My heart has been extremely heavy with a deep sadness watching Israel’s massacre of Palestinians in Gaza. Reading about historical genocides, I’ve always wondered how people allowed them to happen. Yet here we are watching a genocide take place in real-time (and, for the first time in history, being live telecast on social media) and not only is the world silent, but complicit. Where is our collective humanity?

As with anything, I find a lot of grounding through crochet. I was travelling for the last couple of weeks without my yarn and as soon as I got back, I had to crochet something in solidarity. So here is a pattern for a Palestine crochet flag heart. I’ve made it using DK yarn and it comes to approximately 3 inches tall. You can use a thinner yarn such as sports weight yarn for a smaller heart, or a thicker yarn (such as blanket yarn) for a larger heart. Please use it as you wish in solidarity. #freepalestine

The pattern is available as a free PDF pattern on Ravelry and as free on our blog: https://chaicoffeecrochet.com/palestine-crochet-flag-heart/