Kay's Crochet Edge Fleece Blade for Making Perfect Holes for Crochet Edge Projects

Works perfectly for crocheted edging! I use it on fleece but it could be used for other fabrics. The blade style I chose makes small openings that work with regular worsted weight or sport yarn & about an F size hook (G was too difficult to get through the holes). I am not positive, since it has been a while since I purchased it, but I think that Kay's carries blades that cut larger holes as well. The descriptions on any of the blades from many manufacturers simply state the size of the cut, but do not indicate what size hook to use with it. I believe that the fewer 'points' on the blade will produce a larger cut opening; more 'points' equals smaller openings, so consider what type of yarn you want to use for the edging when choosing the blade. I am very pleased with the performance of this blade from Kay's & would definitely recommend it!

Cuts well and even but it is good idea to practice on scrap fleece before the first use to determine the pressure you will have to use.

cuts through the fleece well, easy to use

I LOVE this tool! Before I discovered this I was manually punching holes in fleece to crochet an edge around to make a blanket. This tool is perfect for punching the holes evenly around the edges and has cut the time in half for doing a crochet-edged fleece blanket. I have made over 10 blankets and the blades are still sharp. Working on more for Christmas gifts this year.

The blades I purchased at Walmart seemed to be to close together and all I read was this brand. This brand does have wider space between the holes. Maybe I didn't use it correctly, but it did not piece the fleece fabric like I thought. I had to go back and forth on the fabric and then how do you line up the blade again. When I tugged on the fleece to open the holes, I found many holes, so it was hunt and poke when I crocheted the edge. I don't care to work with fleece but these two pieces were given to me so I decided to make two nice big throws for charity. They came out lovely, but I am still not certain on how you use this item. I might try it on a scrap of flannel but I don't have high hopes that it will leave a hole. to poke a crochet hook through.

Works as expected. Very sharp.

This item was perfect for what I needed. I had been trying unsuccessfully to poke holes in fleece to crochet a lace edge--impossible to get an even cut on my own. My freehand is far too free and artistic for the rigid constraints of fleece edging, obviously. I was thinking that a blade that was made for in a rotary cutter would be perfect and I was told by my more sew-savvy friends that such a thing existed, but what it was called...they had no clue.Some very interesting google searches brought me here.Now, I am aware as to how deeply sheltered I am, realizing far too late that this "wheel" invention has existed far longer than I could have imagined...This little wonder invention fit perfectly in my Fiskars rotary cutters, it is super sharp and within a few minutes I had perfect, even holes, a modest 1/2 inch consistently from the edge of my blanket. I could have cried. Best thing ever! I'm absolutely certain, the babies who received such perfect blanket edging will grow up to be life-saving doctors and Pro bono lawyers now...

Kay's Crochet Edge cutter is great. Nice 12 cuts per blade (not too wide or too close together). She has videos to show you how to make the holes and crochet around your blanket. Very well explained. When stitching, she recommends a single crochet stitch in a cut hole, then a chain stitch, then a single crochet stitch in the next hole. However, with a standard or thicker medium (4) yarn on the first time stitching around, I prefer not to add the extra chain stitch. A thinner "pounder" medium yarn worked fine with the extra stitch, but it was tight when I wanted to switch to a different yarn. Skipping the extra chain stitch is the look I want and it takes far less time.