Our original cabled Gift Card-igan Knitting Pattern has been such a popular pattern that I decided to gift you with another version of the knitted holiday gift card cover. In case that’s not fun enough, the button closure serves as the tree topper! An especially clever way for the knitter to present gift cards.
So, it’s getting late and you’ve decided to go with a gift card for that last minute gift. Great idea! Want to personalize it? No problem, Resourceful Knitter – just break out the worsted scraps and button tin. In just about an hour, you’ve got it covered!
Materials:
US 5 needles
worsted weight yarn
tapestry needle
crochet hook
button
Abbreviations:
k: knit
p: purl
yo: yarn over
k2tog: knit 2 stitches together
ssk: slip stitch knitwise, slip next stitch knitwise, then knit these two stitches together.
ktbl: knit through the back loop
c2f: put 2 stitches on cable needle and hold to front. Knit next 2 stitches, then knit stitches on cable needle.
c2b: put 2 stitches on cable needle and hold to back. Knit next 2 stitches, then knit stitches on cable needle.
INSTRUCTIONS:
cast on 16 stitches using long tail cast on
knit 3 rows of ribbing: k2, p2 across
back of gift card-igan:
row 1: knit across
row 2: k2, purl to last 2 stitches, k2
repeat rows 1 and 2 twelve more times (3 rows of ribbing and 26 rows stockinette completed)
Tree Panel:
row 1: k6, p4, k6
row 2: k2, p4, k4, p4, k2
row 3 – 6: repeat rows 1 and 2 twice more
row 7: k2, p 12, k2
row 8: k2, p1, yo, ssk, k6, k2tog, yo, p1, k2
row 9: k3, ktbl, p8, ktbl, k3
row 10: k2, p2, k8, p2, k2
row 11: k4, p8,k4
row 12: k2, p2, c2f, c2b, p2, k2
row 13: k4, p8, k4
row 14 – 16: repeat rows 10, 11 and 12
row 17: k5, p6, k5
row 18: k2, p3, yo, ssk, k2, k2tog, yo, p3, k2
row 19: k5, ktbl, p4, ktbl, k5
row 20: k2, p4, yo, ssk, k2tog, yo, p4, k2
row 21: k6, ktbl, p2, ktbl, k6
row 22: k2, p12, k2
row 23: k across
row 24 -25: repeat rows 22 and 23 one more time
top edge:
knit 3 rows of ribbing: k2, p2 across
bind off in ribbing.
Finishing:
Seam together at sides with wrong sides together.
Make Loop Closure: At middle back, attach yarn by pulling a loop from inside to outside, leaving free end of yarn inside. Chain 10. Attach to center back with a slip stitch. Tie free ends together in a knot at inside inner edge. Weave in ends.
Sew button to the top of your tree.
The original cabled Gift Card-igan pattern is found here.
copyright SimplyNotable.com, 2014
Download Christmas Tree GiftCARD-igan pattern.
Happy Holidays, Crafty Friends!
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I’ve been reading your blog for only a short time but love seeing all you do! This pattern is exactly what I can use for the gift cards I’m giving this year. Thank You.
Yay Nancy! Glad you found our pattern useful for your holiday gifting. When I make a pattern, it’s normally because I wanted it for my own use – so I’m right there with you – in Christmas Tree Gift Card-igan production! I only have a few more to get done and I’m burning through some worsted scraps. Double win! 😀
thank you, thank you!!
Can I make and sell these at a craft fair this year?
Hi Christine, Here’s our fine print:
Fine Print: We are absolutely flattered that our crafty friends would want to make cute items from our original copyright patterns to sell in their online shops or brick and mortar stores. We are thrilled to grant that permission. We do, however, request that anywhere the item is for sale, (on each and every online listing OR on each item in your brick and mortar store that a Simply Notable pattern has been used), that you link back to us here at Simply Notable so others can enjoy the same free pattern you utilized. When you sprinkle the Simply Notable love back our way in the form of links, it lets us know how much you appreciate the free patterns we’ve shared. The only hard line we draw here at Simply Notable is that the free patterns themselves absolutely cannot be sold.
I love using up my scraps and psyched for the gift cardigans! I’m having a hard time, though, with creating the loop that goes over the button — is there any chance of showing a couple of photos? I’m just not understanding — maybe because I haven’t crocheted before — so I’m not quite getting it. . . sorry and thanks!
Hi Maureen! Here’s a link to a video that shows making a chain with a crochet hook. Hope it helps!
I see your card holders are on sale on etsy. Is this your listing? Otherwise I do not see a mention that it is your pattern.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/569689643/christmas-gift-card-holder-hand-knit?ref=shop_home
Yes, well, we request that our Crafty Friends honor our request to link to our free pattern, but unfortunately it doesn’t always happen and we can’t control that. We just ask and appeal to their sense of fair play. 🙂 Thanks Susan. 🙂
Hi, I have been trying to knit this pattern but am struggling with the instructions here -row 8: k2, p1, yo, ssk, k6, k2tog, yo, p1, k2
row 9: k3, ktbl, p8, ktbl, k3
Should i be left with 16 or 15 stitches on my needle after row 8? After following the instructions thru twice i still come up with 15 stitches after row 8. if it is 16 am i missing a count somewhere in your instructions? Please advise
Hi Radhika,
You should have 16 stitches after row 8. Ssk and k2tog each decrease a stitch then the 2 yarn overs put them back. Check out a video on the ssk stitch to see if that’s the thing giving you problems. Our knitting abbreviations post may help: Hope that helps!https://www.simplynotable.com/2015/knitting-abbreviations/