You’ve all heard it before. Someone compliments your dress and it doesn’t matter if it is new or old, flowery or plain, if it has pockets, you will always respond with “Thanks. It has pockets!”

In days of yore (like a long time ago), clothing was all different pieces, so women layered a petticoat with an underskirt, then an overskirt. Then they chose whatever top piece and an apron or something. Everything was its own piece to lend to versatility (I have no source. This is what I remember of history and reading a few too many Regency fiction novels.) A pocket could be worn as a belt below one of the layers and was accessible through a slit in the skirt.

I’m a big fan of a dress pocket.

For my next project I made a Pocket Scarf. I made one years ago for a friend who just needed a little something warm at her work desk. The current one was worked without a pattern, but I will try to give you enough information to replicate it.

Project 5: Pocket Scarf

If you’ve been reading my blog, you know that I started my Granny Square Gauntlet (a challenge to crochet 100 squares in 100 days from this book) in mid-July. Part of that challenge is that I have to turn the squares into 10 different projects with only one being allowed to be a blanket.

I started with the only two squares I crocheted last week. You can find the post about that here. I used Premier Anti-pilling Yarn, Everyday Worsted in Parchment and Charcoal and an I-hook (5.5mm). It used about 3 1/2 skeins of yarn.

For the body of the scarf, I started with a chain of 31 and crocheted in the second chain from the hook and each chain across to get 30 stitches. The next row was the same throughout the scarf: turn, ch 1, (sc and dc in next st, sk st) across until one stitch remains. Sc in last stitch. I continued in this pattern until I ran out of yarn. Then I took up the charcoal yarn and placed it right side up on the end of the scarf and crocheted around three sides using a sc through both. I put 3 sc in the corners and 2 sc in the top of the pocket for strength.

My daughter immediately claimed this project. She can wrap it as a normal scarf on her walks to campus and then keep her hands warm through classes and homework. The weight of the yarn will keep her warm, and it’s acrylic, so it is easily washed and dried.

The best discovery?

It fits a book!

That’s what I call a win/win!

I’m halfway through my squares and now halfway through my projects. I still have some surprises in store for you. Stay tuned for those. And click the pictures below to see projects 1-4.

Keep stitching, Heidi