Heart Corner Bookmark - Beginner Friendly Crochet Pattern

Hello!

Here's something for all the bookworms. 

This charming corner bookmark is not only adorable and super fun to make but also practical, securely holding your page!

So, lets get started!

Materials:

Yarn – Any yarn really, whichever you would like to work with from cotton to acrylic.

Hook – Any, maybe go with the one recommended on the yarn, or size down by one or half a mm.

Abbreviations:

mr – magic ring

st – stitch

ch – chain

sc – single crochet

hdc – half double crochet

dc – double crochet

tr – treble crochet

sl st – slip stitch

Pattern:

The stitches mentioned between two commas or within brackets are all supposed to be made into one stitch.

Magic Ring and Ch2 

Round 1:  Into the  magic ring; 4 tr, 4dc, tr, 4dc, 4tr, ch2, sl st into magic ring, fasten off.

You'll have 17 stitches with two ch2 at the beginning and the end.

Round 2: sc in the first ch2 space, sc, 2 hdc, 2 dc, 3 dc, 2 dc, 2 dc, dc, dc, (dc, tr, dc), dc, dc, 2 dc, 2 dc, 3 dc, 2 dc, 2 hdc, sc, sc in the first ch2 space.

You will have 33 stitches by the end of this round.

Make another one like this.

Round 3 (In white): 

Hold the two hearts together, wrong sides facing each other.

Working into both the pieces together to join, pull up a loop into the 8th stitch from previous row (i.e the central dc of the 3 dc) and sc into it and the next 8 stitches, put 3 sc into the same stitch,  9 sc

Don't fasten off, work only on the front part to create the opening,

(sc, inc)x3, sk st, sl st, sk st, (inc, sc)x3, sl st into to of first st.

Turn the work, repeat the same on the other side as,

(sc, inc)x3, sk st, sl st, sk st, (inc, sc)x3, sl st into to of first st.

Fasten off

Weave in the ends.

You're done!

I'd love to see if you make one of your own.

Tag me in your work and I'll share it on my page on Instagram @the_yarnling_