Did you think granny squares were limited to afghans and cardigans? Here’s a unique take on them!

Granny Square Day is on August 15th and what better way to commemorate than by giving this classic crochet technique a special spot in this year’s CAL?

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The Bookmark Bonanza CAL explores the ways you can maneuver simple stitches and basic methods and create something beautiful. There’s so much variety in this CAL which allows you to explore the world of crochet with just a little bit of yarn and your trusty hook. If you want to access all of this in one place, grab a copy of the Bookmark Bonanza CAL Pattern Bundle. Each pattern comes with a video tutorial and a little book review.

While I’m also expanding my stitch dictionary with these fun patterns, you can find out even more about the books we’ve been reading and the bookmarks we’ve been crocheting in my Facebook group and CAL group on Ravelry. This year, we’ll all be reading 12 fabulous books while crocheting a bookmark alongside — that’s what the Bookmark Bonanza CAL is all about!

In August, we’ll be reading An Elderly Lady Is Up To No Good.

Maud is an irascible 88-year-old Swedish woman with no family, no friends, and… no qualms about a little murder. This funny, irreverent story collection by Helene Tursten, author of the Irene Huss investigations, features two-never-before translated stories that will keep you laughing all the way to the retirement home.

Ever since her darling father’s untimely death when she was only eighteen, Maud has lived in the family’s spacious apartment in downtown Gothenburg rent-free, thanks to a minor clause in a hastily negotiated contract. That was how Maud learned that good things can come from tragedy. Now in her late eighties, Maud contents herself with traveling the world and surfing the net from the comfort of her father’s ancient armchair. It’s a solitary existence, and she likes it that way.

Over the course of her adventures—or misadventures—this little bold lady will handle a crisis with a local celebrity who has her eyes on Maud’s apartment, foil the engagement of her long-ago lover, and dispose of some pesky neighbors. But when the local authorities are called to investigate a dead body found in Maud’s apartment, will Maud finally become a suspect?

Go ahead and grab yourself a copy on Amazon.

I discovered this book after scrolling on Instagram. Someone I follow talked about it in her stories and it piqued my interest. I took a screenshot then and later, while browsing at my local library, I remembered it and found a copy in the stacks.

This book is a collection of short stories with a dry, dark sense of humor featuring a 90-year-old woman/murderer. You just have to read it for it to make sense!

Don’t have time to work this up right now? Pin it for later.

(This pattern is also available in an ad-free printable PDF file for only $2.00. It can be downloaded instantly from Etsy or Ravelry.)

More granny squares?

Stitching with Granny blog hop & bundle

This pattern was featured on August 7th in the Stitching with Granny event hosted by Cosy Rosie UK.

Purchase the ad-free Pattern

The Granny Lattice Bookmark crochet pattern has been provided to you for free on this blog and on YouTube. However, it may be easier and more enjoyable to purchase a beautifully-designed, ad-free pattern. You may print it or save it in your digital files for later use.

If you make the Granny Lattice Bookmark be sure to post pictures on social media and tag @‌juniperandoakes and use the hashtag #juniperandoakes and #jaobookmark. I would love to see your work!

Skill Level: Beginner

Materials:

• Yarn: High Desert Yarn in “Rainbow” (100% Super Wash Merino Wool) or 15 yards of any DK weight yarn
• Hook: E/4 – 3.5mm
• Yarn needle
• Scissors

Gauge: 

Not necessary for this bookmark.

Finished Size: 

Approximately 6.5” x 2”.

Stitch Abbreviations (US Terminology):

ch – Chain

dc – Double Crochet

sc – Single Crochet

sl st – Slip Stitch

GS – Granny Stitch

Special Stitch:

GS – Granny Stitch: 3 dc worked in the same stitch followed by a ch-1

Pattern Notes:

• There are many different ways to start a granny square (ex: magic circle), you may choose to begin Round 1 with a method you are more comfortable with.
• Stitches between *asterisks* are repeated.
• Ch 3 at the beginning of a round does count as a dc.
• Round 1 explains how to create a granny stitch, and then is marked as GS in subsequent rounds.
• To watch the video tutorial, click here.

Video Tutorial

I made a video tutorial of this bookmark pattern so you can have a visual guide while you crochet your version.

Please watch the video, like it, and comment a book recommendation for me to read this year. Be sure to SUBSCRIBE to my channel as well. Thank you!

Instructions:

Make 3 Mini Granny Squares as follows:

Round 1 (WS): Make a mc, *3 dc, ch 1,* 4 times, sl st to top of 1st dc.

Round 2 (RS): Ch 3, dc in ch1 sp, ch 1, GS in same ch1 sp, work 2 GS in each ch-1 sp around, dc in first ch-1 sp, sl st to top of ch 3.

Fasten off leaving a tail long enough to sew squares together.

Sew corners together using the tails.

Purchase the ad-free Pattern

The Granny Lattice Bookmark crochet pattern has been provided to you for free on this blog and on YouTube. However, it may be easier and more enjoyable to purchase a beautifully-designed, ad-free pattern. You may print it or save it in your digital files for later use.

If you make the Granny Lattice Bookmark be sure to post pictures on social media and tag @‌juniperandoakes and use the hashtag #juniperandoakes and #jaobookmark. I would love to see your work!

Books Read in 2023

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The Fine Print

This pattern and its images are the property of Juniper and Oakes ©2023. The pattern is for your personal use only. Please do not copy/paste, distribute, or alter and claim as your own. You may sell products made by this pattern, but please credit @juniperandoakes and remember to link back to juniperandoakes.com or credit Juniper & Oakes on the craft fair tag. 

You may post pictures on social media and tag @juniperandoakes and use the hashtags #juniperandoakes and #jaobookmark. If you make this pattern, please email a picture to [email protected] and I will include it in a gallery on my website.You can also post pictures on my Facebook Page, or in the Juniper + Oakes Crochet Community Facebook Group.

Let me know if you run into a problem. I respond quickly and will help any way I can to clarify any confusion or challenging stitches.