Tapestry crochet bookmark with hearts

Here is a free pattern for a tapestry crochet bookmark with hearts. It is very quick to make and it could be a great Valentine’s day project.

If you haven’t tried tapestry crochet before, you can take a look at my tutorial here.

You can find my other free crochet patterns here.

Good luck!

Tapestry crochet bookmark with hearts

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Materials

Yarn: any thin yarn will work. I used Hjertegarn DIAMOND 8/4 mercerized cotton 100% 50 g. Colors: 3803 (light lilac) and 4502 (red).
Hook: as suggested on your yarn label. I used hook size 2.0.

Abbreviations (US terms)

ch: chain
msc: modified single crochet
prev: previous
st: stitch

Notes

The size my bookmark is 18.0 x 4.0 cm.

After every row you have to cut both yarns. Always work on the same side from right to left (don’t turn your work around). Leave a bit longer ends of yarn in the beginning and in the end of the row (a bit more than 3.0 cm long) so you could cut them even in the end.

All rows, except row 2 and row 10, should be started with light lilac yarn. Row 2 and row 10 should be started and completed with red yarn. Even though some rows are in one color (e.g. row 1, row 2), I suggest to introduce the second yarn in these rows too to keep the same thickness of the bookmark. The second yarn in those rows can be any color, because it will be wrapped around and it will not be seen. For my bookmark I always use two colors for each row.

This pattern uses a modified single crochet: make a single crochet back loop only, just instead of yarning over for the last step, yarn under. Photo instructions below show the main steps how to make the bookmark. Follow the color chart below showing how to change colors. The chain that you make in the beginning of each row does not count as a stitch and it is not shown in the color chart.

Pattern

Start by chaining 42 with light lilac yarn.

Row 1: Work in the back of the chain: in the second chain from your hook make a msc, msc in every st until the end of the row. Cut both yarns.

Row 2-11: ch 1, msc in every st until the end of the row. Cut both yarns.

To make the ends of the bookmark look the same, on the right side of the bookmark, insert your hook in the chain that you made in the beginning of each row where it forms a vertical loop and pull the yarn out (see photo instructions). Then straighten the ends of yarn and cut them so that they would be 3.0 cm long on each side.

Color chart

How to read the chart

Each square represents a stitch and its color. In each row you have 41 stitches (41 columns in the chart). For each row you have to read the row in the chart from right to left.

Photo instructions for the tapestry crochet bookmark with hearts

Row 1

1. Start by chaining 42 with light lilac yarn. You will start working in the second chain from your hook in the back of the chain.

2. So, insert your hook in the second chain from your hook.

3. Yarn over.

4. Pull the yarn through. Now you have two loops on your hook.

5. Take your second yarn and put it behind your hook and in front of the lilac yarn (I use red yarn, but in this row you can use another light lilac yarn because all stitches in this row are light lilac). The end of the red yarn should be more than 3.0 cm long.

6. Then yarn under the light lilac yarn.

7. Pull the yarn through both loops on your hook. You have just made a modified single crochet.

8. Then make the second modified single crochet in the next stitch: insert your hook like it is shown in the picture. The red yarn should be in front of your hook.

9. Yarn over the light lilac yarn.

10. Pull the yarn through. Now you have two loops on your hook.

11. Yarn under.

12. Pull the yarn through both loops on your hook.

13. Continue making modified single crochets until the end of the row.

14. Then cut both yarns leaving ends that are more than 3.0 cm long. Pull out the light lilac yarn.

Row 2

15. To start the second row, don’t turn your work around. You will work from right to left again. Insert your hook in the chain of the previous row.

16. The second row is red, therefore, take the red yarn and make a chain. Then put the light lilac yarn behind your hook and in front of the red yarn.

17. Yarn over the red yarn.

18. Pull the yarn through. Now the light lilac yarn is secured.

19. Then make a modified single crochet (work in the back loop only) in the next stitch.

20. Make modified single crochets with the red yarn until the end of the row. Then cut both yarns.

Row 3

21. For the rest of the pattern work in the same way: start the row by making a chain in the chain of the previous row. Row 3 starts with the light lilac stitch, so make a chain with the light lilac yarn.

22. Then take the red yarn and secure it by making a chain with the light lilac yarn like before.

23. Keep making modified single crochets in every stitch until the end of the row.

Row 4

24. In row 4, you have to change yarn color in the same row because the 11th stitch should be red. So, chain one in the beginning of the row and secure the red yarn (it does not count as a stitch), then make 9 full modified single crochets with the light lilac yarn.

25. Then start making the 10th modified single crochet, but stop when you have two loops on your hook.

26. Then put the red yarn up and yarn under.

27. Pull the yarn through both loops on your hook. Now the red yarn is ready to be used.

28. Make one full modified single crochet with the red yarn, start making the second one, but stop when you have two loops on your hook. The 13th stitch should be light lilac, therefore, you have to change yarn color.

29. Put the light lilac yarn up and complete the 12th stitch with the light lilac yarn.

30. Start making the 13th stitch with the light lilac yarn, but stop when you have two loops on your hook, because next stitch should be red.

31. So, complete the 13th stitch with the red yarn.

32. For the rest of the pattern work in the same way and follow the color chart.

Finishing up

33. When you complete the bookmark, the right side will be slightly different: it will have a vertical line of loops formed by the chains that were made in the beginning of each row. To made the sides look the same, insert your hook in vertical loops like it is shown in the picture and pull them out. All ends will stay secured.