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Heart Plushie

Extract from All You Knit is Love • By Debbie Harrold • Published by Pavilion

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Time
5h00

To the One I Love
Tension
22 stitches and 30 rows over 10cm stocking stitch.

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  • Step 1

    Body and head (make 2)
    Using 3.75mm needles and red yarn, cast on 4 sts.
    Row 1 (RS): Inc 1, knit to last 2 sts, inc 1, k1. (6 sts)
    Row 2: Inc 1, purl to last 2 sts, inc 1, k1. (8 sts)
    Repeat last 2 rows 13 times more. (34 sts)
    Work 8 rows in stocking stitch.
    Row 24: P1, p2tog, purl to last 3 sts, p2togtbl, p1. (32 sts)

  • Step 2

    Right lobe
    Row 25: K1, sl1, k1, psso, k10, k2tog, k1, transfer the rem 16 sts onto a stitch holder. (14 sts)
    **Row 26: P1, p2tog, purl to last 3 sts, p2togtbl, p1. (12 sts)
    Row 27: K1, sl1, k1, psso, knit to last 3 sts, k2tog, k1. (10 sts)
    Repeat last 2 rows once more. (6 sts)
    Row 30: P1, p2tog, p2togtbl, p1. (4 sts)
    Cast off.

  • Step 3

    Left lobe
    Transfer stitches from stitch holder onto the needle and rejoin yarn.
    Row 25: K1, sl1, k1, psso, k10, k2tog, k1. (14 sts)
    Continue from ** on Right lobe.

  • Step 4

    Making up
    For the body and head, sew the two pieces together using mattress stitch or backstitch, insert stuffing and complete the seam.
    Using picture as guide, embroider the mouth using backstitch and, using glue, attach the eyes.
    Using the pipe cleaners, make two arms and two legs; then attach them to the base of the heart.

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