Crochet Edged Postcards

Prettify your favourite cards

Posted by Libby W.

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I can't claim I came up with this idea myself, I saw these postcards on the wonderful silly old suitcase blog: http://sillyoldsuitcase.blogspot.nl/2013/01/diy-tutorial-kleurig-muur-hang.html
However, although she has a great photo tutorial she doesn't show/explain how to do the actual crochet scallops. So I thought I'd try it myself and share with everyone : )
For the varigated edge, I used embroidery floss and added a new colour when the old one ran out.
The black card has a shell edge, single crochet round the whole card first as a base and then shell stitch all the way round.

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You Will Need (3 things)

  • Postcard
  • Crochet Cotton
  • Crochet Hook I used a 2.75mm

Steps (19 steps, 120 minutes)

  1. 1

    Gather your materials: crochet thread, postcard, pencil, yarn needle, scissors & a crochet hook.

  2. 2

    Clip the corners on your postcard so that they are curved.

  3. 3

    Use the pencil to mark on the underside where you want to punch the holes through.

  4. 4

    Use the yarn needle to punch holes in the card from the front to the back.

  5. 5

    When you're finished it should look like this.

  6. 6

    Cut a length of crochet cotton. Knot the end and pull through a hole in the card so the knot sits underneith.

  7. 7

    Bring the needle round the back of the card and back into the same hole, so that the thread loops around the edge of the card.

  8. 8

    Pass the needle under the loop you have just made on the front of the card.

  9. 9

    Move the needle to the next hole along and pull the thread through the card from front to back.

  10. 10

    Tuck the thread under loop thats running accross the back of the card.

  11. 11

    It should look like this.

  12. 12

    Repeat steps 9 & 10, until the whole card is covered. Go into the same whole twice to get round the corners. Sew in the end,when you reach where you started.

  13. 13

    It should look like this.

  14. 14

    Using the cotton on the reel, pull up a loop on cotton with your crochet hook, so that it is tucked under the thread around the outside of the card.

  15. 15

    Chain one.

  16. 16

    To crochet the scallop shape, crochet a single crochet (sc), followed by as many double crochets that you need so that the scallop folds round the corner.Finish the scallop with a single crochet.

  17. 17

    Repeat the scallop shape in the next little pocket of thread. The small scallops are made up of 5 double crochets with a single crochet at each end.

  18. 18

    Repeat until the whole edge of the card is covered. When you get back the beginning, sew in the end, so that the crochet is secure.

  19. 19

    Finished! Give away to a friend in a homecard envelope, or keep for yourself.