Favorite Passage Bookmark

This attractive bookmark was designed especially for those who enjoy marking and re-reading more than one favorite passage in a book. You need 50 yards each of yellow and white number 30 crochet cotton, a tatting shuttle and number 13 steel crochet hook.

  Abbreviations:

r (ring) p (picot)

ds (double stitch) sep (separated)

cl r (close ring) 

rw (reverse work)

ch (chain)

 

Use yellow shuttle thread and white ball thread throughout.

Large Flower: R of 2 ds, 10 p sep by 2 ds, cl r.

Draw thread through last p of r, tie ball thread to shuttle thread, ch 2 ds, join in next p of r, ch 9 ds, 2 p sep by 9 ds, 5 ds, 2 p sep by 9 ds, 9 ds, join in same p of r with last joining. * Ch 2 ds, join in next p of r, ch 9 ds, join in last p of last ch, 9 ds, 2 p sep by 5 ds, 9 ds, p, 9 ds, join in same p of r with last joining, repeat from * around, join last p of last ch to first p of first ch and join at base of first ch 2.

Tie and cut threads.

Markers: Tie shuttle thread to ball thread, join in first free p of a petal of flower, ch 5 ds, p, 5 ds, rw. *. R of 4 ds, p, 4 ds, cl r, rw. Ch 10 ds, rw. R of 5 ds, p, 5 ds, rw. Ch 10 ds, rw. R of 6 ds, p, 6 ds, Cl r, rw. Ch 10 ds, rw. R of 7 ds, p, 7 ds, cl r, rw. Ch 10 ds, rw. R of 2 ds, 7 p sep by 2 ds, 2 ds, cl r, rw. Ch 10 ds, rw. R of 10 ds, p, 10 ds, cl r, rw. Ch 2 ds,10 p sep by 2 ds, 2 ds, join in p of last r, ch 10 ds, join in center p of next r, (ch 10 ds, join in p of next r) 4 times. Ch 5 ds, p, 5 ds, join in same p of petal, ch 5 ds, join in next free p of petals, ch 5 ds, join in p of last ch of previous marker, 5 ds, rw, repeat from * 5 times.

Tie and cut threads at base of, Small Flower: R of 2 ds, 6 p sep by 2 ds, cl r. Draw thread through last p, ch 3 ds, 3 p sep by 3 ds, 3 ds, join in same p of r at base of ch, ch 1 ds, joinin next p of r. * Ch 3 ds, join in last p of last ch, ch 3 ds, 2 p sep by 3 ds, 3 ds, join in same p of r (at base of last ch), repeat from * until 6 petals are completed, join last p of last ch to first p of first ch. After last p is made, ch 3 ds, join in same first p of first ch with last joining, ch 15, tie in center p of marker. Cut threads.

Make 5 more flowers in same manner and join to center p at end of each marker.

Medium Flower: R of 2 ds, 8 p sep by 2 ds, cl r. Draw thread through last p, ch 6 ds, 3 p sep by 6 ds, 6 ds, join in same p of r, ch 2 ds, join in next p of r. Ch 6 ds, join in last p of last ch, 6 ds,2 p sep by 6 ds, 6 ds, join in same p of r at base of ch, ch 2 ds, join in next p of r, repeat from * 6 times, join last p of last ch to first p of first ch.

After joining last ch to same p of r, ch 6 ds,join in same first p of first ch, ch 20 ds,tie through the 2 free p of center petal of large flower. Cut threads.