We all love hearts, don’t
we? Just imagine an explosion of 3d hearts on a crochet runner, as table décor,
in all rainbow colours, a crochet runner to be used on special occasions, with
special guests (maybe at Christmas?). Done? Now imagine a crochet pattern that
allows you to create that crochet runner with relief hearts yourself… wait!
Stop imagining it, because I’ve already done it for you. But let me tell you something
about this project first.
Mini skeins in all
rainbow colours
In may 2018 I was the
lucky winner of a fantastic Giveaway on Instagram held by the yarn brand YARN
AND COLORS. I received a complete set of 100 “Must-Have-Minis” yarn skeins from
them, in all available shades. After long reflection and some experiments, I
decided to use all mini skeins to create the design of this runner. I wanted to
maintain the beautiful rainbow effect, so I used all skeins one after the
other, in the right gradient colour (luckily for me, I received a colour chart
with colour codes from YARN AND COLORS, too). In the end, I actually created
two identical runners, one in warm colours, one in cold shades. I must confess
I didn’t know what my work would become until the very end: I just liked the
pattern and loved how the colours unwound. When I finished both panels, I
thought of sewing them together and make a “temperature blanket”, for example;
I wrapped the pieces around me and they looked beautiful as stolas, too. I even
thought of making curtains out of them, they would be just the right width! But
in the end, I think they just look perfect as table decoration. Remember my festive
table cloth? Even though it has no specific Christmas theme I find my “Flying
Hearts” crochet runner would look great at Christmas, too.
Hearts everywhere
As for the “heart”
theme: did I already mention how much I love hearts? They are some kind of
obsession, for me, they even recur in my works (remember my heart bolster cushion cover? And my small heart lapghan?), and it’s not that I am very
romantic (ok, maybe I am a bit), but I just love their rounded form, I guess. Who
doesn’t?
The Pattern
A crochet pattern for a
runner is rather unusual, isn’t it? As I said, in the end you can decide to
make what you want out of this design because, as you will see, the pattern is
modular and, once you get the grip of counts and repetitions, it will be
extremely easy for you to adjust length and width of the piece to your own
wishes. Don’t be scared by the amount of yarn indicated in the pattern: the runners
I crocheted are very long (228 cm), but that’s because I wanted to use all
skeins. You can choose to use the yarn you prefer, of course: I think any
gradient yarn would produce an amazing result, in fact. It is a long pattern
(hard work for me to make it easier for you!), but just because I included many
pictures explaining every step, close-ups and photos of the finished runner.
Where to find the
pattern
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