Skip-stitch Blade???

[Beviboo]

Anybody ever heard of the skip-stitch blade? I was trying to figure out a way of crocheting around polar fleece and found a video on Youtube and through various searches came across the following website:

Skip-Stitch Products

It is a blade that you use in your 45mm rotary blade holder and it cuts regular spaced holes in several different mediums but specifically polar fleece. I had an idea to make a baby blanket and one of the videos showed a very time consuming method of punching holes with a needle then widening it with a crochet hook... the skip-stitch blade does in about a minute what the other method takes about an hour or more to do... can't wait to get them (I ordered 2) and try them out...Oh No...another project!!!...beviboo (beverly)

[Barbara G.]

Hello,

This looks like a really cool product! You will have to let us know how it works out!

[Maryjane]

I have never heard of this but it sounds like it could be quite useful! I think you could use it crochet a border on plain pillowcases, etc. Thanks for the info!

[Mirro Hero]

My grandma used to sew a blanket stitch around flannel or polar fleece and it was quite pretty. This is an idea to expand on the idea with crocheted edgings. I love it. Another project for my bucket list. Mirrohero

[crochetgal]

Believe me, if you are doing any sort of edgings on fleece blankets, you'll wonder how you ever managed without a skip stitch blade!

When I started doing blankets for Project Linus many years ago, the skip stitch blade wasn't around so we used to use a Fiskers punch to punch the holes. Very hard on the hands, not to mention time consuming as well.

With a Skip stitch blade on your rotary cutter, you can have blankets ready to put edgings on in a matter of minutes rather than hours.

And they work on just about any kind of materials as well. I've used mine on leather, fleece and flannel so far.

[Mirro Hero]

Thank you verymuch crochetgal. So glad you agreed with my idea of a new project. I shall get to it soon as this is easy summer time work (no brainer stuff) so I can visit as well. Appreciate you input. Mirrohero

[crochetgal]

The first few photos here
Project Linus - a set on Flickr

will show you how I used the Skip stitch blade on a fleece blanket edging.

[Mirro Hero]

Thank you again crochetgal. the blanket was a great example of even stitching from those precise even holes. I like it. Mirro Hero