Sweetheart Candles

This free Sweetheart Candles crochet pattern was designed by Svetlana Bozhko (@knitting_house_sveta).

With this pattern, you can crochet an adorable candle couple for Valentine's Day. You can use any acrylic, cotton, or cotton blend yarn suitable for amigurumi, along with a matching crochet hook.

The finished toys are about 3.5 inches (9 cm) tall.

Materials and tools

• Yarn: main colors for the candles, black for the wicks, and orange for the flames
• Crochet hook
• Black and white thread for embroidering the faces
• Fiberfill
• Pins
• Heart-shaped button
• Needle for sewing the pieces together
• Scissors

Abbreviations

• MR — magic ring
• ch — chain stitch
• sl st — slip stitch
• sc — single crochet
• dc — double crochet
• hdc — half double crochet
• inc — increase
• dec — decrease
• (...) x n — repeat the instructions in parentheses n times

Sweetheart Candles amigurumi crochet pattern

Wide candle

Rnd 1. 8 sc in MR (8)
Rnd 2. 8 inc (16)
Rnd 3. 16 inc (32)
Rnd 4. BLO: 32 sc (32)
Rnds 5-24. (20 rounds) 32 sc (32)
Rnd 25. BLO: 16 dec (16)
Rnd 26. 8 dec (8)
Rnd 27. 4 dec (4)
Rnd 28. Change to black yarn and work 4 sc in FLO (4)
Rnd 29. 4 sc, sl st

Cut the yarn and weave in the end.

Slim candle

Rnd 1. 6 sc in MR (6)
Rnd 2. 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3. 12 inc (24)
Rnd 4. BLO: 24 sc (24)
Rnds 5-29. (25 rounds) 24 sc
Rnd 30. BLO: 12 dec (12)
Rnd 31. 6 dec (6)
Rnd 32. Change to black yarn and work 6 sc in FLO (6)
Rnd 33. 6 sc, sl st

Cut the yarn and weave in the end.

Wax drips

Join the yarn near the unworked front loops of Round 24 on the wide candle and Round 29 on the slim candle. Make a chain, then starting in the second ch from the hook, sc across the chain. Attach it with a sl st to an unworked front loop of Round 24 on the wide candle or Round 29 on the slim candle. Vary the chains randomly from 3 to 11 stitches long. Once all the drips are crocheted, arrange and pin them in place, then sew them down.

Heart

Work the following into an MR: ch 2, 1 dc, 1 hdc, 1 sc, 1 dc, 1 sc, 1 hdc, 1 dc, ch 2, sl st in MR.

Pull the ring closed. Neatly weave the yarn ends through the heart and bring them out at the bottom. Thread these ends through the wick and secure them at the bottom of the candle. Gently tighten the yarn so the heart-shaped flame sits nicely.

Assembly and finishing

• Embroider the eyes, the whites of the eyes, and an eyelid above each eye.
• Embroider the nose and mouth.
• You can create the face using any method you prefer.
• Tie the candles together with a piece of string.
• Admire your adorable candle couple.