Made it ....

I made my Oyster/Credit card holder and I am quite pleased with it really

I made it with 100% cotton yarn and made a little heart design on the front.

The whole inside is lined with red felt



And to make it a bit more secure I added a little popper to keep it closed



I think it turned out quite nicely :) Now all I need to do is write up the pattern and I'm done.

Crochet Document Holder Part II

I mentioned in my last post that I wanted to complete my document holder by adding a pocket for passports, driving license etc.

Fortunately when the holder is folded in 3 there is just enough space on the back to create a little pocket big enough to hold a few small documents.



I added a little tab to button over the pocket opening to make sure that the passport etc don't fall out.  I did a single row of SC round the tab to finish off the edges - it was a little rough looking before doing that.



I fasten the pocket with another of the coconut buttons that I've used to close the main document holder.

Crochet document holder

We always have a mess of documents to take on holiday with us, the flight confirmations, hire car confirmations and sometimes even hotel booking information etc etc etc

Usually they are just folded up and bunged into our hand luggage somewhere.  Which inevitably causes some panic at some point when we are trying to locate the right document.

So I thought I'd put my yarn stash and hook to good use and make a document holder for our travel documents.

First things first ... Pick a suitable yarn - so I chose this vibrant cotton, multicoloured DK yarn.  Its got a really holiday feel about it.  This particular yarn is Anchor Magicline Blocks in 1440 (Yellow) it also comes in Green & Orange shades.



I made this holder using simple Double Crochet (SC for my American readers) all the way.  Then crochet an additional piece for the "flap" at the top.


I also crochet a length of chain and pulled it through under the flap.  Making sure the distance between the entry points matched the distance between the holes on a standard hole-punch.

Punched holes in the top of my paperwork and threaded it onto the chain & tied in a bow.

The document holder folds in 3 and is closed with 2 pretty coconut buttons



I am planning to add on a passport & driving license pocket to the back so that we can keep all of our documents together.