Tapestry Crochet Gift Card Holder

Are there any gift cards on your holiday gifting list this year? Add a personal touch to your gift with this Tapestry Crochet Gift Card Holder. It’s perfect for any gifting occasion, and is a great project for using up small amounts of yarn!

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Tapestry Crochet Gift Card Holder

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Materials

• Yarn: Worsted weight yarn. 20 yds each of background color (A) and accent color (B)
• Hook: Size H / 5 mm crochet hook or size needed to match gauge.
• Notions:
  • Yarn Needle
  • Stitch Markers

Project Level

Intermediate: Single crochet colorwork with carried yarns, working in back loops or front loops only.

Size

3.25 x 4.5 inches

Gauge

15 sc in back loop only x 11 rounds = 4 inches

Use pattern as gauge swatch – After round 5, work should measure about 3.25 inches wide x 2 inches tall. Exact gauge is not critical.

Abbreviations used

(Pattern is written in US terms)
ch = chain
sc = single crochet
tsc-A = Tapestry single crochet in color A (see Special Stitch)
tsc-B = Tapestry single crochet in color B (see Special Stitch)
flo = front loop only
blo = back loop only
st(s) = stitch(es)
sl st = slip stitch
rnd = round

Recommended Resources

• Changing Colors Tutorial
• How to Crochet Into the Back Bump
• Lunchtime Live demos
  • Tapestry Crochet
  • First round of gift card holder

Special Stitches

Tapestry Single Crochet (tsc-A / tsc-B):

Single crochet in back loop only, using indicated color (A or B). Work over the other, unused color so that it is hidden inside of the stitch.

For the first half of round 1 ONLY, work the tapestry single crochet stitches into the back bump of the starting chain. See this back bump tutorial for more about working into the back bump of a chain.

Pattern Notes:

• The entire gift card holder is worked in rounds, without turning.
• Mark the first stitch of each round to make joining easier. Be sure you are actually joining into the first single crochet of the round, not into the previous slip stitch or chain.
• Only work over the unused color yarn when working tapestry stitches. Otherwise, do not carry the yarn, leave it where it is and you will pick it up again in the next round.
• Change colors in the last part of the previous stitch. See this changing colors tutorial for more details on clean color changes.

Instructions

Bottom

(Scroll down for chart for this section only)

With A, ch 13.

Lay color B across your work, leaving a tail, so that you can start working over color B for the tapestry stitches.

Rnd 1:

Working into the back bumps of the chain, tsc-A in 2nd ch from hook, *tsc-A in next ch, [tsc-B in next ch, tsc-A in next 3 chs] twice, tsc-B in next ch, tsc-A in next ch.

On the opposite side of the chain, there will be 2 unused loops remaining for each stitch – a front loop and a back loop. Working into the back loops only, tsc-A in first ch, repeat from *, join with sl st to back loop only of first st. (24 sts)

Rnd 2: Ch 1, tsc-A in first st, [tsc-B in next st, tsc-A in next 3 sts] 5 times, tsc-B in next st, tsc-A in last 2 sts, join with sl st to back loop only of first st.

Rnd 3: Ch 1 changing to B. Tsc-B in first st, [tsc-A in next 3 sts, tsc-B in next st] 5 times, tsc-A in last 3 sts, join with sl st to back loop only of first st.

Rnd 4: Ch 1, tsc-A in first 3 sts, [tsc-B in next st, tsc-A in next 3 sts] 5 times, tsc-B in last st changing to A, join with sl st to back loop only of first st.

Rnd 5: Ch 1, tsc-A in first 2 sts, [tsc-B in next st, tsc-A in next 3 sts] 5 times, tsc-B in next st, tsc-A in last st, join with sl st to back loop only of first st.

Your work should now measure about 2.25 inches in diameter.

Rnds 6-9: Repeat Rnds 2-5.

Top:

Rnd 10 (ruffle): Do not carry unused yarn in this round. Ch 1 changing to B. Sl st in flo of first st, (ch 1, sl st) in flo of each st around, join with sl st to first ch. (24 sts, 24 chs)

Rnd 11: Do not carry unused yarn in this round. Working in the unused back loops from rnd 9, sl st in blo of first st changing to A, sc in blo of same st and each st around, join with sl st to blo of first st. (24 sts)

Rnd 12: Ch 1 changing to B, tsc-B in first st, (tsc-A in next st, tsc-B in next st) around, tsc-A in last st, join with sl st to blo of first st.

Rnd13: Do not carry unused yarn in this round. Ch 1 changing to A. Sc in blo of each st around, join with sl st to blo of first st.

Optional Loop:

With both yarns held together, ch 10, sl st in same st.

Finishing:

Fasten off both colors, weave in all ends.

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