Handmade Bookmarks

I think bookmarks are undervalued. I normally use any small piece of paper within arms reach of me. More often than not, it'll be a store receipt or an old train ticket. It works fine, but it sure does not have the same feel as a handcrafted bookmark.

So remember my last blog post and I mentioned that the bags contained something really cute?

Here they are- Gecko Bookmarks!


I adore the little curly tails and I've made one eye bigger than the other to increase the cute factor. I secretly wanted to keep them for myself but I did the right thing and gave them to the two girls. Surprisingly, they loved them and I think one of the mothers wanted to keep it for herself too! I won't say who. Hehe...

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Well, it won't be fair for the kids to have all the fun. I made bookmarks for my two friends and my mother too. This fan bookmark by Crochetroo is absolutely gorgeous. There is a small confusion in the pattern but with another Ravelers help, I sorted it out and I was off! I made three of them on a tiny 1.5mm crochet hook. It was a challenge at first but just look at it. It was definitely worth the time.

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And I wanted to make even more bookmarks after that. My brother's birthday was coming up and I thought a bookmark would be perfect for him as he's an avid reader. It was rather hard to find gender neutral bookmark patterns. But I think I found a winner with the book thong.


It looks a little strange - a rope like thing with beads on the ends. But I think it works very effectively. I ended up making three and gave the blue one to my brother and the other two to the other mothers. Be warned though if you decide to crochet this, it's an absolute pain to crochet into the back ridge if you're using a really tiny thread and hook! Go large.

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You must think that by now I was over making bookmarks. Nope. I found a pattern with a single fan that looks rather nice. Reminds me of a Chinese fan. So I made one in a peach crochet thread with a 1.5mm hook.


But the pattern said that I could use a worsted weight yarn. Curiosity led me to crochet a rather large and thick bookmark from leftover 8ply cotton yarn. It was as big as a coaster! Err, not very practical but still lovely.

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"Coaster! That's it! I could crochet it all the way around and make coasters!" I thought to myself. So I experimented a bit more and a couple of hours later, I came up with these.



Richard likes the first one better, whereas I prefer the openness of the second one. Works out good. One each! :)

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Create something today and share it with someone. I'm addicted to the little fuzzy feeling in my belly when someone says "Thank you! I love it!". I'm sure you will too.