Crocheted Cherry Blossom Heart Is Super Sweet!
It is now the Jewish month of Shevat, so dear friends it is certainly time to start thinking about crafts for Tu B’Shevat, the holiday which celebrates the new year for the trees. Yes, really, trees have a new year’s too, isn’t that amazing? While much of the Western World celebrates the tree in December, we do it around February, just as winter is coming to an end and the very first stirrings of spring and re-birth are happening. The first blossoms in Israel (which happens around Tu B’Shevat give or take) are those of the almond tree, whose blossoms are very much like cherry blossoms, so I’d say this sweet crocheted cherry blossom center heart qualifies as a craft for Tu B’Shevat! And of course, you can never have too many hearts!
For those of you who have been hanging around Creative Jewish Mom long enough, you may recognize this heart, as I used it to make a crocheted hearts wall hanging four years ago. The wall hanging doesn’t match my teenage daughter’s new room decor, but the pattern is still great, so I’m creating with it once again, with a few changes of course!
I am hoping to have time to write out this pattern, as some readers have mentioned that they can’t read charts, though if that is the case, run don’t walk to learn to read charts, they are sosoooo much easier to work with, especially for a motif like this one.
Follow the link HERE within my blog, that will direct you to the original pattern, just take note of the changes I made.
ALSO, I added a round of single crochet to give the heart a nice sweet border, which you can opt for or not.
Yarn? Ah yes, I used chunky yarn with a hook on the small size to make these hearts have some stiffness.
Hook size: 5mm Yarn: 100g/110m
Stay tuned for some projects using these hearts, they are coming next week…….
