Hope For the Future Crochet Bookmark
Free Easy Crochet Bookmark Pattern
Here is a beginner-friendly easy crochet bookmark. The bookmark is easy and quick to make using only single crochet stitches and takes less than an hour to make.
Personally, I still love to read paper bag books. I read on the IPad sometimes, but there is nothing like touching those book pages and turning them as you read.
As we all know, sometimes it is not always easy to remember where you left off reading. You can stop reading abruptly or just not pay attention when you stop reading and forget the page where you left off.
This leads means that sometimes you have to repeat what you had read or just waste time looking for where you left off. Having a bookmark helps with all that. Just use it where you stopped reading and when you resume reading again you are good to go.
I have always used store-bought bookmarks but with Easter coming up, I decided that I wanted to make my own bookmark. I wanted to make something that had meaning to me. Hope for the future!
Get the free pattern below or purchase the ad-free PDF version of this pattern on Etsy and Ravelry. The PDF is designed for printing and this way you can support me! And don’t forget to PIN IT to your Pinterest board.
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This bookmark is an easy and quick last-minute gift. It is also fun to make. The best part is, you can make it for anyone, as the message is relevant to everyone. You will only need to customize it by changing the colors.
Even the people who read mainly from a Kindle or IPad, this bookmark will still be useful to them since not all books are electronic.
So, this is a gift for anyone and that is why I am sharing this bookmark with you. I believe the message on the bookmark, “HOPE” is relevant to anyone regardless of their belief. Using this bookmark with its message gives you hope and makes you look at everything with a positive attitude.
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Yarn
Skill Level
Easy
Materials
Lions Brand Yarns Truboo 100% Rayon from Bamboo 241 yds (3.5 oz)/220 m (100 g) Weight 3 in Light Pink
Premier Yarns Bamboo Fair 60% Rayon from Bamboo 40% Cotton 273 yds (3.5 oz), 250 m (100 g) Weight 3 in Ivory
Hook 3.25 (D)
Scissors
Tape Measure
Tapestry Needle
CC1 - 30 yds (27 m)
CC2 - 15 yds (18 m)
Use your preferred color for CC1 and CC2. I used the same colors but reversed them.
Gauge
25 sts x 25 rows = 4” x 4” (10 cm x 10 cm).
Finished Size
6.5” long x 3” wide (without fringes)
8” long with fringes
Abbreviations
Ch - chain
Sc - single crochet
St - stitch
Rep - repeat
CC - contrast color
Notes
The pattern is written in US Standard Terms
All sts are worked in sc.
Ch 1 at the beginning of the row does not count as a st.
The color change is done in the middle of the row, not at the beginning of the rows.
Pattern Instructions
Using CC2, ch 42
Row 1: sc in 2nd and each ch to end, turn (41).
Row 2: ch 1, sc in each st to end, turn
Row 3 & 4: Using CC1, rep row 2
Row 5: ch 1, CC1-8, CC2-4, CC1-6, CC2-2, CC1-2, CC2-4, CC1-2, CC2-2, CC1-2, CC2-2, CC1-7, turn.
Row 6: ch 1, CC1-7, CC2-2, CC1-2, CC2-2, CC1-1, CC2-6, CC1-1, CC2-2, CC1-5, CC2-6, CC1-7, turn.
Row 7: ch 1, CC1-11, CC2-2, CC1-5, CC2-2, CC1-1, CC2-2, CC1-2, CC2-2, CC1-1, CC2-2, CC1-2, CC2-2, CC1-7, turn.
Row 8: ch 1, CC1-7, CC2-2, CC1-2, CC2-2, CC1-1, CC2-2, CC1-2, CC2-2, CC1-1, CC2-2, CC1-5, CC2-2, CC1-11, turn.
Row 9: ch 1, CC1-7, CC2-6, CC1-2, CC2-5, CC1-1, CC2-2, CC1-2, CC2-2, CC1-1, CC2-6, CC1-7, turn
Row 10: CC1-7, CC2-6, CC1-1, CC2-2, CC1-2, CC2-2, CC1-1, CC2-6, CC1-1, CC2-6, CC1-7, turn.
Row 11: ch 1, CC1-11, CC2-2, CC1-1, CC2-2, CC1-2, CC2-2, CC1-1, CC2-2, CC1-2, CC2-2, CC1-1, CC2-2, CC1-2, CC2-2, CC1-7, turn.
Row 12: ch 1, CC1-7, CC2-2, CC1-2, CC2-2, CC1-1, CC2-2, CC1-2, CC2-2, CC1-1, CC2-2, CC1-2, CC2-2, CC1-1, CC2-2, CC1-11, turn.
Row 13: ch 1, CC1-7, CC2-6, CC1-1, CC2-6, CC1-1, CC2-6, CC1-1, CC2-2, CC1-2, CC2-2, CC1-7, turn.
Row 14: ch 1, CC1-7, CC2-2, CC1-2, CC2-2, CC1-2, CC2-4, CC1-3, CC2-4, CC1-3, CC2-4, CC1-8, turn.
Rows 15 & 16: Using CC1, ch 1, sc in each st to end, turn.
Rows 17 & 18: ch 1, Using CC2, ch 1, sc in each st to end.
Edging
With the right side facing and working on the long side, sc in first st, *ch 2, dc in next st, sl st in next st, rep from * to end. Do not turn, sc evenly on the width side. Work the same on the remaining 2 sides.
Fasten off and weave in ends.
Fringes (Optional)
Take both yarns and wind them around a 3” cardboard or 3 fingers or roughly the desired length.
