Crochet Parfait: Free Beginner Pattern-Bookmark For Dad

Bookmark for Dad

Materials

· H/8 Hook (5 mm)

· Red Heart Soft Worsted Weight Yarn (2 colors or variegated)

· Tapestry needle

Gauge: Gauge isn’t important, you can make the bookmark as long as you like, the measurements in the pattern are just a suggestion (4 inches = 11 rows; 1” = 4 hdc .)

Diagrams Courtesy of Craft Yarn Council.

Pattern

Ch 45.

Row 1: Hdc in 3^rd ch from hook.

1. YO insert hook in 3rd ch from hook

2. YO hook again

3. Pull up a loop

4. YO hook again, pull through 3 loops on hook

Make 5 more hdc (one per ch) leaving a long ch for a tail. (6 hdc)

YO hook, insert hook in next ch

6 hdcs made

Row 2: Ch 2, turn. Hdc in first hdc and each hdc to the end of the row.

Repeat Row 2, 2 more times, but don’t finish last hdc on the fourth row. Change color.

1. don't finish hdc

2. instead of YO with same yarn start with new color

3. new color added in

Row 5: Ch 2, turn, hdc in each st across, working tail of new color under sts to secure. Cut of yarn of first color leving a tail long enough to weave in. (6 hdc)