Crochet Edged Postcards
Prettify your favourite cards
Posted by Libby W.
About
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)
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1
Gather your materials: crochet thread, postcard, pencil, yarn needle, scissors & a crochet hook.
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2
Clip the corners on your postcard so that they are curved.
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3
Use the pencil to mark on the underside where you want to punch the holes through.
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4
Use the yarn needle to punch holes in the card from the front to the back.
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5
When you're finished it should look like this.
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6
Cut a length of crochet cotton. Knot the end and pull through a hole in the card so the knot sits underneith.
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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.
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8
Pass the needle under the loop you have just made on the front of the card.
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9
Move the needle to the next hole along and pull the thread through the card from front to back.
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10
Tuck the thread under loop thats running accross the back of the card.
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11
It should look like this.
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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.
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13
It should look like this.
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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.
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15
Chain one.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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19
Finished! Give away to a friend in a homecard envelope, or keep for yourself.