I made the little “pocket” heart above with some surprise chunky yarn that came to me from Edie Eckman. She was mailing back 2 of my little birdies from the “Christmas Crochet for Hearth, Home and Tree” book, and she said she thought they needed a little nest.
I liked the tones of red in the yarn color and felt like the browns and oranges balanced it enough that it wasn’t too feminine for a gift for my husband. 18 years ago he asked me to marry him on Valentines Day, so it’s a special celebration for us.
Even before I had a partner in life though, I always liked Valentines Day. I think we don’t celebrate Love enough in our lives, so it is nice to have one day a year that is dedicated to celebrating that emotion. I’m very blessed to love and be loved by good friends and dear family members. Plus there is always my love of art and playing with yarn.
It’s simple and quick to make you own “pocket” heart. A great little envelope for a small gift or note for a loved one.
I used my heart pattern from the blog post “A Tour Through Crochet Country”, the chunky yarn and my new Clover Amour Size 7mm hook.
I crocheted 2 of the hearts, completely finishing them off with weaving in tails. Then held them wrong sides together and sewed the edges together, leaving an opening of 6 stitches along the top of each heart. Tidied up the ends and put some candies inside with a note. Took me maybe 30-45 minutes from start to finish.
I hope you all have a Happy Valentines Day. Now I’m off the computer to go enjoy some chocolate.
Mamas2Hands 
Happy Valentine’s Day Andee!
One of my blogging fellows challenged me to post 15 different comments today, each calling out something I love on the blogs I chose to visit (in order to share the love on this day of love). 🙂 I love this little heart that you made – so lovely! And the yarn color is perfect. What a great way to celebrate Valentine’s!