A4 PDF: materials, every round with a tick box, assembly and face
Free crochet candy heart pattern: a Winking Conversation Heart Candy amigurumi, about 9 cm tall in DK yarn with a 2.5 mm hook. The toy is a mint-green candy heart with BE MINE stitched in pink across the front, rosy cheeks, one wide eye and one cheeky wink.
You need about 55 m of yarn: 50 m mint and 5 m dark pink. Plan on roughly 2 hours.
Give it as a Valentine's gift, a desk buddy or a treat-free candy for anyone who loves sweets. It is a quick, beginner-friendly make, and you can spin the 3D model and follow the round-by-round pattern.
How to crochet the Winking Conversation Heart Candy
Beginner-friendly · 9 cm tall · about 2 h · DK yarn · 2.5 mm hook
Crochet the 5 pieces in rounds: Heart, Heart lobe ×2, Cheek ×2 (42 rounds in all).
Stuff and put it together in 3 steps; each one lights up where it goes on the 3D model.
Add the face: safety eyes by round and stitch, or embroider them for a child under 3.
Every round with its stitch count is in the Pattern tab below, and in the free printable PDF.
What you'll need
Tick things off as you gather them.
0 of 7 gathered
Gauge
1 sc ≈ 4 mm wide, 1 round ≈ 3.6 mm tall (10 cm ≈ 25 sc × 28 rounds); yarn about 1.9 mm thick. The gauge sets the size of the toy; crochet tightly so the stuffing does not show.
Size before assembly: about 8.1 cm at the widest, 8.2 cm long; 26 rounds.
→ Insert the safety eyes now (positions: see “Face”) and fix the backs. Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
Press the piece flat to about 5.7 cm thick (oval cross-section).<!-- press the piece flat by 30 % -->
Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 24 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.
Size before assembly: about 4.6 cm at the widest, 3.2 cm long; 14 rounds.
→ Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
Press the piece flat to about 3.7 cm thick (oval cross-section).<!-- press the piece flat by 20 % -->
Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.
A flat circle about 1.5 cm across; 2 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing.
Do not stuff.
Safety eyes and noses go in before the piece is stuffed and closed (see the pieces above); embroidery is easier before the piece is sewn on.
Safety eye with a printed glint 10 mm (on the heart): between rounds 18 and 19, 4 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left .
Embroidery in dark brown thread (on the heart), straight stitches through: (in round 18, 2.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 19, 3.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 18, 4.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ).
Embroidery in dark brown thread (on the heart), straight stitches through: (between rounds 16 and 17, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 16, on the centre front line) → (between rounds 16 and 17, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
Embroidery in pink thread (on the heart), straight stitches through: (in round 12, 2 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 14 and 15, 2.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 14 and 15, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 14, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 13 and 14, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 13 and 14, 2 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ).
Embroidery in pink thread (on the heart), straight stitches through: (between rounds 13 and 14, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 13, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 12, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 12, 2 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ).
Embroidery in pink thread (on the heart), straight stitches through: (between rounds 14 and 15, 2.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 14 and 15, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 12, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 12, 2 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
Embroidery in pink thread (on the heart), straight stitches through: (between rounds 13 and 14, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 13 and 14, 2 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
Embroidery in pink thread (on the heart), straight stitches through: (between rounds 8 and 9, 2.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 11 and 12, 3.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 9 and 10, 2 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 11 and 12, 1.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 8 and 9, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ).
Abbreviations
MR
magic ring
sc
single crochet
inc
2 sc in the same stitch
dec
single crochet two stitches together (invisible decrease recommended)
Embroidery in pink thread (on the heart), straight stitches through: (between rounds 8 and 9, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 11 and 12, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ).
Embroidery in pink thread (on the heart), straight stitches through: (between rounds 8 and 9, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 11 and 12, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 8 and 9, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 11 and 12, 1.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
Embroidery in pink thread (on the heart), straight stitches through: (between rounds 11 and 12, 3.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 11 and 12, 2 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 8 and 9, 1.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 8 and 9, 2.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
Embroidery in pink thread (on the heart), straight stitches through: (in round 10, 2 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 10, 3 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
