Free Crochet Card Holder Pattern The Practical Card Holder
How to Crochet a Card Holder.
Use this Practical Card Holder as a holiday gift card holder. This free crochet Card Holder Pattern is a quick and easy project and you end up with a great gift card holder for your Christmas gifting.
The Practical card holder is great to use on a daily basis to hold your bank and credit cards in an esay to access way. It is perfect for keeping your cards together and fits easily into any size purse.
Use this Free Crochet Card Holder Pattern to create your own modern Christmas gift card holder that doubles as a bank card or business card holder.
This reusable Card Holder is a versatile as it provides a stylish way for you to carry your cards and keep them in one place. Make it from bright cheery colours or your favourite neutral tones. The choice is yours.
What a great gift idea to switch up how you can present your gift cards to loved ones at Christmas or any time of the year! Plus its usefulness extends to being used for your business cards or even as a coin purse.
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Description of my Practical Card Holder:
Hi everyone. I am so excited to share this new free crochet pattern with you. The Christmas Gift Card Holder crochet pattern makes up so fast and is also a great stash busting project. Make it in two contrasting colours for the striped look or using lots of your stash to create a rainbow one. You can use cotton or acrylic yarn for this pattern.
Don’t forget to pin it for later so you don’t lose it.
Design Inspiration for my Practical Card Holder.
Lots of people opt for gift cards for giving throughout the holiday season. Usually these cards are popped into an envelope along with a Christmas card as a way of presenting them to a friend or family member. Often the cards get set down somewhere and can easily be misplaced during the chaos of the the festivities.
Having a practical, purposeful card holder to place your gift card into makes it easier to keep track of so your precious gift cards aren’t lost. I just think they are such a great idea to have something attractive to present the gift card in and also to make it easier to keep track of.
The Practical Card Holder make a great gift and they are so quick and easy to whip up. After Christmas they can be used as a change purse or for keeping track of all your credit or bank cares.
This Practical Card Holder is made with the single crochet stitch as well as the half double crochet stitch There is a fold down flap that is held shut with a statement button. This means your cards won’t fall out while they are in your bag or purse.
This Free Crochet Card Holder Pattern is super beginner friendly. It is made in the round so there are no seams to sew up.
There are so many colour combinations you can use that will give it a different feel and vibe. I used cotton for mine, but you can use any worsted weights (4) yarn to make your Card Holder.
I hope you get the chance to make a few as they are a great gift and they are so quick and easy to whip up.
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The Practical Card Holder
Pattern by Pam Carr ©2023
Introducing the Practical Card Holder Pattern. This Free Crochet Card Holder Pattern is great for a teacher’s gifts or for anyone you wish to give a gift card to for Christmas. It also doubles as a business card or credit or bank card holder as well as a change purse. It truly is a versatile project. It is reusable for whatever you need a little button up pouch for and it is so beginner friendly. Make it from bright cheery colours for Christmas or your favourite neutral tones for any time of the year. The choice is yours
The Practical Card Holder
Supplies you will need:
Yarn: worsted weight cotton yarn (4) The card holder in the pictures is made with cotton yarn. You can use any worsted weight (4) yarn
Hook: Size H/8 -5.0 mm
Notions: Button, needle and thread, scissors, tapestry needle.
Gauge: 12 hdc – 10 hdc rows = 4” (10 cm)
Abbreviations (uses US conventions)
Ch = chain
St = stitch
Sl st = slip stitch
Sc = single crochet
Hdc = half double crochet
sc2tog = single crochet 2 together which is the same as single crochet decrease.
How to sc2tog or the Single Crochet Decrease
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Insert your hook into the next stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop (there will be 2 loops on your hook.
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Insert your hook into the next stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop (there will be 3 loops on your hook), yarn over and draw through all 3 loops on your hook
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you have successfully decreased one stitch
This pattern uses US terminology. The US and UK crochet terms are different, but they use the same terms to describe different stitches. Here is a simple conversion chart for anyone in the UK.
USHalf Double Crochet (hdc)Single Crochet (sc) |
UKHalf Treble crochet (htrc)Double Crochet (dc) |
Size:
The finished card holder measures 4” wide and 3.5” tall approximately. This is fits credit card sized gift cards.
Instructions:
Ch 13
Round 1: sc in second chain from hook and sc 11 across, turn and make another sc into the same st.
Work down the opposite side of the chain making a sc in the next 11 sts, Join with a sl st. (24sc)
Round 2: Ch 1, hdc in next st and in every stitch around. Join with a sl st into the top of the ch1. (24 hdc)
Round 3: Ch 1, hdc in same stitch as ch 1, hdc in next st and in every stitch around. Join with a sl st into the top of the ch1. (24 sc)
Rounds 4-6: Ch 1, hdc in same stitch as ch 1, hdc in next st and in every stitch around.
Join with a sl st into the top of the ch1. (24 sc)
Round 7: ch1, sc in each stitch around. Join with a sl st into the top of the ch1. (24 sc)
Make the flap:
Row 8: Ch1, Sc in the next 12 st, turn work. (12 sc)
Row 9: Ch1, sc2tog, sc in next 8 stitches, sc2tog, turn work. (10 sc)
Row 10: Ch 1, sc in each st across, turn work. (10 sc)
Row 11: (Buttonhole row) Ch 1, sc2tog, sc in next 2 st, ch 2, skip 2 and sc in the next 2 stitches, sc2tog, turn work. (6sc plus 2ch over 2 skipped sts)
Row 12: ch 1, sc in next 3st, 2sc into the ch2 space, sc in the next 3 st turn work. (8 sc).
Row 13: Ch1, sc2tog, sc in next 4 st, sc2tog. (6st)
Fasten off, weave in ends. Centre the button and sew it on.
You now have a beautiful Practical Card Holder.
If you have any questions or problems, do not hesitate to contact me at carrowaycrochet@outlook.com
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