How to Knit a Heart Into a Shirt
You can do numerous things to a shirt to make it look as if you just bought it. Adding something a little colorful or something a little shiny to it, such as patches, rhinestones or little gems, does the trick. If you fancy heart-shaped designs and you want to reinvent a shirt, place a heart-shaped knitted patch onto it.
Things You'll Need
- Worsted weight yarn
- Size 8 (5mm) knitting needles
- Shirt
- Sewing needle
- Sewing thread
- Scissors
Instructions
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Create a knitted heart-shaped patch using the knitting needle and yarn. To start, cast-on nine stitches. Knit one, yarn over, then knit across to center stitch for rows one to three. Knit in the front loop, back loop and then in the front loop of the center stitch with a double increase. Knit to the last stitch, yarn over, and then knit one.
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Knit across to the center stitch to start rows four to 15. Knit in the front loop, back loop and then in the front loop of the center stitch with a double increase. Knit across the remaining stitches.
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Knit two together to start rows 16 to 18. Knit in the front loop, back loop and then in the front loop of the center stitch with a double increase. Knit across to the last two stitches and then knit two together.
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Knit two together (twice) for rows 19 to 21. Knit in the front loop, back loop and then in the front loop of the center stitch with a double increase. Knit across to the last four stitches and then knit two together (twice). Bind off.
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Iron the shirt. Place the knitted patch on different parts of the shirt to see where it will look best.
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Thread the needle. Make sure the thread is the same color as the knitted heart patch. Lock the ends of the thread.
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Starting from the inside of the shirt, sew in the knitted heart by the edges. Continue sewing until all sides are sewed onto the shirt.
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Nip any loose threads.
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Tips & Warnings
If you find knitting a little difficult, you can buy a knitted heart-shaped patch at craft stores.
