Lace strip: Crochet Bookmark Generator

Alternate a seven-output shell row with a plain row

This lace bookmark is seven stitches wide and twelve rows long. Each row contains seven main outputs, for eighty-four total. Odd-numbered working rows are plain sc; the intervening rows begin with one sc and then use a six-base shell combination. The original goal is a narrow textured marker with an explicit receiving map, rather than an uncounted decorative border pasted beside a solid strip.

Give the five-post shell one shared old base

Chain eight and work seven sc from the second chain. On the next row, chain one and turn without counting the lift. Sc in the first old stitch, skip the next two, work five dc in the following old stitch, skip two and sc in the last. The shell's five posts share old position four. Initial and final sc occupy the edge positions, giving seven outputs while using a different distribution of old bases.

Work into actual new tops on the plain return

After the shell row, turn as written and work one sc into every one of the seven existing tops. Do not return to the skipped bases underneath the shell. Continue alternating until row twelve is complete, retaining the start and end markers. Finish and weave the tails through the back without tightening the open areas into a hard ridge.

Compare both faces and the real paper contact

The tall-post groups create relief even in a narrow strip. Use smooth, suitably fine yarn and test a washed sample against ordinary pages. Block according to the yarn instructions while preserving the open shell structure. If one long edge leans, count the two edge sc and confirm that the initial sc was not mistaken for an excluded turning chain.

Can the strip-width field resize this named recipe?

No. This example deliberately fixes seven by twelve. The inactive generic strip controls do not change its source.

Is a shell row an increase to nine stitches?

No. Four skipped old bases and five posts at one shared base preserve the stated seven-output row budget.

Exact original setup and complete working record

Open the Crochet Bookmark Generator and choose lace. Set strip width to 7, strip rows to 12, cord foundation to twenty and fringe cut length to fifteen centimeters; inactive fields do not resize a fixed source. Download the complete original bookmark JSON before editing. Use compatible smooth, low-bulk yarn, a matching hook, removable markers, scissors and a tapestry needle.

The sequence below uses US terms: sc means single crochet, hdc half double, dc double and tr treble. Ch is chain and sl st slip stitch. UK mode translates the stitch names without changing the source coordinates, quantities or joining references. Check each count's unit: decorative chains, counted closures, routine joins, sewing tacks and cut strands are different things. Review the chart-reading guide and the gauge guide before comparing nominal dimensions.

Use Symbol Chart for insertion sources, Written Pattern for the complete route and Stitch Preview for corresponding loop schematics. These original vector views are not real photographs or evidence of a physically tested bookmark. Wash and measure the actual sample, weave every tail securely and test paper contact in an ordinary book. Save yarn, hook, measured gauge and finishing notes alongside the complete JSON. Keep bulky motifs and fringe outside the page stack.

Every row, component and separate finishing reference

1. Twelve-row shell and plain lace strip (make 1), row 1: Ch 8. Starting in second chain from hook, work 7 sc. [7 counted outputs per copy]
2. Twelve-row shell and plain lace strip (make 1), row 2: Ch 1, turn (turning chain does not count). Sc in first stitch. Repeat [skip 2 stitches, 5 dc in next stitch, skip 2 stitches, sc in next stitch] once. [7 counted outputs per copy]
3. Twelve-row shell and plain lace strip (make 1), row 3: Ch 1, turn (turning chain does not count). Work 7 sc, one in each old stitch. [7 counted outputs per copy]
4. Twelve-row shell and plain lace strip (make 1), row 4: Ch 1, turn (turning chain does not count). Sc in first stitch. Repeat [skip 2 stitches, 5 dc in next stitch, skip 2 stitches, sc in next stitch] once. [7 counted outputs per copy]
5. Twelve-row shell and plain lace strip (make 1), row 5: Ch 1, turn (turning chain does not count). Work 7 sc, one in each old stitch. [7 counted outputs per copy]
6. Twelve-row shell and plain lace strip (make 1), row 6: Ch 1, turn (turning chain does not count). Sc in first stitch. Repeat [skip 2 stitches, 5 dc in next stitch, skip 2 stitches, sc in next stitch] once. [7 counted outputs per copy]
7. Twelve-row shell and plain lace strip (make 1), row 7: Ch 1, turn (turning chain does not count). Work 7 sc, one in each old stitch. [7 counted outputs per copy]
8. Twelve-row shell and plain lace strip (make 1), row 8: Ch 1, turn (turning chain does not count). Sc in first stitch. Repeat [skip 2 stitches, 5 dc in next stitch, skip 2 stitches, sc in next stitch] once. [7 counted outputs per copy]
9. Twelve-row shell and plain lace strip (make 1), row 9: Ch 1, turn (turning chain does not count). Work 7 sc, one in each old stitch. [7 counted outputs per copy]
10. Twelve-row shell and plain lace strip (make 1), row 10: Ch 1, turn (turning chain does not count). Sc in first stitch. Repeat [skip 2 stitches, 5 dc in next stitch, skip 2 stitches, sc in next stitch] once. [7 counted outputs per copy]
11. Twelve-row shell and plain lace strip (make 1), row 11: Ch 1, turn (turning chain does not count). Work 7 sc, one in each old stitch. [7 counted outputs per copy]
12. Twelve-row shell and plain lace strip (make 1), row 12: Ch 1, turn (turning chain does not count). Sc in first stitch. Repeat [skip 2 stitches, 5 dc in next stitch, skip 2 stitches, sc in next stitch] once. Fasten off, weave in ends and block the completed motif without stretching. [7 counted outputs per copy]