CAR ON THE ROAD BOOKMARK

MATERIALS:

Worsted Weight yarn, small amount approximately 1/8 ounce

4 yards of yellow or white worsted weight yarn (from outside of skein)

Car button

I (5.5 mm) Crochet Hook

Crochet hook small enough to fit through shank of button (I used a 5/1.90 mm)

Tapestry needle

NOTES:

1. Read instructions through before beginning.
2. If you don’t have a crochet hook small enough to pull the yarn through the button you can sew it on with the beginning tail and a tapestry needle.
3. When placing the car button place the small hook from the top of the car.
4. Yarn in the photo is CraftSmart Value (Michaels) Gray and Caron One Pound Sunflower.
5. I bought the buttons at JoAnn and Michaels.

ABBREVIATIONS:

Ch = chain

Sc = single crochet

St = stitch

INSTRUCTIONS:

Ch 10

Row 1:  Sc in 2^nd ch from hook and each remaining st.  (9 sts)

Row 2:  Ch 1 turn, sc in 3 sts, 2 sc in next st, sc in next st, 2 sc in next st, sc in remaining sts.  (11 sts)

Row 3:  Ch 1 turn, sc in 5 sts, 2 sc in next st, sc in remaining 5 sts.  (12 sts)

Row 4:  Ch 1 turn, sc in 5 sts.  Pull up loop in next st, remove hook and using your small hook pull loop through the shank on the button.  Replace I hook and pull yarn snug and complete that sc and sc in remaining sts.  (12 sts) 

Fasten off and weave in ends.

YELLOW LINE AND TAIL:

Using yarn from the outside of the skein and leaving a 4 inch tail, ch 30.  Cut yarn tail about 2 yards long and pull through to fasten off.  Thread yarn through the tapestry needle and starting on the right hand edge of the road weave over and under the holes in the center.  Snug the chain up to the edge.   When you get to the left end, weave back going over and under the opposite way you did the first time.  When you are back to the chain, slip stitch in each chain.

Fasten off leaving about a 4 inch tail.

TASSEL:
Using yarn from the outside of the skein cut 3 strands of yarn about 6 inches long.  Fold in half and draw loop through the last chain of tail with a crochet hook. Draw the loose ends of the strands through the loop and pull them down tightly to form a knot. Trim ends of tassel evenly.