Heart to Heart Bookmark with Pattern

Since Valentine's Day is right around the corner, I thought I'd make some "heart" related posts over the next couple of weeks. Appropriate. This is a pattern I adjusted from last years' post of a heart pin and I just made it onto a bookmark. You should be able to get one made in under an hour if you're a pretty quick hooker. 

Pattern: Heart to Heart Bookmark

Materials:

• Lily Sugar 'n Cream Cotton Yarn in Rose Pink and Yellow
• size I crochet hook (9 or 5.5mm)
• scissors
• embroidery needle for weaving in the ends
• a book for length measurements

Gauge is not important for this project.
Stitches used: (American terminology but here is a comparison chart)

• Chain (ch)
• Single Crochet (sc)
• Half Double Crochet (hdc)
• Double Crochet (dc)
• Triple Crochet (tr)
• Slip Stitch (sl st)

Large Heart

Large heart

Round 1
Make a Magic Circle. (The following stitches are all done inside the Magic Circle)
Chain 3, hdc, 2sc, hdc, dc, tr, dc, sl st, dc, tr, dc, hdc, 2sc, hdc.

Pull the circle tight.
Join to second chain of beginning chain 3.

Round 2
Chain 1 (do not turn the work)
hdc in the next stitch
sc in next 2 stitches
hdc in the next stitch

2 dc in next stitch
3 dc in next stitch
sc in next stitch
sl st in next stitch
sc in next stitch
3 dc in next stitch
2 dc in next stitch
hdc in the next stitch
sc in the next 3 stitches
1 hdc, 1 dc in last stitch
sc in next stitch

Round 3

Ch1
sc in same sp

sc in next 5

2 hdc in next stitch

2 dc in next stitch

3 dc in next stitch

1 hdc in next stitch

sl st in next 2 stitches

Skip next stitch

1 hdc in next stitch

3 dc in next stitch

2 dc in next stitch

2 hdc in next stitch

sc in next 7 stitches

Ch 2

sc in next stitch

Join to ch 1 stitch

Tie off and weave in ends.

Small Loop

To add a contrasting color border and the tether chain for the smaller heart:

Working on the Large Heart:
Join yarn in the ch 2 space, ch 1 (counts as a sc), 2 sc in same space

sc in next 10 stitches

2 sc in the next 4 stitches

----- beginning of tether chain to smaller heart

ch 33 + 4 (or a number appropriate to the length of the book you will be using it with + 4)

sl st in 5th chain from your hook and back down to the large heart
(you just made a small loop - see pic above)

Joining back to Large Heart

To join back to the large heart

1 sc in 2nd stitch from last sc (see pic above)

2 sc in next 2 stitches

1 sc in next 10

join to ch 1 stitch

Tie off and weave in ends.

Small heart

To make the Small Heart, do Round 1 and Round 2 of the Large Heart. Tie off and weave in any ends.

Joining Small Heart to Large Heart tether

Attaching to the tether chain of the large heart:
Join yarn in the valley of the heart mounds and chain 5
join into the small loop with a chain stitch (see pic above)
ch 1
sl st into next 5 stitches

Tie off and weave in ends.

Enjoy your book with a warm cup of hot chocolate, your favorite flavored coffee or some spicy Chai. And give away a few bookmarks along the way. Have a great week!