Hi Hiveians! Today I would like to show you a new beautiful bookmark I made. I love to read, now I'm reading a book called "Fangirl" by Rainbow Rowell. I usually don't read multiple books at the same time because sometimes I get confused about what was said and what happened in which book. In this post, I'm going to talk and show you my new bookmark! :-D
Materials needed:
Normal yarn with the color of your choice
3.50mm crochet hook
A pair of scissors
A sewing needle
A piece of cardboard or a mini box, or anything you can find about 8cm wide, to make the tassel
Four straight pins and..
Love!
If you already have a tassel, you can use that for your bookmark and you wont need the piece of cardboard I mentioned earlier. I used the cardboard because it's easier to make your own tassel with it. :)
The Fangirl book is very interesting. The original book is written in English, but I read the one in Spanish so I can practice my Spanish a little more. For me it's a lot easier to learn languages by seeing the words and reading it like in a book. Have you ever read this book? If yes, do you like it? I'm happy to read your opinions in the comments below. :)
First, I crocheted the bookmark before I added the tassel. Yesterday, I was at the beach on a beautiful Sunday and when we came there, there was a tassel sitting on our table that someone had lost there. I don't know why there was a single tassle just sitting there but I didn't know that I'd need it today lol. My homemade tassel still turned out great though. 😁
The photo above was taken by my papa while I was crocheting my project. Sorry if it's a bit blurry, maybe because he took it after his morning coffee haha. 😉
The whole project took me about 15-20 minutes. When I was done crocheting the bookmark without the tassel, was the first time I've ever used the sewing needle so my mama gave me a little advice on that. I used it to tuck the remaining yarn into the back of the project. I was very careful since it was my first time. I thought it would be good to get better at it because I'm sure I'd do this more often in crochet. :-)
Time to add the tassel! 😀
Here I took a leftover of cardboard and wrapped the yarn around it seven times until I tied a double knot to seal it. Then, I cut the yarn on the bottom so they are all single strands hanging out of the tassel, not a bunch of loops. After that, I trimmed the ends of the strands so they are even and slightly burned the ends. I asked my parents to help me with that part because I'm not allowed to use the lighter yet. 😅
Then I attached the tassel to the bookmark. When I did that, I noticed that the bookmark wasn't very straight the way I wanted it, so I used the straight pins to stretch it on the table. Then, I went to the sink to make my hands wet and make my bookmark slightly wet too. You can also use a spray bottle but I didn't have that. I put water on it so it forms easier so the straight pins can stretch it out making the bookmark straighter.
When it was dry, I put it in my book to test it out and now it's done!
Here are the results!
Thank you for viewing my post, I hope you enjoyed it and enjoy the rest of your day! :-D
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