I am enjoying crocheting these Bible Bookmark Crosses. I am making them for my granddaughters and for two girls my daughter and I are sponsoring in Uganda.
The pattern is an old one, and it looks like it is a copy of perhaps a Leisure Arts pattern. I like it because the crochet is continuous, so there is no stopping and starting like the patterns I've seen today. The border moves from one arm to the next which connects it. The pattern was from Etsy: BCFunkFactory.
I used a size 6 thread Clover crochet hook and size 10 DMC cotton thread.
Tassel with Crochet Chain:
Attach the thread to the top or bottom of the bookmark with a slipstitch. Chain about 20 or however long you would like your chain.
Tassel: Wrap crochet thread around a card 25 times or so until the tassel will be as thick as you'd like it. Cut one end of the threads. Place the bundle onto the end of the chains and with the end of the thread, wrap it tightly around the center of the bundle and tie it well and tightly next to the last chain.
Fold all the threads down into the tassel shape, and wrap another thread about 3/8" from the fold of the tassel. Tie it tightly, wrap around the tassel several times and tie it well. Take the ends into the tassel with a needle. Trim the tassel.
Larkshead Knot Tassel:
Make the tassel bundle as above. Tie a long thread around the center of the bundle well. Then take the long ends of the threads and tie them together with an overhead knot or two about 1/4" from the ends. Make the ends as long as you'd like them for attaching to the cross.
Place that knot into the middle of the tassle and fold the tassel ends over it.
With another thread, tie and wrap several times around the tassel about 3/8" from the folded end to complete the tassel. Take the ends into the tassel and trim the ends.
Take the long thread loop through the center of the cross at the top or bottom with a yarn needle. Then take the tassel through its loop to connect it to the cross.
