Here's My Card Tiny Felted Purse/Case

Here's My Card Tiny Felted Purse/Case

A tiny purse perfect for business cards or treasured jewelry, or as the perfect gift-wrap for tiny gifts

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Difficulty: Easy

I made myself a felted business card case a long time go. It's read and beaded all over. I made a single cherry blossom (see the cherry blossom pattern in my book Noni Flowers or purchase the very similar Bling Flowers flower pattern) that I also beaded - just in the center and around the edges. Whenever I pull it out, people fall in love with it.

I moved from a hard case to a soft case because the metal case I was using - an old brass cigarette case that had belonged to my maternal grandmother - started to get beat up and dented, scratched. In order to preserve it, I fashioned myself a card holder one day.

I've been pestered ever since to turn that little case into a pattern for you. Here it is!

Once you've knit one, you just might have to make more. Not only do these little flat purses work well for business cards, but they are also perfect for special jewelry, perhaps a bride's special wedding-day treasures, as the gift "box" for any small and lovely gift. A beautiful pair of earrings, an anniversary ring . . . I can even imagine one or two of the finest chocolates carefully wrapped in painted foil.

Have fun thinking up gifts for these lovely gift purses.

And have fun decorating them in the style of the receiver: blingy with sparkel rivets or beads, or both, bedecked with flowers or only one, covered in vintage buttons, knitted in stripes, rivetting in cabochon rivets, alien skuls, or spikes . . . have fun!

Shepherds Wool Worsted

(SW-)

Color:

$13.25 to $13.95

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ON SAAAALE $13.25 per skein for in-stock yarn from now until Noni closes. The price for colors I have to order is $13.95. I will be ordering out-of-stock colors on May 30 and shipping as soon as it comes in.

IMPORTANT: If the color you want is sold out, get in touch. I can special order it for you but the discount for special orders will only be 10% - I cannot extend additional discounts to special orders.
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ON SAAAALE $13.25 per skein for in-stock yarn from now until Noni closes. The price for colors I have to order is $13.95. I will be ordering out-of-stock colors on May 30 and shipping as soon as it comes in.

IMPORTANT: If the color you want is sold out, get in touch. I can special order it for you but the discount for special orders will only be 10% - I cannot extend additional discounts to special orders.

Shepherd's Wool by Stonehedge Fiber Mill is a 3-ply worsted weight yarn made and milled in Michigan by a family-owned and run company. The yarn is fabulously soft, made from fine Merino top. There are 17 saturated solids from which the all the heathers and marls are created for a complete palette of delicious colors.

The yarn is perfect for felting, making it my first choice for felted bags and flowers. Because the colors are so vibrant and alive, Shepherd's Wool worsted and fingering was also my pick for many of the flowers in Noni Flowers - the Shepherd's Wool flowers always look at the peak of floral perfection, rather than garish and overly bright or too muted for flowers at their best.

But it is much more than a great felter: we feel this yarn rivals some top brand Cashmeres, making it wonderful to knit with and a pleasure to wear, even next to bare skin. Once you knit with this yarn, you will find an excuse to make mittens, sweaters, gauntlets, Ella Coats, and hats out of it. You'll find yourself saving even tiny bits so you can make crazy ski beanies out of it. You might not want to knit with anything else . . .

Each 4 oz skein contains 250 yds (228.5m) and knits at about 5 sts/inch on US size 6 - 8 needles.

Finished Dimensions

3 1/2" (8.75cm) wide at the top
3 1/2" (8.75cm) wide at the bottom
5" (12.5cm) tall from bottom to frame

Difficulty Level

Requires knowledge of knitting, purling, decreasing, and knitting in the round on circular and double-pointed needles.

Gauge

Pre-Felted Gauge: 20 sts and 28 rounds = 4" (10cm) in stockinette stitch with size 8 (5mm) needle

Materials

Yarn Requirements

50 yds (46m) worsted weight feltable yarn for bag

Needles and Other Materials

2 Size 8 (5mm) 16" (40cm) circular needles for bag
Size 5 (3.75mm) double-pointed needles for flower (set)
Locking stitch markers to mark bag center sides (2, 1 in different color to mark round) and 4 locking markers to use as holders while making the flower
Fabric glue (clear drying)
Thin gauge sewing or beading needle to work beading
Tapestry or sharp, large-eyed needle for weaving in ends
1 Noni hardware kit (175174-KT-HO):

1 Classic Purse Frame with no loops
1 Noni label

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