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Knit a Gift Card Holder for a Semi-Homemade Gift

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knit a gift card holder fo a semi-homemade giftIt’s getting down to the wire, and your hopes for knitting a lot of holiday gifts may be dashed, but there’s still hope, and time to knit a little something.

If you’re giving any gift cards this year (teacher gifts, anyone?) a really cute way to present them is in a knit holder, which can then be reused by the recipient, or even possibly become part of their holiday decor in the future.

That’s the case with my little stocking gift card holders that I made for CraftBits last year. They’re cute enough to hang on the tree or use again for another gift card or other tiny gift, and the multiple options mean you can use whatever yarn bits you have lying around.

Here are a few more knit gift card holders to get your needles going.

Mary Richmond’s Knitted Gift Card Holder is a simple garter stitch rectangle worked in multicolored yarn and seamed up the sides. It includes an envelope flap and a little buttonhole to keep things closed.

The Gift Card Holder from Tammy Imhoff includes knit and crochet versions worked in self-striping yarn. It has some fun details like a figure 8 cast on and textured stitch pattern, so you might even learn a new skill in this wee project.

Marilyn Clark is a bit of a Lion Brand Bon Bons fanatic. I shared her coffee cup cozies earlier, and she’s also knit up some great gift card holders using the fun, brightly colored yarn. One pack gets you nine, which is a super value.

Another cute and colorful project comes from Laura Bain, whose gift card holder is worked in the round (she calls for a tiny circular needle but you can do it on DPNs, too). It’s a little envelope worked in multicolored yarn with a triangluar closure that includes a button.

Simply Notable has a nice “gift cardigan” worked with a tree motif on the front, which is nice for working in a solid or more muted multicolored yarn.

Have you ever knit a gift card holder? It certainly makes the gift a little cuter!

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  1. I’ve just made several of Simply Notable’s Christmas Tree holders. They’re really pretty. I converted the pattern so I could knit it in the round, beginning at the bottom with a toe-up sock cast on. That made for lots of purling, but no seams! Thanks for the other ideas, which I’ll be trying, too.

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Book Review: No Fear Sock Knitting

I feel like when it comes to things that people are afraid to knit, socks probably top the list. I’ve heard people say they would never knit socks because they look too hard, but really you just need to know a few basic things (and trust the pattern even though it sounds wrong the first time you do it) to master socks. 

Denise DeSantis aims to take the worry out of knitting socks with No Fear Sock Knitting. Based on a class on her YouTube channel, it includes all the basic information you need to make sock knitting feel easier, along with eight patterns for both top down and toe up socks. 

The book generally covers types of needles and yarn you might use to knit socks, as well as other supplies you will need. It looks at the parts of the sock, different knitting needle configurations used to knit socks, how to read a pattern (including abbreviations and terms you might find in sock patterns), discussion of ease, how to measure your foot and choosing the correct size to knit.

It includes two options each for casting on cuff down and toe up socks, as well as four options for cuff treatment. It explores the heel flap and turn method for top down and toe up socks, as well as short row heels using a shadow wrap (worked with a leg from the stitch below) and a square heel. There’s a discussion of avoiding holes and fixing other problems in heels.

Likewise with toes there are several options, including a wedge toe, round toe and anatomical toe (different on each foot) for both cuff down and toe up socks. There are also tutorials for grafting and Jeny’s surprisingly stretchy bind off, depending on which direction you’re going. There’s also a tips section that covers things like avoiding ladders, changing colors. matching stripes and more. 

After all that preparation, there are eight patterns to choose from: short socks worked from the top down that are a perfect first-sock sock, a basic ankle-length toe-up sock, a DK weight sock worked from the top down with different length options, a “vanilla” sock with a short row heel worked top down, an ankle sock with a garter stitch cuff, one with a leg worked in alternating colors with a contrasting heel and toe, a sock worked in a helical stripe pattern and a striped sock with a garter stitch heel. 

Three of the patterns are rated at skill level two on a scale of three, while the rest are level one. They’re all pretty straightforward, they just use different techniques you might not have tried before. Since only one is made to be toe up, there are also tips for converting the other patterns to toe up if you’d rather work that way. Each pattern includes three size options. 

This book is a nice introduction to sock knitting, with lots of techniques to reference and simple patterns to take the fear out of the process. I’m not sure these are patterns you’ll come back to time and again but they are a good place to start if you’ve never knit socks before. 

About the book: 128 pages, paperback, 8 patterns. Published 2025 by David & Charles. Suggested retail price $24.99.