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Granny Heart Purse & Bunny Heart Keychain

Heart Purse Pattern Bunny Heart Keychain Pattern

Getting Started

Watch this video and follow along with the materials in your kit before beginning to make your Heart Purse and Bunny Keychain. You’ve got this! (If you’re watching on mobile, be sure to turn your screen for the largest video possible – it helps to see all the details in the instructions.)

Learn the Crochet Basics

The Slip Knot

If you are brand new to crochet, Start Here! We will walk you through every step.

Holding Your Yarn

Let's get the yarn on the hook

Making a chain

Let’s learn how to make a simple chain.

Yarn Tension

Here we tell you all about yarn tension. Consistency is key! You will get better with practice

Single Crochet

Here is how to do a single crochet.

Double Crochet

Here is how to do a double crochet. Both of these stitches will be used frequently.

Slip Stitch

Here we are introducing the “Slip stitch”. You will use a slip stitch to connect pieces together on some of your pieces. Again, do not worry too much if you don’t fully understand it here. It will be covered in more detail during the tutorial

Changing Colors

Here we show you how to change colors on your project. You may choose to come back to this video when it is time to change colors.

Working in Stitches vs. Chain Spaces

Here, we show how to work in different spaces on a Granny Square. You man come back to this video when you are ready

Basics library

Granny Heart Purse

Here we go! Now that you have learned some basic techniques, let's get started with making our Granny Heart Purse.

Purse Rnd 1 with Hook Recommendations

Find out more about our Granny Heart purse and let’s get started!

Purse Rnd 2

Round 2 – we are building out around the center

Purse Rnd 3

Round 3 -We have our first color change. Follow along carefully, but be patient with yourself.

Purse Rnd 4

Round 4 – Let’s keep working outwards

Purse Rnd 5

Round 5 – Last round! You will need TWO of these Heart panels to make the purse. If you finished one heart panel, go back and make another panel starting with the Purse Rnd 1 video. If this is your second panel, this is the last round before we put it all together

Attaching Purse Sides

Now we connect the two sides together

Purse Top Rnd 1

Here we are creating the top header, where we will later insert the drawstring

Purse Top Rnd 2

Now we are makint the second header row

Purse Strings-1 Set of Strings

This one is pretty simple – one long drawstring!

Heart Keychain Basic Videos

The Magic Circle Part I

All about the Magic Circle. It’s how we start our amigurumi crocheted animals.

The Magic Circle Part II

How to make the Magic Circle. Take your time and be patient with yourself. You can do it! This skill will be covered several times in the following animal tutorial videos. If you don’t fully get it here, do not worry. Just keep following along and practice!

The Magic Circle Part III - Alternatives

Here we provide TWO MAGIC CIRCLE HACKS. We understand that sometimes it can be tricky to learn the magic circle. All of our tutorials are started using the traditional Magic Circle that we have shown you in the previous video. BUT, If you are having trouble with the traditional method, check out these two hacks. They are much simpler and you cannot tell the difference from the traditional method!

Stitch Increase

Here we are introducing what an “Increase” is. Don’t worry if you don’t fully grasp the concept right away. You will get more practice when you start working on your animals.

Stitch Decrease

In this video, we are introducing a “Decrease” That means your work will be getting smaller. Go ahead and practice, but we will cover it again in detail during the animal tutorial.

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Bunny Heart Keychain

Here we go! Let's make our bunny heart amigurumi keychain. Remember to follow along with the PDF instructions. And if you have trouble, go take a look at the corresponding basics video.