How to Crochet Heart Mug Cover For Mother's Day

Learn how to crochet a cute amigurumi heart mug cover that will make a cherished gift, especially with Mother’s Day coming up following a step-by-step tutorial from Tejidos Joss. The cozy design features a solid mug cover with cute bear arms and a stuffed heart. With versatile straps, you can easily put it on any mug.

The tutor also shares tips for measuring correctly to fit different cup sizes and how to ensure the arms and heart are securely attached. This makes the Heart Bear not just for special occasions but also practical for everyday use.

The complete video guide for crocheting this heart cover for a woven mug will be available at the end of this post. You can also learn more about this tutorial from just below.

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Skills Used: The slip stitch, chaining, slip knot, single crochet, and double crochet stitches. You will also need to know how to work in rounds using a magic ring and how to increase and decrease stitches for shaping. Additionally, color change techniques are needed for the bear arms and attention to detail for attaching different parts securely.

Guide Span: 39 Minutes Only

Personalization Tips: You can customize the colors of the bear, heart, and mug cover to match the recipient’s favorite shades or the decor of their home. Adding embroidered initials or a small message on the heart adds a personal touch. You can also vary the size of the bear’s arms or heart to fit different mug types or design preferences.

Heart Cover For Woven Mug Tutorial

Joselyn’s tutorial is thorough yet approachable for crocheting a unique mug cover that will appeal to both kids and adults. She clearly explains each step, from gathering supplies to finishing touches, making it easy for intermediate crocheters to follow along. Joselyn’s detailed instructions and visuals ensure that even those less familiar with certain crochet techniques can succeed.

She also emphasizes measuring correctly and provides invaluable tips for securing parts, making this project both beautiful and practical. Here is a quick overview of heart mug cover tutorial:

Starting the Cover: Begin with a slip stitch and create 32 chains. Measure the chains to ensure they are 14 cm.Join the chains with a slip stitch.
Crocheting the Base: Work single crochets in each stitch (total 32 single crochets). Next, work double crochets across 16 stitches.
Creating Rows: Continue working double crochets for each row until reaching 24 cm. Add single crochets to finish the base.
Making the Arms: Start with a magic ring in white. Follow with rounds of single crochets and increases. Add a color change to gray in round 7. Continue until round 19, filling halfway with stuffing. Create two identical arms.
Creating the Heart: Use a magic ring and start with single crochets. Form two identical parts until round 4. Join the two parts together and follow through rounds with single crochets and decreases. Stuff the heart before closing.
How to Join Arms and Heart to the Cover: Sew the heart onto the middle of the cover. Attach each arm extending away from the heart, making sure the fingers are visible.
Closing the Arm Ends: Use a white thread to close the ends of the arms, ensuring a clean finish.

Supplies Used

Following are the crochet supplies that the tutor recommends for crocheting this Heart Mug Cover For Woven Mug:

Cotton thread (4 strands, 2 mm thick)
Crochet hook (2.5 mm)
Wool needle
Stitch marker
Scissors
Tape measure
Filling material for arms and heart

Stitches and Abbreviations

Following are the stitches and abbreiations that the tutor uses for crocheting Heart Mug Cover:

ch – Chain: Yarn over and pull through the loop on the hook to create a chain stitch.
sl st – Slip Stitch: Insert the hook into the stitch, yarn over, and pull through both the stitch and the loop on the hook.
sc – Single Crochet: Insert the hook into the stitch, yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over, and pull through both loops on the hook.
dc – Double Crochet: Yarn over, insert the hook into the stitch, yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over, pull through two loops, yarn over, and pull through the remaining two loops.
inc – Increase: Crochet two stitches in the same stitch to increase.
dec – Decrease: Insert the hook into the stitch, yarn over, pull up a loop, insert the hook into the next stitch, yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over, and pull through all loops on the hook.