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Saturday, May 31, 2008

CRAFT - Woven Bookmark

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The craft for this week is a woven bookmark.  You can make it with all sorts of yarns and can design it to be as long or as wide as you wish.  Here is what you'll need to make one similar to mine.

 

SUPPLIES

 

Yarn (your choice of color and texture)

Hardcover book around 10 inches tall

Tape

Scissors

Plastic needle with large eye

Begin by taping one end of the yarn to the book near the top.  Wrap the yarn around the book several times with the strings being close but not actually touching.  However many times it goes around the book will determine how wide the finished bookmark will be. 

After you've made as many wraps as you want, tape the yarn end at the bottom of the book and cut.  Make sure you tape the beginning and ending on the same side of the book.  You can turn the book over and count the strings, the one I show was made using seven.

Cut a piece of yarn about 6 to 7 feet long and thread one end through the needle.  Tie the end of the yarn to the top of the first loop on the book (do this and the weaving on the side opposite the taped ends).  use a double knot and leave a long end (I didn't, so leave a longer one than I show).

Begin weaving by going over and under each loop.

When you reach the end turn the needle and go over the ones you previously went under and under the ones you'd gone over.  After each turn through, use the needle tip to push the latest pass up to the ones above.  Continue until you run out of yarn.

Tie off the end to a loop and trim leaving a long tail.

Turn the book over and cut the yarn in the middle of the book.

Taking neighboring yarns, tie into a double/square knot.  Do this to both sides.  Trim to the length you prefer.

You are now done and have a unique bookmark.  You could go further and add beads to the tassles.

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