Knitted heart pattern

You will need:

A ball of yarn
(Any coloured yarn will do! I’ve used aran weight yarn)
A pair of kneedles
(I’m using circular 5mm kneedles, be sure to use the appropriate needle size for your yarn)
A pair of scissors

Abbreviations:

st / sts stitch / stitches
K knit
SSK Slip, slip, knit: slip two stitches knitwise (or knitwise followed by purlwise) one at a time, insert tip of left needle into stitches from above, put yarn round right needle and knit both stitches together.
K2tog knit two stitches together

Pattern for 24 stitch heart:

3 cm / 1¼” tall

Using the long tail method, cast on 24 stitches.

Row 1: K8, (SSK) twice, (K2tog) twice, K8 (20 sts).
Row 2: Knit.
Row 3: K6, (SSK) twice, (K2tog) twice, K6 (16 sts).
Row 4: Knit.
Row 5: K4, (SSK) twice, (K2tog) twice, K4 (12 sts).
Row 6: SSK, K8, K2tog (10 sts).
Row 7: K1, (SSK) twice, (K2tog) twice, K1 (6 sts).
Row 8: SSK, K2, K2tog (4 sts).

Cut the yarn and thread through the remaining stitches. Close the gap at the top a little if needed and darn the yarn in down the centre of the heart. This will pull the middle down a bit which is helpful with this tiny heart. Darn in the cast on tail.