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Amigurumi for Beginners: Crochet a Heart Keychain

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Lessons in This Class

    • 1.

      Welcome

      1:08

    • 2.

      Project

      1:22

    • 3.

      Materials

      1:08

    • 4.

      The Cups

      6:28

    • 5.

      Joining the Cups

      4:43

    • 6.

      Rounds 6 to 12

      6:37

    • 7.

      Finishing the Heart

      11:07

    • 8.

      Attaching the Keychain

      4:48

    • 9.

      Make the Face

      14:41

    • 10.

      Write the Message

      12:28

    • 11.

      Thank You

      1:11

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About This Class

Join me for this super cute quick project! 

In this class we will refresh basic skills like the magic ring, the single crochet, how to increase and decrease, and how to close and finish off amigurumi. We will learn how to join to pieces to create a bigger one. We will turn our cute little hearts into a key chain so you can make a cute gifts for your friends and family. We will also learn how to embroider a super cute little face and a message on the heart!

By the end of this class you’ll be able to crochet cute amigurumi hearts with cute little faces and messages and turn them into keychains.

This class is valuable for beginner crocheters and crocheters that are looking for a quick project. No experience is required but being familiar with crochet will make the class easier to follow.

What you’ll learn

  • How to make a magic ring
  • How to single crochet
  • How to increase
  • How to join 2 smaller pieces and turn them into a bigger one
  • How to decrease
  • How to close
  • How to finish off your work perfectly
  • How to embroider a face on the heart
  • How to embroider a message on the heart
  • How to turn your amigurumi into a keychain

What you’ll need

  • 2.5mm hook
  • Fine weight yarn in red, pink, black and grey
  • Stuffing
  • Embroidery needle
  • Sewing pins
  • Scissors 
  • Keychain hardware

Meet Your Teacher

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Ana Rosa

Amigurumi and crochet designer

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I'm the amigurumi and crochet designer and owner of BuddyRumi.

I started making amigurumi in 2010 when I discovered by accident that you could crochet 3D animals. I fell immediately in love, grabbed my grandmother's old hooks and yarn and taught myself how to crochet right there and then.

Soon I started to create my own designs and to write my own patterns and today I have dozens of fun designs available.

My passion is to push the limits of what you can make with crochet and coming up with new techniques to do it! I like to make amigurumi inspired by nature like animals, cacti and succulents. I also like to make whimsical and fun crochet cat beds.

Let's connect! Find me online and say hi!

Website: www.buddyrumi.com

Instagram: @buddyrumi

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Level: Beginner

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1. Welcome: Gifting Emi groomi means gifting something unmade and thoughtful, and that's what makes it special. It doesn't have to be perfect to be cherished. Its value comes from the time, care, and love stitching to every part of it. Hi, I'm Anna. I'm a crochet and Emi groomi designer with 16 years of experience. I'm the crochet designer behind Buddy Rumi. You can find my fun and whimsical patterns at Buddy Romy, Etsy, and now Eron Skill Shares Digital shop, as well. Welcome to my new class AmigurumiF Beginners Crochet Hart Kitchen. You'll learn how to crochet this super cute amguromi heart kitchen. This quick project is perfect for beginners or for anyone looking for a quick make for themselves or to gift. You can use the Emi groomi hearts as charms, kitchens or little decor around the house. I'm so excited to share this class with you. Let's get started on our Amigromi heart. 2. Project: Welcome. I'm so excited to see you here. Today we are going to crochet this amgurumi heart and turn it into a kitchen. First, we'll go over the tools and materials you'll need to complete the project. While making this cut omgurumihart, we will refresh our skills on how to make a magic ring, how to single crochet, how to increase and decrease, how to close a Mgurumi and finish off. We will learn how to join two pieces in the round and turn them into a single bigger piece, and we will turn our heart into a key chain. As a bonus, we will learn how to embroider a cute little face and a message on our heart. Before we begin, make sure to download the pattern in the project and resources tab. And if you need help or get stuck, use the discussion page. I'm here to answer your questions. Be sure to share your finish arts. In the project and resources section, you'll find an area at the right called My Project. Upload your photos and click the submit Project button to share your hearts with us. I can't wait to see all the variations you come up with. Next, we are going to talk about the materials we'll need to make our little my groomi heart. 3. Materials: To make our Omega Rumi heart we'll need fine weight yarn in red, black, light gray, and pink. You'll need a 2.5 millimeter hook size in the US and 12 in the UK. You'll need stuffing, scissors, a stitch marker, an embroidery needle, sewing pins, and kitchen hardware. We'll also need two small scrap threads of different colors. Try to make it one blue and the other white. If you don't have it in those colors, use what you have, but make sure that they are different colors. Now that we gather all the materials we need, let's get started on Am gourmhart. And 4. The Cups: Grab your hook and yarn, and let's start. We'll start by crocheting six single crochets into a magic ring. Wrap the yarn on your index finger two times and bring the working yarn to the front. Go under all the loops with your hook, grab the last one and pull it under the other two. Yarn over, pull up a loop and take the magic ring from your finger. Work six single crochets into the magic ring. To single crochet, go into the ring, yarn over and pull up a loop, yarn over and pull through the two loops on the hook. Take the hook from the loop and close the magic ring. Pull the tail of the magic ring. See which of the loops moved. Grab that one close to the tail and pull it. Grab the tail and pull closing the magic ring completely. At the end of the first round, you left six stitches. For round two, increase on all stitches of the previous round. At the end, you left 12 stitches. Don't forget to place your stitch marker. To increase simply work another single crochet into the same stitch. On round tree work one single crochet plus one increase, repeat six times to the end of the round at the end of 11, 18 stitches. Men. Repeat five more times. For Round four were 18 single crochets. Oh. Take the hook from the loop, cut the yarn leaving a long tail, and it'll join. Undo the loop and take off the stitch marker. To needle join, thread the end on the embroidery needle. Go under the two top loops of the second stitch to the left. Pull the yarn. Insert a needle between the top loops of the last stitch of round four. I like to go under the third loop of the same stitch as well. Pull the yarn until the needle join is the same size as the top loops of the other stitches. To finish off, catch a loop on the inside of the cup. Pull the yarn. Go under the same loop again. Pull the yarn until you have a loop. Go into the loop and pull creating a knot and securing the R. The first cup is finished. Make another cup repeating from the beginning. But this time, do not needle join or finish off. In the next lesson, we'll join the two cups to make the top of the heart. See you there. 5. Joining the Cups: It's time to join the cups, and to make it easier, we are going to knead are two scraps of thread. Place the blue thread on your hook. Insert your hook into the next stitch. Take off the stitch marker. Yarn over and pull up a loop going under the scrap thread as well. Place the white scrap thread on your hook and grab the second cup, the one we finished off. Insert your hook under the needle join and under the top loops of the stitch directly below it, as well. Yarn over, pull up a loop, and as before, go under the scrap thread on the hook. Yarn over and pull the yarn through the three loops on the hook. Remember the order in which you use the scrap threads, especially if you're not using the same colors. I use the blue first and white second. The first side of the join is completed. The scraps of yarn mark the two halves of the stitch we used to join the two cups, which is essentially a single crochet two together. They will be useful when joining the cups on the other side of the heart. Place the stitch marker on the stitch we just made. This is now the first stitch of round five. To continue Round five work, 17 single crochets on top of the second cup, bringing you to the back of the heart. It's time to finish chining the cups, and for that, we are going to look for our scrap thread helpers. We are going to use the same spaces as before, but in reverse order. First, we are going to insert our hook at the base of the set, we marked with a white thread. The second one we marked with the scrap threads. Yarn over and pull up polo. We can take the white thread off. We don't need it anymore. Then insert a hook at the base of the stitch marked with a blue thread. The first one we mark with the scrap threads, yarn over, pull up a yarn over and pull the yarn to the three loops on the hook. The cups are joined. We don't need the blue thread anymore. You can take it off. To finish, round five, work 17 single crochets on top of the last round of the first cup. At the end of round five, we'll have 36 stitches. This technique of joining two amigo roomy pieces is very useful. Imagine that instead of cups, you have two long tubes. Those could be legs, and if they are on top of the head, they could be ears or antennae. Join me in the next lesson to continue to work on the heart. 6. Rounds 6 to 12: We are now at the end of Round five. Let's continue to work on the heart. From round six to eight, we 36 single crochets. After round eight, we can start to see the main part of the heart starting to grow. Now we need to start to decrease to make the pointing hand of the heart. On Round nine work, four single crochets plus one invisible decrease. Repeat from the beginning six times, at the end of your left, 30 stitches. To decrease, go under the front loop of the next sitch again, under the front loop of the next sitch, yarn over and pull up a loop. Yarn over, pull through the two loops on the hook. Repeat from the beginning five more times. For round ten we three single crochets plus one invisible decrease. Repeat six times to the end of the round. At the end of round ten, you left 24 stitches. Oh. Repeat three single crochets plus one decrease to the end of the round. Work 24 single crochets for round 11. At this point, I like to start the stuff, but before that, we need to bring the long tail of the cup to the outside. Thread the tail on an embroidery needle and make it come out between the cups. Pull the yarn. Stuff the heart. For round 12 work two single crochet plus one decrease, repeat to the end of the round. At the end, you left, 18 stitches. Push the stuffing down with your fingers and keep your index finger behind the stitch you are working into to avoid catching the stuffing. Join me in the next lesson to finish the heart. 7. Finishing the Heart: Let's finish the heart. Work 18 single crches for round 13. Too loose. Let's try that again. Better. At this point, I like to stuff a bit more concentrating the stuffing down the sides of the heart. On round 14, work one single crochet plus one decrease, repeat six times to the end of the round. At the end you left 12 stitches. W 12 single crouches around 15. Before closing completely, I like to reinforce the stuffing a little bit more. Use the flat hand of a thicker hook to push the stuffing through the small hole. Stuff the heart filling all the corners, but don't overstuff or the stuffing may show through the stitches. For the 16th and final round, decrease six times, leaving you with six stitches at the end of the round. Take the hook from the loop and cut the yarn leaving a long tail. Close the end of the heart and finish off. Undo the loop and thread your embroidery needle with a long tail. To close the heart, go under the front loops of all stitches of the last round and pull the yarn gently. Once you've cut all the loops, pull the yarn firmly, closing your omega Rumi. To finish off the heart, go under one of the loops that go into the center like this one. Ideally, use the one closest to where you ended, insert the needle under the loop, pull the yarn. Go under the same loop again and pull gently until you have a loop. Insert the needle into the loop and pull creating a knot. Insert your needle into the center of the last round and make it come out anywhere between two stitches on the heart. Pull the yarn tightly until the knot slides into the heart. The pointy end of the heart will be pulled inside, but don't worry. Just pull it back out with your needle. Old the pointy end of the heart and pull the yarn again firmly, ensuring that the knot slides further into the heart. Hold the yarn tot, and cut the yarn with the scissors flush with the heart. The urn will disappear into the heart. Be careful not to cut any stitches of the heart. We have completed our Omegoumy heart. Now it's time to attach the kit chain. Seeing the next lesson, we will do just that. 8. Attaching the Keychain: In this lesson, we are going to attach the keychain. Let's start. To attach your keychain, thread a long tail that's at the top of the heart on your embroidery needle. Grab the keychain hardware and go through the left link of the chain. Insert your needle into the heart, one round over where the tail is coming out of. Make the needle. Come out where your tail is. Pull the yarn firmly, pulling the kitchen into the heart. Go into the last link of the chain, pull the yarn. Go back into the heart and come out the other side of the round using the same spaces as before. Pull the yarn firmly. Repeat a few more times going into the last link of the chain. And then into and back out of the heart. Once you're satisfied that the key chain is firmly attached, go again into the left link of the key chain into the heart and come out anywhere on the body of the heart between two single crochets. Pull the yar. To finish off, turn the heart right side up. Go under the closest loop of the stitch on the left. Over you came out of, pull the yar. Go under the same loop again, forming a loop with a yarn. Go through the loop and pull creating a knot. Insert the needle into the bottom of the loop knot is on and make it come out on the opposite side. Pull the yarn firmly, pulling the knot inside the heart. To make the nut, go even further into the heart, place your needle under the loops of the stitch on the right, and the stitch where you created the nut. Pull the arm firmly while you pull the needle in the opposite direction. Hold the arm firmly and cut it flush against the heart. Be careful not to cut the stitches of the heart. And there you have it a super cute aigramy heart. The heart we just made is about 4.5 centimeters or 1.77 " wide, and about 5 centimeters or 2 " tall. If you want a slightly bigger heart, you can use the same exact pattern and instructions, but substitute the fine weight yarn with medium weight yarn and the 2.5 millimeter hook with a 3.5 millimeter hook, size E in the US, and nine in the UK. The bigger heart is more or less 8 centimeters, 3.15 " wide, and 6 centimeters, 2.36 " tall. In the next lesson, we'll make cute little faces, and our cute little hearts. See you there. 9. Make the Face: In this lesson, we are going to add the face to our amg roomy heart and make it even cuter. To make the face, we'll need 40 centimeters, about 16 " of the black and pink fine weight yarns, and a few sewing pins. We'll start with the eyes. Before making any stitches, I like to try out the placement and shape of the eyes. Place the end of the black yarn in the shape of an arch on top of the heart where you would like to make the left eye. Play around with the placement, height and width of the eye. Once you're pleased with the shape and placement of the eye, mark it with your sewing pins. Make sure to mark the start and beginning of the arch and its highest point. Thread the black yard on your embroidery needle. Insert a needle through the back of the heart and make it come out at the front where you mark the outside corner of the eye. Pull gently leaving a tail of more or less 10 centimeters, 4 " at the back of the heart. Go in and out of the fabric of the heart, creating little dashed stitches, following the shape of the eye. Take the sewing pins off as you go along. Try to make at least three stitches and always end with a blank space between the last stitch and the working yarn. Insert your needle from the outside of the arch to the inside, under the last stitch you made. Pull the yarn gently. The last dash can become loose when you work under it. To fix this gently pull the stitch, made to tighten it. Repeat for the remaining stitches. Go into the outside corner of the left eye and come out four to five stitches to the left of its inside corner. Pull the yarn gently, completing the left eye. Repeat from the beginning for the right eye. Make the shape of the eye with the yarn to check its placement and shape. Mark the shape with the sewing pins. Make the little dash stitches following the shape of the eye. If at any point you don't like the shape you created, just take the needle from the urn, pull the stitches out and try again. If your stitch comes out twisted, pull it out a bit, laid it on top of your work. Place your thumb on the yarn and pull the yarn carefully. Your stitch will come out perfectly. Insert the needle from the outside to the inside of the curve of the arch under the black stitches without catching the stitches on the arch. Insert your needle into the inside corner of the right eye and make it come out one round below. Pull the yarn gently, completing the right eye. The mouth is essentially the same as the eyes, but upside down. Make the shape for the mouth with the yarn and mark it with the sewing pins. I made the corners of the mouth aligned with the inside corners of the eyes. Make the stitches in the shape of the mouth. Insert your needle under the dashes, one at a time, from the outside of the curve of the mouth to the inside, pull gently. Insert a needle at the right corner of the mouth and make it come out at the back. Leave it for now. To make the cheeks, grab the cut pink yarn and thread it on your embroidery needle. Insert a needle at the back of the heart and make it come out at the front, a little bit inside the left corner of the left eye. Pull gently leaving a ten centimeter, 4 " tail at the back. Insert your needle 1.5 stitches to the right of where it came out previously and make it come out at the inside corner of the cheek. Pull gently. Insert your needle into the outside corner of the cheek and make it come out at the inside corner. Pull the arm gently. Insert your needle once more into the outside corner of the cheek and make it come out a little bit inside the outside corner of the right eye. Pull the iron gently. Insert the needle 1.5 stitches to the outside and make it come out at the inside corner of the cheek. Pull gently. Insert the needle on the outside corner of the cheek and make it come out at the inside corner. Pull the iron gently. Insert the needle into the outside corner of the cheek and make it come out at the back of the heart. Pull the iron gently. Finish off and we in all the ends at the back of the heart. To finish off, go under the closest loop of the stitch on the left of where you came out of. Pull the yarn. Go under the same loop again, forming a loop with the yarn. Go through the loop and pull creating a knot. Insert your needle into the bottom of the loop your knot is on and make it come out on the opposite side. Pull the arm firmly, pulling the knot inside the heart. Place your needle under the top loops of the stitch on the right and the stitch where you created the knot. Pull the arm firmly and at the same time, pull the needle in the opposite direction. Hold the yarn firmly and cut it flush against the heart. Be careful not to cut the stitches of the heart. Repeat for the remaining tails. You've just created a super cute emiromy heart with a super cute face. You can use this technique to add faces to your other Emiromi as well. It's fun adding faces to our little hearts. But if you want to know how to add a message, jog in the next lesson. 10. Write the Message: Okay. If you prefer, you can write a message on a heart. Let's do that. To make the message, you'll need 61 centimeters, 24 " of the fine light gray yarn. Thread it on your embroidery needle. Insert the needle at the back of the heart and make it come out at the front where you want to start your message. Since my first word is one letter long, I'm going to come out a little bit to the right of the center of the heart. Pull the yarn gently, leaving a ten centimeter or 4 " tail at the back. Insert your needle, two stitches to the right and make it come out. Two runs below align with the center of the vertical line we're about to stitch. Pull the arm gently. Insert your needle under the first line we just made, and at its center, make the needle come out two rounds below, under the left end of the line at the top. Pull the arm gently. Insert the needle, two stitches to the right. Make it come out one round below and four to five stitches to the left. Pull the iron gently completing the first word. Insert your needle, two rounds below and make it come out 1.5 stitches to the right. Pull the iron gently, creating a vertical line. Insert the needle at the bottom of the vertical line we just made. Make it come out at the same height as the top of the vertical line and 3.5 stitches to the right. Pull the yarn, creating an horizontal line and completing the letter L. Insert the needle at the same height of the bottom of the directly below of where it came out of before. Make it come out one stitch to the left and one round above. Pull gently leaving a bit of slack on the yarn. Catch the yarn with the needle and go back into the same spot it came out before. Make the needle come out at the top of this letter. Pull the yarn holding the long line on the left in a curved shape. Insert the needle at the bottom of the curved line and make it come out one round above and one stitch to the right. Pull the arn gently, leaving a bit of slack on the yarn. Catch the yarn with the needle and go back into the same spot it came out of before. Make the needle come out one round above. Pull the yarn, holding the long line at the right in a curved shape, and completing the lateral. Lay down the urn on top of the heart to check where you're going to make your next stitch. Insert the needle, two rounds below, and one stitch to the right. Make it come out, two rounds above, and one stitch to the right. Pull the Rn gently completing the first half of a V. Go back to the bottom vertex of the V and come out one sched to the right of the top of the second half of the V. Pull the RN gently completing the V. Insert your needle, two rounds below. Make it come out two rounds above and two stitches to the right. Pull the yarn gently. Insert the needle on top of the vertical line we just made and make it come out one round below and one stitch to the right. Pull the yarn. Insert the needle, one stitch to the left under the vertical bar. Make it come out at the bottom of the vertical bar. Pull the yarn. Insert the needle, two stitches to the right, and make it come out one round below, and six stitches to the left. Pull the iron gently, completing the letter E. Insert the needle, one round below and one stitch to the right, and make it come out one round above and 1.5 stitches to the right. Pull the iron gently. Insert a needle, two rounds below, align with the outer end of the diagonal line we just made. Make it come out two rounds above, and one stitch to the right where the yarn is coming out of. Pull the yarn completing the letter Y. Insert the needle, two rounds below, and make it come out, one round above and one stitch to the left. Pull gently, leaving a bit of slack on the yarn. Catch the yarn with the needle, go back into the same spot it came out of and make it come out at the top of this letter. Pull the yarn, holding the long line at the left in a curved shape. Insert the needle at the bottom of the curved line and make it come out, one round above and one stitch to the right. Pull the yarn leaving a bit of slack. Catch the yarn with the needle, go back into the same spot and make it come out one round above and 1.5 stitches to the right. Pull the yarn gently, completing the oh. Mm, I came out a bit far. I'm going to go back. I have a stitch to the left. There, better. Insert the needle, two rounds below, and make it come out, one stitch to the right. Pull the yarn gently. Insert the needle at the bottom of the vertical line we just made and make it come out two rounds above and one stitch to the right. Pull the yarn. Insert your needle at the end of the horizontal line at the bottom and make it come out at the back of the heart between two single crochets. Finish off and within both ends at the back of the heart. To finish off, go under the closest loop of the stitch on the left, pull the yarn, go under the same loop again, forming a loop with the yarn. Go through the loop and pull creating a knot. Insert your needle into the bottom of the loop your nut is on and make it come out on the opposite side of the heart. Pull the arn firmly, pulling the nut inside the heart. Place your needle under the loops of the stitch on the right and the stitch where you created the nut. Pull the iron firmly while you pull the needle in the opposite direction. The nut will slide even further inside the heart. All the yarn that and cut it flush against the heart. Be careful not to cut the heart. Repeat for the other tail. You can write different messages using this simple type of stitching. Here is another one I made. And you can use the same technique on your other Eigomi as well. There you have it. They are ready to gift and enjoy. 11. Thank You: And that's it. Thank you so much for spending this time with me today. I hope it was helpful and you enjoyed creating this cute amgramy heart. Have fun making lots of amgrimy hearts with different colors, different size looks and yarns, and different messages. Spread the joy by gifting them to your friends and family. If at any time I want to be too fast, please remember that you can use the discussion step to ask any questions and that you can download the pattern in the project and resources step where you'll find step by step tutorials of all the techniques used to make our little heart. Sure to post pictures of your finish arts in the project and resources tab. I'm super excited to see your Amgurumi and now you're going to use them. Leave a review on this class so I know if you liked it. I have many more coming, and I really appreciate your feedback. Click the follow button below, so you'll be notified when a new class is live. I'm really glad you decided to take this class, and I'm really excited to see what you create. Thank you so much for watching. See you next time.