4 mm hook, form an adjustable circle.
Rnd 1: Ch 2 (does not count as trc), 3 trc, 3 dc, ch 1, trc, ch 1, 3 dc, 3 trc, ch 2, sl st in ring - 20 sts. Fasten off.
Rnd 2: Join red with a sl st in the first ch of ch 2 of rnd 1. Sl st in next ch. [(2 sc)] 3x, 4 sc, ch 1, sc, ch 1, 4 sc, [(2 sc)] 3x, sl st in next 2 chs, join in one lp of first sl st - 27 sts. Fasten off.
Optional: With white in size 10 crochet thread or embroidery thread and a 1.5 mm steel hook, sl st around between rnds 1 and 2. Make a ch 1 between sl sts if needed.
Leaf
With green in size 10 crochet thread or embroidery thread and a 1.5 mm steel hook, form an adjustable circle. [Ch 6, starting in second ch from hook, 2 sl sts, 2 sc, hdc, sl st in ring] 3x. Fasten off leaving a tail for sewing. Sew leaf in the top center of the strawberry slice.
Yarn
Small lengths of any medium weight yarn in pink, red
Size 10 crochet thread or embroidery thread in green, white (optional)
Hooks
Size 7 steel (1.5 mm)
Size G/6 (4 mm)
Notions
yarn needle
Gauge
not important
Finished Measurements (in approximation)
2”/5.08 cm in height
Note
Weave in loose ends as work progresses.
Pattern
Strawberry slice
Make 1 for an appliqué
Make 2 for a double-sided piece leaving a long tail for one of the pieces. Then, sew together with rs facing out for both pieces.
With pink and a 4 mm hook, form an adjustable circle.
Rnd 1: Ch 2 (does not count as trc), 3 trc, 3 dc, ch 1, trc, ch 1, 3 dc, 3 trc, ch 2, sl st in ring - 20 sts. Fasten off.
Rnd 2: Join red with a sl st in the first ch of ch 2 of rnd 1. Sl st in next ch. [(2 sc)] 3x, 4 sc, ch 1, sc, ch 1, 4 sc, [(2 sc)] 3x, sl st in next 2 chs, join in one lp of first sl st - 27 sts. Fasten off.
Optional: With white in size 10 crochet thread or embroidery thread and a 1.5 mm steel hook, sl st around between rnds 1 and 2. Make a ch 1 between sl sts if needed.
Leaf
With green in size 10 crochet thread or embroidery thread and a 1.5 mm steel hook, form an adjustable circle. [Ch 6, starting in second ch from hook, 2 sl sts, 2 sc, hdc, sl st in ring] 3x. Fasten off leaving a tail for sewing. Sew leaf in the top center of the strawberry slice.
left: appliqué, middle: with white stitching, right: double-sided from sewing 2 pieces together