Knitted Post Cards: What a great idea!

I was sooo excited to this fabulous idea posted on the Etsy blog this week from Nguyen otherwise known as KnitKnit.  If you’re not familiar with Etsy or its blog, you have to check it out.  It’s a fabulous craft marketplace.  If you haven’t yet seen Nquyen’s designs, please also look.  She has some beautiful needle felted cameo necklaces for sale.  Fabulous idea.

Anyway, on to the idea at hand.  KnitKnit has brought us the wonderful idea and pattern for knitted postcards.  Seriously why did I not think about this yet?

How about knitting a postcard?

Wouldn’t these make a wonderful gift idea or a great tag for a hand knit or crochet sweater that you are giving as a gift?  The possibilities here are endless.  It seems these could actually be sent as a postcard with appropriate postage too.  Definitely well worth the effort to send this to a friend or loved one.  I know I’d be excited to receive one! You can see a feature on these on the Martha Stewart show.

How about a little love note or words of inspiration on the back?

Download KnitKnit’s pattern here or use your creativity to explore the possibilities of your knitted or crocheted postcards.

Nquyen will be leading an Etsy Lab on this project as well Tonight, Monday at 5:00 PM EST You can read more about the virtual Etsy lab and the project here on the Etsy blog.

All photos courtesy of KnitKnit and Etsy