Free Pattern: Gift Card/Business Card Holder Sleeve

This card holder is crocheted longways with the opening on one of the short sides. I got the original inspiration from Rachel Choi's Simple Business Card Sleeve which can be found here. I got some variegated (or multicolored) yarn that didn't stripe the way I wanted to so I tried crocheting it a different way to come up with the results I wanted. Hope you like it. Feel free to sell finished items made with this pattern, however, please give credit for the design to me. Thanks.

Skill Level: Beginner

Finished Size: Will fit standard sized gift cards and business cards.

Materials

WW yarn (example: Red Heart Super Saver in Mistletoe #0979)

I/9 – 5.50 mm Crochet Hook

At least 1 stitch marker

Yarn Needle

Gauge: Not critical. However, make sure your foundation chain is 1 ch longer than the width of your card.

Notes

• Pattern is worked amigurumi style (or in spirals). At the end of each round, do not join with sl st and ch 1. Instead, sc in first stitch of previous round.
• Place the stitch marker in the 1^st stitch of each round.

Instructions

Ch. 10, loosely.

Rnd. 1: Sc in 2^nd ch from hook and in each ch across. Working in open loops on opposite side of chain, sc in each ch across. (18 sc)

Rnd. 2: Sc in each sc around. (18 sc)

Repeat Rnd 2 to desired length. Mine ended up being 15 Rnds.

On last round, sl st the last 7 sts. This will make the tops even.

Fasten off, use yarn needle to weave in ends, and turn right side out.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.

New Yarn Day!!!

I got 3 balls of this one to make a blanket for my daughter. Although, I'm pretty sure it's gonna take more than this. It is Bernat Baby Blanket (the new version) in 03305 Pink/Blue.

I plan on using this one for the Gift Card Holders. Very Christmas-y. It is Red Heart Super Saver in 0979 in Mistletoe.

Also, started working on a blanket for Auron using Red Heart Super Saver in Banana Berry. It's a Giant Granny Square.

Here is the yarn:

And here is my progress so far:

The pattern can be found here: http://bohoknits.blogspot.com/2011/03/classic-granny-square-blanket.html 

Card Holder Update

These get my total up to 13 of 82.

Feels Just Like Christmas

You know you are a crafter when...your sister calls you from Hobby Lobby (60 miles away) to tell you there are dpns on sale for $1.50 per set and each set comes with 4 or 5 needles (Yay!). lol

I suffer from an underpriveliged craft store. Wal*Mart. Ugh. They have a limited selection of yarn, needles and hooks. They don't even carry fabric at the one where I live anymore. It's terrible. If I want anything, beyond basics, I have to order online (and pray for same lot numbers) or drive for an hour or more to a decent craft store.

Does anyone else have similar complaints?

Gift Card Holders

Just wanted to post an update of the 3 latest Card Sleeves I finished. I "turn them in" tomorrow morning. This puts me up to 10 completed and at least 65 more to go.

All 3 were completed with Red Heart Super Saver in the following colors: (left) Carrot, (middle) Navy, (right) Fiesta [I think that's the right name, sorry if it's not]

Did some figuring just now and by the end of this project I will actually have more than 75 card holders. I already have 10 done. There are 24 weeks until Thanksgiving and if I do 3 each week, that will give me a grand total of: 82.

Better to have too much than not enough. (How many of us use that excuse to buy more yarn? lol)

Cats and Crafting

I stumbled on a rather old article the other day and it got me thinking...Do all yarn crafters have cats? The article is short but there are over 200 comments. Apparently this is not a new concept. lol I'm usually the last one to figure out anything.

Here is the link to the article: http://www.crochetspot.com/do-all-crocheters-have-cats/

Let me know what you think.