Pattern Description:
This is an easy-level crochet bookmark featuring the Flower Garden Stitch. It is constructed lengthwise in rows and utilizes three different yarn colors (A, B, and C).
The pattern incorporates stitches like single crochet (sc), double crochet (dc), and Cluster (CL) stitches, finished with a single crochet edging worked in the round. It is designed to bring a little spring to your reading.
Materials Needed & Measurements:
| Category | Detail | |
| Yarn | Patons Grace® (100% Mercerized Cotton; 1.75 oz, 50 g; 136 yds, 125 m). It is a Light Weight (3) yarn. | |
| Yarn Quantity | You will need three colors, approximately 20 yards of each. Any lightweight yarn may be used. | |
| Hook | Size 4/E (3.5 mm) Crochet hook. | |
| Notions | Yarn Needle. | |
| Finished Size | Approximately 2 x 6 inches, excluding the tassel. | |
| Gauge | 24 sc x 24 rows = 4 inches. |
Abbreviations Used:
- ch – chain
- sc – single crochet
- dc – double crochet
- CL – cluster stitch
- sl st – slip stitch
- sp – space
- sk – skip
- st(s) – stitch(es)
- rpt – repeat
- rnd – round
Instructions for Making the Flower Garden Bookmark Pattern:
Base Rows (Colour A)
- Preparation: With colour A, ch 36.
- Row 1: With colour A, sc in the 2nd ch from hook and in each across; turn. (35 Sts).
- Rows 2-3: Ch 1, sc in each st across; turn.
- Switch to colour B at the end of Row 3.
Flower Garden Stitch Rows
- Row 4 (Colour B): Ch 4 (which counts as dc, ch 1), sk the first 2 sc.
- [dc, ch 1, dc] in the next st, sk the next 2 sts; rpt from across to the final 2 sts.
- Sk the next st, dc in the last st.
- Change to colour C, Turn.
- Row 5 (Colour C): Ch 4 (which counts as a dc, ch 1), sk the first ch-1 sp.
- CL in the next ch-1 sp*, ch 2; rpt from across ending the last rpt at *.
- Ch 1, dc in the 3rd ch of the ch-4.
- Switch to colour A, turn.
- Row 6 (Colour A): Ch 1, sc the 1st dc, sc in the next ch sp.
- sc in the top of the next CL *, 2 sc in the next ch-2 sp; rpt from across, ending at last *.
- Sc in the next ch sp, sc in the 3rd ch of the ch-4, turn.
Finishing Rows (Colour A)
Rows 7-8 (Colour A): Ch 1, sc in each st across. Turn.
Fasten off. Weave in ends.
Edging (Worked in a Round)
The edging is worked in the round using colour A to finish the edges of the bookmark.
- Preparation: With colour A, join yarn with a sl st in one of the right corners of the short ends of the bookmark.
- Rnd 1: Ch 1, evenly work 9 sc across (along the short end), 3 sc in the corner st, sc in each st across (along the long side), 3 sc in the corner st, evenly work 9 sc across the shorter end, 3 sc in the corner st, sc in each st across (along the remaining long side), 3 sc in the final corner st, join with a sl st in the 1st st.
Finishing:
Fasten off, weave in ends. Block if desired.
