This beautiful crochet textured square is straight from the heart!
The Follow Your Heart crochet textured square is part of the Here Comes Treble collaborative blanket project. Use it for blankets or pillows. The crochet pattern is free on the blog.
Here’s everything you need to know about the Follow Your Heart crochet textured square.
I love blankets, don’t you?! I keep my house cool in the winter so it can get a little chilly. I keep a blanket on my favorite recliner for those times when it gets a bit nippy.
Blankets provide so much comfort in the colder weather. But, what if it’s summer time and you don’t need a blanket?
Here’s some great news – crochet blanket squares are the absolute perfect project for the summer. They’re small, they travel well, and you’re making the components for that beautiful blanket you’ll be putting together for when the weather DOES turn cold.
The Follow Your Heart blanket square is a crochet textured square that’s perfect for when you want to add a touch of handmade love to your favorite space in the house.
Design + Construction
The design inspiration for this beautiful crochet textured square cames from the blanket it’s designed for. Melanie of Simply Melanie Jane designed a blanket using the same technique for each square: a raised stitch that, when worked in a specific pattern, produces a raised crochet textured square.
The Follow Your Heart crochet textured square is worked in rows. Rows of double crochet stitches are alternated with carefully worked front post treble crochet stitches that create a design on the right side surface of the square.
The square works up quickly – just 31 stitches across and 19 rows.
Use this crochet textured square for any handmade item that uses squares as part of their construction. While it’s originally designed as part of a blanket, it can easily be used for a throw pillow for a quick home decor solution. You could even use the square in a scarf. The possibilities are limited only by your imagination!
The technique + the stitch
The main stitches used in this crochet textured square are the double crochet and the front post treble crochet. The technique to create the raised texture on the right side of the square is easy to learn and easy to work.
The square is worked with alternating rows of the stitch pattern. Wrong side rows are always double crochet. On right side rows, the front post treble crochet is worked in the double crochet 2 rows directly below. Following the stitch placement indicated in the pattern (and in the chart included in the PDF), you’ll end up with the heart design you see in the photo above.
The front post treble crochet is classified as a texture stitch or raised stitch. Raised crochet stitches add a three-dimensional quality to a crochet textured square, making it more tactile and interesting to look at. The FPtr stitches are a great way to add interest to an otherwise flat, ordinary surface.
A word about this technique: Because the front post treble crochets are worked around a stitch that’s 2 rows below, it’s awfully easy to pull them up too short. Doing so will cause the square to curl toward the right side of the fabric. Be sure to pull up the first loop of the treble crochet to the height of a normal stitch to prevent the curling.
The yarn
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This crochet textured square is worked in worsted weight yarn. While technically you could use any worsted weight yarn for this crochet textured square, you want to choose something that doesn’t have a lot of fuzz or “halo”. You want those beautiful stitches to pop out so the design is obvious.
Why buy the PDF when the pattern is free here on the blog?
Even if you’re interested in saving a dollar here and there, sometimes it just makes more sense to spend a little bit for a lot of benefit. In the PDF, you’ll get a beautifully formatted pattern:
- It includes detailed written instructions in an easy to read format.
- If you prefer a chart, the PDF has one for you.
- You won’t have to scroll through ads or bookmark this page (although you should).
Here Comes Treble Collaborative Blanket
The Here Comes Treble Blanket is a collaborative crochet blanket hosted by Melanie of Simply Melanie Jane.
The From the Heart square is one of 20 included in the design of this gorgeous blanket.
In this event, which runs April 1-21, a new square pattern is released each day, forever free on the designer’s blog. On the last day of the event, Melanie will release the joining and border instructions.
Links to all of the patterns are in the Round Up Post.
This blanket is designed to be completely free for you. However, skipping around to 20+ blog posts to get all the instructions you need can be daunting. So, Melanie is offering the complete blanket instructions in one handy PDF. It includes everything (and I mean EVERYTHING) you need to make your very own blanket from start to finish.
The PDF is $10.99 until the event ends. Then, the price goes up to $14.99. You’ll always be able to buy the pattern bundle. But, you’ll need to hurry to get the discounted price!
What you’ll need for the From the Heart crochet textured square
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Yarn
Lion Brand “Pound of Love” 100% premium acrylic (16oz/1020yd) – Color #550 Antique White Approx. 1.5oz per square
Hook
US size G-6 (4mm) or size needed to achieve the Finished Size
Finished Size: Approx. 9″square
Gauge: 14 dc x 8 rows = 4″
Skill level: Confident beginner
Abbreviations – US crochet terminology
- ch – chain
- dc – double crochet
- FPtr – front post treble crochet
- sc – single crochet
- st(s) – stitch(es)
- RS – right side
- WS – wrong side
- YO – yarn over
Special Stitch
Foundation double crochet (Fdc) – To begin: ch 2, YO, insert hook in 2nd ch from hook, pull up a loop (3 loops on hook), YO, pull through 1 loop (3 loops on hook), YO, pull through 2 loops, YO, pull through remaining 2 loops.
To continue: YO, insert hook under both loops of the bottom of the previous stitch, pull up a loop (3 loops on hook), YO, pull through 1 loop (3 loops on hook), YO, pull through 2 loops, YO, pull through remaining 2 loops.
Written Instructions for the Follow Your Heart crochet textured square
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Pattern Notes
- Ch 3 at the beg of a row counts as a dc.
- The FPtr is worked in the dc 2 rows below. The instructions will say “around the next st”.
- The pattern PDF includes stitch placement chart.
Pattern Instructions
Row 1 (RS): 31 Fdc, turn.
Alternate for Row 1: Ch 32, dc in the 3rd ch from the hook and in each ch across, turn. (31 dc)
Row 2 (WS): Ch 3, dc in the next st and in each st across, turn. (31 dc)
Row 3: Ch 3, dc in the next 14 sts, FPtr around the next st, dc in the next 15 sts, turn. (30 dc, 1 FPtr)
Row 4: Ch 3, dc in the next st and in each st across, turn. (31 dc)
Row 5: Ch 3, dc in the next 12 dc, (FPtr around the next st 2 rows below, dc in the next st) twice, FPtr around the next st, dc in the next 13 sts, turn. (28 dc, 3 FPtr)
Row 6: Ch 3, dc in the next st and in each st across, turn. (31 dc)
Row 7: Ch 3, dc in the next 10 sts, (FPtr around the next st, dc in the next st) 4 times, FPtr around the next st, dc in the next 11 sts, turn. (26 dc, 5 FPtr)
Row 8: Ch 3, dc in the next st and in each st across, turn. (31 dc)
Row 9: Ch 3, dc in the next 7 sts, (FPtr around the next st, dc in the next st) 7 times, FPtr around the next st, dc in the next 8 sts, turn. (23 dc, 8 FPtr)
Row 10: Ch 3, dc in the next st and in each st across, turn. (31 dc)
Row 11: Ch 3, dc in the next 5 sts, (FPtr around the next st, dc in the next st) 9 times, FPtr around the next st, dc in the next 6 sts, turn. (21 dc, 10 FPtr)
Row 12: Ch 3, dc in the next st and in each st across, turn. (31 dc)
Row 13: Ch 3, dc in the next 4 sts, (FPtr around the next st, dc in the next st) 10 times, FPtr around the next st, dc in the next 5 sts, turn. (20 dc, 11 FPtr)
Row 14: Ch 3, dc in the next st and in each st across, turn. (31 dc)
Row 15: Ch 3, dc in the next 5 sts, (FPtr around the next st, dc in the next st) 3 times, FPtr around the next st, dc in the next 5 sts, (FPtr around the next st, dc in the next st) 3 times, FPtr around the next st, dc in the next 6 sts, turn. (23 dc, 8 FPtr)
Row 16: Ch 3, dc in the next st and in each st across, turn. (31 dc)
Row 17: Ch 3, dc in the next 6 sts, [(FPtr around the next st, dc in the next st) twice, FPtr around the next st, dc in the next 7 sts] twice, turn. (25 dc, 6 FPtr)
Row 18: Ch 3, dc in the next st and in each st across, turn. (31 dc)
Row 19: Ch 3, dc in the next st and in each st across. (31 dc)
Do not fasten off; proceed to Edging.
Edging
Side 1: Rotate the square 90 degrees, ch 1, work 29 sc evenly to next corner.
Bottom: Rotate 90 degrees, 3 sc in the 1st Fdc, sc in the next Fdc and in each Fdc to last st, 3 sc in the last Fdc.
Side 2: Rotate 90 degrees, work 29 sc evenly to next corner.
Top: Rotate 90 degrees, 3 sc in the 1st st, sc in the next st and in each st across to last st, 3 sc in last st, join with slip st to beg sc of Side 1.
Fasten off and weave in ends.
Congratulations! Your Follow Your Heart crochet textured square is ready to use!
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