Jul 57 min read

Summer Love for Ice-creams! - Crochet Bookmark pattern! (Free)

Updated: Oct 1

Summer!

The word immediately brings to mind beaches, the sun, the sand, the pool time!

However, before any of this, ICE-CREAM pops to mind! Every one enjoys a good ice-cream. So this is a perfect pattern that came to mind to celebrate the idea of SUMMER and my love for reading ❤️

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INSTRUCTIONS to make the Cherry on the Top Bookmark!

SKILL Level – Easy/Intermediate

About Pattern: A fun and quirky bookmark, adding a ‘cherry on the top’ to a delicious looking ice cream cone bookmark.

COMPLETED SIZE: The pictured bookmark measures approximately 6 inches long and 2.5 inches wide; excluding the chain length for the button.

If yarn used is thicker, the size may vary accordingly.

Materials:

● Light DK/ Sport weight – Cotton/Cotton blend in 2 colors (COLOR1 and COLOR 2)

● I HAVE USED: Laura Knitting Cotton (Peach and Pink as pictured)

Vardhaman Cotone (Cream and Blush as pictured)

● Total Yardage: 110 yards for 50g. I have used about 15 yards for the cone and Button string and about 10 yards for ice-cream.

● Crochet hook – I HAVE USED: US Size D (3 mm hook) for the project featured in the picture.

● Button/Bead as you would like to use. Make sure the loop at the top for the cherry is big enough for it.

● Scissors and a needle to finish up.

Gauge: 10 rows of 19 dc make 4*4 inches swatch.

NOTE: The pattern is adaptable to any weight of yarn, the size and thickness of the book mark made will vary.

Stitches used: US crochet terms

ch - chain

yo - yarn over

sc – single crochet

dc – double crochet

fpdc – front post double crochet

bpdc – back post double crochet

FLO – working in the Front Loop Only

BLO – Working in the Back Loop Only

ss – slip stitch

Special Stitch: HDC Bobble stitch.

(Yo, inset hook into the stich and pull up a longer loop) THREE times, Yo, pull the yarn through all of the 7 loops on hook. Ch1 to close the stitch. (This ch1 doesn’t count as a stitch).

PLEASE NOTE:

· ch1 does not count unless specified otherwise.

· Ch3 counts as a dc stitch.

· Stitch count for 'fpdc' and 'bpdc' is mentioned as 'dc' for ease of use; the post stitches are mainly used to provide texture to the Cone.

· Pattern is worked in Rows and hence we TURN before working every new row, UNLESS specified.

LET’S START!!!

Ch 4 using COLOR1 (I have used Peach/ Cream colored yarn as shown in featured picture)

Row 1 (RS): make 2 dc in the 4th chain from the hook. TURN (3 dc)

Row 2 (WS): ch3, dc in the same stitch,fpdc in the next stitch,

make a dc on the top of the ch3 from previous row.

TURN (4dc)

Row 3 (RS): ch3, dc in the same stitch,

fpdc in the next stitch, bpdc in the next stitch,

make a dc on the top of the ch3 from previous row. TURN (5dc)

Row 4 (WS): ch3, dc in the same stitch,

Bpdc in the next stitch, fpdc in the next stitch, bpdc in the next stitch,

make a dc on the top of the ch3 from previous row. TURN (6dc)

Row 5 (RS): ch3, dc in the same stitch,

(bpdc in the next stitch, fpdc in the next stitch) * TWO times

make a dc on the top of the ch3 from previous row. TURN (7dc)

Row 6 (WS): ch3, dc in the same stitch,

(fpdc in the next stitch, bpdc in the next stitch) * TWO times,

Fpdc in the next stitch,

make a dc on the top of the ch3 from previous row. TURN (8dc)

Row 7 (RS): ch3, dc in the same stitch,

(fpdc in the next stitch, bpdc in the next stitch) * THREE times,

make a dc on the top of the ch3 from previous row. TURN (9dc)

Row 8 (WS): ch3, dc in the same stitch,

bpdc in the next stitch,

(fpdc in the next stitch, bpdc in the next stitch) * THREE times,

make a dc on the top of the ch3 from previous row. TURN (10dc)

Row 9 (RS): ch3, dc in the same stitch,

(bpdc in the next stitch, fpdc in the next stitch) * FOUR times,

make a dc on the top of the ch3 from previous row. TURN (11dc)

Row 10 (WS): ch3, dc in the same stitch,

(fpdc in the next stitch, bpdc in the next stitch) * FOUR times,

make fpdc in the next stitch and

make a dc on the top of the ch3 from previous row.

Ch3 and slip stitch to the base of the last stitch. We will work the begining of next row in this chain space. TURN (12dc + ch3)

Row 11 (RS): ch1, make 3 sc in the chain space made (mentioned at the end of last row)

Make one sc in each of the next 11 stitches across, make an sc on top of the beginning ch3 of Row 10.

Now working around the same beginning ch3 of the Row 10, make a ch3 and ss to the base of it.

(18 sc + ch3)

Fasten off and weave in the ends.

Make the topper Ice-Cream

Using COLOR2

ch4 and slip stitch to form a ring / Magic Circle: whichever you prefer.

Step 1 – ch3 (doesn’t count as stitch), make (HDC Bobble, ch1) * SIX times.

Slip stitch to the top of bobble stitch. (6 HDC bobble stitches)

Step 2 – working FLO

ch1 (doesn’t count as stitch), make sc on the top of the Bobble stitch,

2sc in the chain space around.

Slip stitch to the first sc made. (18 sc)

Step 3 – Working in BLO of the Bobble stitch from STEP 1.

ch3 (doesn’t count as stitch),

make (HDC Bobble, ch1, HDC Bobble ch1), skip over to the next available back loop, and REPEAT * 4 TIMES. (We will leave the 6th BL unworked)

Make sure to TURN to work the next step.

(10 HDC bobble stitches)

Step 4 – working regularly again,

(Make sc on the Bobble stitch, 2sc in the chain space around) * 4 TIMES

Make sc on the next Bobble stitch, sc in the chain space,

Ch5 (make as less or more chains as you need for the Button to fit through),

Sc in the same chain space again,

(Make sc on the Bobble stitch, 2sc in the chain space around) * 4 TIMES

Make sc on the last HDC Bobble stitch. (28 sc + ch5 )

Fasten off with a long tail to sew in.

Sew the Topper onto the RS of the Cone and weave in the ends.

Making the Cherry on the Ice-cream

Join the yarn (COLOR1 or COLOR2) to the bottom of the cone on the RS.

Chain as many chains as require to wrap over a book. (I made around 70 chains to go around a regular paperback.)

Fasten off with a long tail and using that tail, sew the end to a Button or bead.

Weave in the ends.

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