Free Crochet Heart Pouch Pattern

Update 2-15-2024: I originally shared this blog post on February 24, 2010. I hadn’t thought about it in years, but I am thinking about it today because I have some pretty Valentines that need a “home.” I just went looking for my old love note keepers so I can add my new treasures to the collection. I thought I’d bump up this post and remind y’all about this pattern in case it would be useful to you, too.

Valentine’s Day was fun, and I enjoyed receiving letters, cards and notes from my loved ones. Now that February is drawing to a close, it’s time for me to figure out what to do with all these treasures — they’ve been proudly displayed on my fridge, but I can’t keep them there indefinitely.

Enter the “love note keeper.”

I’ve been working on some ideas for making love note keepers using decorated crocheted hearts. The plan is to stitch two hearts together, leaving an opening up one side for inserting the notes. I’ll be adding a button and button loop for a closure. The top heart will be decorated and embellished, and I might also add some sort of pretty strap for hanging.

I haven’t actually finished my love note keeper quite yet, because I got sort of distracted by all the possibilities for decorating it. I came up with so many ideas I like that I am thinking I might end up making several of them.

The photo you see above is just one idea; I’ve posted a couple more, and I have even more photos that haven’t been uploaded yet. So, please check back soon to see even more ideas!

• Find the free pattern for crocheting the heart pouch
• Get the free pattern for crocheting the lace trim

Update: Love Note Keeper Completed!

Hearts to Crochet for Valentine’s Day or Any Time

Valentine hearts, anyone?

• Top left: I’ve crocheted about a zillion striped heart designs, and this is one possible variation on that theme. To make this particular piece, I adapted my square striped heart pattern and made it round. While I love the look of it, it wasn’t so easy to do, so I never got around to posting the pattern for the round version. For now, I recommend sticking with the square versions of this — but if you are absolutely dying to have the pattern for this round version, please feel free to leave a comment. If enough people want it, I might try redesigning it; as it is, I’m not convinced its worth the effort to make.
• Middle: This heart is crocheted in 3 different shades of pink wool yarn. You can get the free crochet pattern, the free heart chart, and check out a baby afghan you can make using this design. The baby afghan is, of course, crocheted in a more baby-friendly yarn than the wool pictured here. I also have a free striped heart potholder pattern which utilizes the same heart chart.
• Top right: This is another heart square that I crocheted using wool yarn. This pattern could work with pretty much any fiber, so you don’t have to use wool if you prefer a different fiber. Here’s a link to the free heart chart for this design.
• Bottom left and right: The red heart shapes are crocheted using this free heart pattern. I’ve pictured them plain and undecorated in this photo, but you might enjoy decorating them. I have a free pattern for an easy trim with ribbon that I use for this. It’s pictured in the lower edge of the photo, although the photo is so small that you probably can’t see it well. There’s a larger picture of the trim available on the pattern page.
• Since hearts are one of my favorite design themes, I have hearts coming out my ears! If you’d like to see more options than those pictured here, you’re invited to click on over to our page of free heart patterns. Hope you’ll find a pattern you can use.

Thanks for dropping by! Hope you’ll have a fabulous Valentine’s Day. Happy crocheting!