Crochet Heart Cookies

As many of you may know, I find most of my ideas for the blog by scrolling through Pinterest. Lately, I've been seeing a lot of crocheted play food and it's been really cool to see all the different foods creators have crocheted over time. The peel-able oranges are my favorite (if you haven't seen these, look it up). I've also been playing with the idea of crocheting food to display around my kitchen or in my dining room. This sparked the idea for the heart cookies I made. I decided to make these because they require very little sewing, no stuffing, and they're pretty cute! It's always nice to find small, simple projects like these for mindless crocheting while watching tv.

Materials:

• Medium(4) acrylic yarn in tan and pink or red

• 5 mm crochet hook

• Scissors

• Crochet/tapestry needle

Instructions:

Cookie heart top:

Start with tan yarn.

Make a slip knot. Chain 19. Slip stitch into the first chain to form a loop.

Chain 1. Single crochet (SC) and half double crochet (HDC) in the same stitch.

Double crochet (DC) 1 in the next two stitches.

DC and HDC in the same stitch.

HDC increase in the next two stitches.

DC 1 in the next stitch.

Yarn over, enter next stitch, skip 1 stitch, enter next stitch, yarn over. Pull through 2 loops, pull through 2, and pull through last 2.

DC 1 in the next stitch.

DC and HDC in the same stitch.

HDC increase in the next two stitches.

HDC and DC in the same stitch.

DC 1 in the next two stitches.

HDC and SC in the last stitch.

Chain 1, cut, and knot to finish. Weave in loose ends using your needle.

Cookie center and bottom:

Make a magic circle. Chain 2.

DC 12 in magic circle.

Round 1: Slip stitch in first DC. Chain 2.

Round 2: DC increase. Slip stitch to connect.

Chain 1, cut, and knot to finish. Weave in loose ends using your needle.

Repeat these steps with the pink/red yarn for the center.

Use a piece of tan yarn to stitch the layers together along the outside.