Flower Crochet Bookmark
If you love both reading and crochet, you aren’t alone. These hobbies often go hand and hand, so why not make them bond even closer by crocheting your own bookmark!
I’m a serial page folder. I know I’m not meant to do it, but there is no way I can remember the page number by myself, and the last time I owned a bookmark was sometime in the 90’s…
So I’ve decided to try to save my books from permanently bent pages, by crocheting myself a bunch of bookmarks instead.
This design has a few different forms. You can adjust both the length of the stem, and the number of petals, to suit your own style and the size of books that you tend to read.
If you use DK yarn your 41 chain start will leave you with a bookmark about 8 inches long, and the 51 chain start will be closer to 10 inches.
The Stitches
ch – chain
sc – single crochet
slst – slip stitch
hdc – half double crochet
dc – double crochet
sk – skip
Your Kit List
- Green DK yarn
- White DK yarn
- Orange DK yarn
- 3.5mm crochet hook
- Yarn needle
The Flower Crochet Bookmark Pattern
We are going to make the bookmark in three sections, and then join them together when they are all complete.
Stem
You will need to use your green yarn for the stem section of your bookmark.
Round 1
Chain 41 or 51 depending on the length of stem you want for your books.
Round 2
Sk1, 1sc x 39. Make 5sc into the end stitch, working around the edge of the stem. Now make 1sc x 39 down the other side. Finally make 1sc x 4 into the end stitch, and slip stitch to join into the next stitch.
Leaves
Work the leaves in your green yarn.
Round 1
Ch21
Round 2
Sk1, slst x 3, sc, hdc x 2, dc x 2, hdc, slst x 2, hdc, dc x 2, hdc x 2, sc, slst x 3. Turn and work the same pattern of stitches down the other side.
Flower Option 1 – Full Petals
Round 1
Make a magic circle of eight stitches with your orange yarn.
Round 2
2sc x 8, then slst to close. Color change to your petal color.
Round 3
Working into one of the edge stitches of the middle of the flower
*chain 7, sk1, sc, 1hdc x 3, sc x 2, slst into base of next st.
Repeat from * until the last stitch of round 2, then slst into the base of the first chain 7 of the round.
Round 4
Now work around every petal, making a single crochet into each side, three single crochets into the top of each petal, then a single crochet down the other side. Between each petal make a slip stitch into the bottom stitch.
When you have made the final stitch of the last petal, take a yarn needle and thread a tail of yarn. Take that tail and sew the base of each petal closed as shown in the image. This will give your flower a much neater finish.
Flower Option 2 – Eight Petals
Round 1
Make a magic circle of eight stitches with your orange yarn.
Round 2
2sc x 8, then slst to close. Color change to your petal color.
Round 3
Working into one of the edge stitches of the middle of the flower
*chain 7, sk1, sc, 1hdc x 3, sc x 2, slst into base of next two stitches.
Repeat from * until the last stitch of round 2, then slst into the base of the first chain 7 of the round.
Round 4
Now work around every petal, making a single crochet into each side, three single crochets into the top of each petal, then a single crochet down the other side. Between each petal make a slip stitch into the bottom stitch.
When you have made the final stitch of the last petal, take a yarn needle and thread a tail of yarn. Take that tail and sew the base of each petal closed as shown in the image. This will give your flower a much neater finish.
Joining Your Bookmark
To complete your bookmark, grab your yarn needle and a piece of green yarn. I began by attaching the leaves to the base of the stem, sewing in and out around the central section of the leaves through to the bottom of the stem.
When that is attached, take your orange yarn and sew the other end of the stem to the orange center of the flower, making sure that you attach to the back side of your flower’s stitches.
