CARD WITH CROCHET EDGE

CARD WITH CROCHET EDGE

If you have some left over crochet cotton, why not use it to add a special edge to a card.

I've pierced holes down the side with a single needle tool, a reasonable distance from the edge. This was a precaution in case the card tore.  As it happened, this was unnecessary as everything stayed put.  There are lots of ways to space holes  evenly, but I used the most "low tech" which was simply to pierce them against a metal ruler at regular intervals.

I blanket stitched along the holes, so there was a larger space into which to crochet, and then just made up the edging as I went along.

If I was doing this "properly"  I would have used a much finer cotton, and probably either worked out or copied a more decorative edging (there are lots of free patterns online).  You don't have to confine crochet to the edges of cards - crochet motifs can be used as the main focus (flowers, snowflakes, small doileys etc), and you can also add borders to simple shapes.

CROCHET FLOWER GREETING CARD

CROCHET FLOWERS

There are so many sources of crochet flower patterns at the moment.  I bought myself a book by Claire Crompton that has lots but there are any number of free patterns available on the web, and once you get started its not all that hard to just make it up as you go.  The first picture is a mix of all three origins.

I find crochet really relaxing, and have any number of bags and purses to prove it.  Flowers are fun because you get the reward of having finished something quickly.  Then, of course, you are left with bags of flowers, and good intentions of finding something to do with them.

As this is the Papertrek blog, here's one thing to do with surplus crochet flowers - combine them with an embossed and sanded piece of Core'dinations Whitewash, pop them on a card blank and give them away to the next person you know who has a birthday!!!!

CROCHET FLOWER CARD