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5 Valentines Day Project to Make Your Heart Happy
Valentine's Day knitting patterns with heart motifs, from a cabled heart beanie and a Fair Isle hat to a double knit blanket and duplicate stitch mitts.
Valentines Day is in a couple weeks and while it’s not known for being a big holiday for knitters, we figured why not feature some patterns themed around it.
Knitting is all about love as it takes a lot of love to painstakingly knit thousands of stitches one by one.
But before we reveal our pattern picks let’s take a moment to understand how Valentine’s Day came to be.
A brief history of Valentine’s Day
Like many holiday’s in the Western world, Valentine’s Day is a mix of Christian and pagan traditions.
The name comes from St. Valentine, although WHICH saint we’re not really sure. Multiple legends are attributed to the man, but the one which ties Valentine to the idea of love is him being a Roman priest who held secret weddings for soldiers forbidden to marry. This priest wore a ring with a cupid on it, so he could be recognized.
In 500 A.D. the Catholic Church made Valentine’s Day an official holiday, linking it closely with the Roman fertility festival of Lupercalia which was celebrated on the 15th of February.
But it was not until 1375, when medieval author Geoffrey Chaucer wrote a poem solidifying the connection between St. Valentine and love. Many historians consider this to be the beginning of our modern celebration of the holiday.
Within a hundred years the word Valentine was commonly used to describe a lover in many songs and poems. By the 1800s Valentine’s cards were being mass produced and in 1847 the “Conversation Hearts” candies were invented.
Today more than 250 million roses are grown specifically for the holiday, and it’s estimated more than $26 billion is spent on gifts.
Our favorite heart motif knitting projects
Whether you celebrate Valentine’s Day or not, these fun projects are a great way to show your friends and family some love.
Each feature hearts throughout the design in interesting and creative ways.
Let’s dive in!
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He Loves me Knot Beanie by Karysha Clarke
This bulky beanie uses the famous cable heart to great effect.
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Monogram Gift Heart by Stana D Sortor
A little heart gift with monogram and/or a paw print. This is a great project for multiple yarn weights and using up remnants of yarn.
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Love You Always Beanie by Erin Gates
This fair-isle beanie is a timeless way to show your love. Knit your hearts in one color, or with a color changing yarn.
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LoveSocks by Devon Clement
A simple striped sock with a little bit of extra love at the heels.
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Hearts Aplenty Double Knit Baby Blanket by Erica Borg
This double knit blanket is not only full of hearts, it's also reversible with a mirror image on the other side.
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Floating Hearts Fingerless Mittens by Leyla Anderson
Knit all your love into these mitts and spread them around you. These mitts use duplicate stitch to create tiny hearts, so anyone can make them!
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