This is version 2.0 of a coupon holder project I was working on. I made one for myself, and then I made another one for my sister. I’m not 100 percent satisfied with the design, but it is functional enough, so I figured I’d go ahead and post it.

I used left over 4-ply wool yarn and a size I crochet hook. First, I stitched a chain of 23 across, and then I made 22 rows of single crochet back and forth until I got a rectangle. I used red wool yarn for the main part, and then finished the last few rows (to create the folded over part) with blue wool as well as did a row all the way around of single crochet.

Next, I used more blue yarn to stitch up the sides, thus creating a pocket.

Then I turned this inside out so that the seems were on the inside, and I washed it a few times in an attempt to felt it. This is one issue I have with my design so far, the felting. Even after washing it twice, I didn’t get the felted look I was hoping for.

Here’s a picture of the flap part folded over. Another issue I’m having is a proper closure. On my first version of this, I used velcro, and it’s not holding up that great. On this second version, I sewed on a button to close it and included a strand of yarn to tie it. I’m still not thrilled with this closure either, though it does work better than the velcro.

After the closure was added, I took index cards and made them into dividers by trimming them at the top to make tabs on each one.

Right now, I’ve got too many other projects going on to pick this up again, but hopefully, I’ll find time at some point to perfect this.