Summer Reading Bookmark
Design by Margret Willson
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
2 inches wide x 91/4 inches long
MATERIALS
• Lizbeth size 10 crochet cotton (122 yds per ball): 1 ball #616 medium
daffodil • Size 7/1.65mm steel crochet hook
or size needed to obtain gauge • Starch • Straight pins • Plastic wrap • Pinning board
GAUGE
16 dc = 11/2 inches; 11 rows = 21/2 inches
PATTERN NOTES
Weave in loose ends as work progresses. Beginning chain-8 counts as first double crochet, chain-2, skip next 2 stitches. Chain-3 at beginning of row or round counts as first double crochet unless otherwise stated. Chain-5 at beginning of row counts as first double crochet and chain-2 unless otherwise stated. Chain-7 at beginning of row counts as chain-2 first double crochet and chain-2 unless otherwise stated. Join with slip stitch as indicated unless otherwise stated.
SPECIAL STITCHES
Triple treble crochet (trtr): Yo hook 4 times, insert hook in base of last dc made, [yo, draw through 2 lps on hook] 5 times.
Picot: (Sc, ch 3, sc) in indicated st or sp. Double picot: ({Sc, ch 3} twice, sc) in indicated sp. Single crochet join (sc join): Place slip knot (see illustration on page 26) on hook, insert hook in indicated st, yo, draw up a lp, yo, draw through 2 lps on hook.
BOOKMARK
Row 1 (RS): Beg at bottom of Bookmark, ch 8 (see Pattern
Notes), dc in first ch of ch-8, turn. (2 dc, 1 ch-2 sp) Row 2: Ch 7 (see Pattern Notes), dc in next dc, 2 dc in ch-2 sp, dc in next dc, ch 2, trtr (see Special
Stitches), turn. (6 sts 2 ch-2 sps) Row 3: Ch 7, dc in trtr, 2 dc in next ch sp, dc in next dc, ch 2, sk 2 dc, dc in next dc, 2 dc in next ch sp, dc in next dc, ch 2, trtr, turn. (10 sts, 3 ch-2 sps) Row 4: Ch 3 (see Pattern Notes), 2 dc in first ch sp, dc in next dc,
ch 5, sk next 3 dc, sc in next ch-2 sp, ch 5, sk next 3 dc, dc in next dc, 2 dc in next ch sp, dc in last dc, turn. (8 dc, 2 ch-5 sps, 1 sc) Row 5: Ch 5 (see Pattern Notes), sk next 2 dc, dc in next dc, 3 dc in next ch-5 sp, ch 2, sk next sc, 3 dc in next ch-5 sp, dc in next dc, ch 2, sk next 2 dc, dc in last dc, turn. (10 dc, 3 ch-2 sps)
Row 6: Ch 3, [2 dc in next ch-2 sp, dc in next dc, ch 2, sk 2 dc, dc in next dc] twice, 2 dc in next sp, dc in last dc, turn. (12 dc, 2 ch-2 sps)
Row 7: Ch 5, sk next 2 dc, [dc in next dc, 2 dc in next sp, dc in next dc, ch 2, sk next 2 dc] twice, dc in last dc, turn. (10 dc, 3 ch-2 sps) Rows 8–27: [Rep rows 4–7 consecutively] 5 times. At the end of row 27, fasten off.
SUNSHINE
Rnd 1: Ch 6, join (see Pattern Notes), ch 1, 12 sc in ring, join in beg sc. Rnd 2: Ch 1, sc in same st as joining, ch 1, [sc in next sc, ch 1] around, join in beg sc. (12 sc, 12 ch-1 sps) Rnd 3: Sl st in next ch-1 sp,
ch 3 (see Pattern Notes), dc in same ch-1 sp as beg ch-3, 2 dc in each rem ch-1 sp around, join in 3rd ch of beg ch-3. (24 dc)
Rnd 4: *Ch 8, sk next 5 chs, sc in next ch, dc in each of next 2 chs, sk 2 dc**, sl st between previous and next dc, rep from * around ending last rep at **, join. Fasten off.
BORDER
Rnd 1 (RS): Sc join (see Special
Stitches) in upper right corner sp, (ch 3, picot— see Special
Stitches) in same sp, ch 3, sk next 2 dc, sc between 2nd and 3rd dc, ch 3, picot in next sp,
ch 3, sc between 2nd and 3rd dc, ch 3, double picot (see Special
Stitches) in next corner, *[ch 3, sk next row, picot in next sp at end of next row] 11 times, ch 3, sk next row*, double picot in each of next 2 sps, (picot, ch 13, with WS of Sunshine facing, sl st in sl st between any 2 points of sunshine, ch 13, picot) in next sp, double picot in each of next 2 sps, rep from * to *, join in beg sc. Fasten off.
FINISHING
Dampen and block, pin to plastic-wrap–covered pinning board, placing a straight pin in each picot around Bookmark and each point of Sunshine. Dry completely, starch Bookmark, dry completely, remove straight pins.