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Appealing “April’s Cross” Bookmark!

Here is a free tatting pattern for this incredibly frilly, picot-filled cross bookmark delight!

The term tatting comes from the French word tatte, which means “to make a knot.”

Next time you find yourself in need of a small gift for a loved one or friend, think about tatting this bookmark as a way to say “You are special” to that person.

In spite of whether you are a shuttle tatter or a needle tatter, if you select a top-quality thread and a classic design like this tatted cross, the bookmark might become an heirloom, eventually treasured by someone who was once close to the person that you are now close to.

This pattern is a 2-shuttle pattern, and the techniques needed to tat this bookmark include chain, ring, picot and small picot, and split ring.

Here is the pattern link

Image and Pattern Source: wandasknottythoughts.com