I love to crochet. It’s simple and repetitive and perfect whilst watching a good series – I’ve just finished watching The New Look on Apple TV+, all about Christian Dior and Coco Chanel during the Second World War. I’ve also been working my way through any Dorothy Whipple novel I can find and thought I would crochet a simple bookmark to use. If you want to make your own you will need the following:

List of supplies:

Yarn

3.5 mm crochet hook

A pair of scissors

Tapestry needle

How to crochet a bookmark:

Step 1: Start by making a slip knot

Step 2: Work 36 chain stitches.

Step 3: After working all 36 chain stitches yarn over but do not make a chain stitch.

Step 4: Skip the next chain from hook and insert the hook into the 2^nd stitch. Pull through the 2^nd stitch on chain. You should have 3 loops on hook now.

Step 5: Insert hook into the next 3 stitches (3^rd, 4^th and 5^th) and pull through from each. At the end you should have a total of 6 loops on hook.

Step 6: Yarn over.

Step 7: Pull through all 6 loops on hook.

Step 8: Chain 1.

Step 9: Insert your hook into the chain 1 space.

Step 10: Yarn over and pull through the chain 1 space. This pattern is called the “eye”.

Step 11: Next, insert your hook into the leg of the last stitch and yarn over and pull through.

Step 12: Insert your hook into the last chain and pull through.

Step 13: Then insert your hook into the following two chains and pull through from each. You should have a total of 6 loops on hook.

Step 14: Yarn over and pull through all 6 loops.

Step 15: Chain 1.

Step 16: Continue this pattern until row one is done.

Step 17: Make sure you count stitches correctly while working on row 1.

Step 18: Reached the end of row 1

Step 19: Turn the crochet pattern to the other side.

Step 20: Insert hook into the adjacent eye of the crochet pattern.

Step 21: Work 2 single crochet into the eye of the crochet pattern.

Step 22: Insert hook into the next eye of the pattern.

Step 23: Work 2 single crochet into the eye.

Step 24: Continue to make 2 single crochet into each eye of the pattern all the way to the other end.

Step 25: Reached the end of row 2?

Step 26: Insert hook into the side stitch of row one.

Step 27: Chain 1.

Step 28: Work a slip stitch and pull out a few inches of yarn. Cut off yarn from bundle.

Step 29: Make a tassel using the same yarn.

Step 30: Attach the tassel with the crochet pattern at its loose end and secure it.

It doesn’t take long to crochet a bookmark, in fact I made two!