‹ Patterns

Wind 3 yards of red thread onto a shuttle and do not cut from the ball.
Make the picot on the first ring (Ring A), large enough for 3 joins.

Ring A 6 - 6 close, Reverse Work (RW)
[Chain 6 - 6, RW, Rings B, C and D in turn 6 + (to Ring A) 6 close, RW,] 3 times. (Fig.1)

The next row goes back in the other direction so your ball and shuttle threads need to be swapped by tying them in a single knot.

Chain 6 - 6 - 6, Lock Join (LJ) to picot on previous chain, Fig.2 shows where the joins are made.
Chain 6 + 6 - 6 - 6, LJ to same place as last LJ,
Chain 6 + 6 - 6 , LJ to close-up point of Ring C.
Continue round with Fig.2 as a guide.

Chain 6 + 6 - 6 , LJ,
Chain 6 + 6 - 6 - 6 , LJ to same place as last LJ,
Chain 6 + 6 - 6 , LJ,
Chain 6 + 6 - 6 , LJ,
Chain 6 + 6 - 6 - 6 , LJ to same place as last LJ,
Chain 6 + 6 - 6 , LJ,
Turn work and tie another single knot to swap the threads over.

Work 15 × Chain 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 round the outside of the heart, LJing after each 6 ds section on the row beneath and using the same picot twice at the bottom of the heart. (see Fig.3)
Fasten off to the close-up point of Ring D.