Z. Floral Pocket Scarf in C2C Crochet (CH0529) – pattern listed

Pocket Scarf seems to be the in thing this season.  So I jumped in with my take on the pocket scarf (aka pocket shawl) in this Floral Pocket Scarf.  The technique I used was LC2C (Linked C2C) crochet but you can as easily make this using the standard C2C (Corner to Corner) crochet.

Floral Pocket Scarf in LC2C (CH0529)

Credit: I roughly and partially based the floral design from a Japanese print that I think is named, Sakura Garden of Medallions.

Pattern Is Available

Status: n/a NNL (xxx)

USEFUL LINKS TO TUTORIALS

• How to crochet C2C
• How to crochet LC2C (Linked C2C, aka No-Hole C2C)  – my photo tutorial.
• Overlay Mosaic Crochet Tutorial – (tutorial) method that can be used to crochet the optional border around scarf.

Basic Info on the Graphed Pattern

The paid pattern (a 24-page PDF manual) consists of:

• 3 C2C colour graphs (for the scarf, 2 pockets)
• written colour count for each graph

Floral Pocket Scarf – Preliminary Notes

This floral pocket scarf, worked in LC2C (Linked C2C) crochet – can also, as easily, be worked in standard C2C (corner to corner) crochet.

The border is optional.   When worked properly, the LC2C or C2C crochet produces very neat edges all by themselves.

The pockets are also optional – it will then be a scarf; not a pocket scarf – but that is ok, isn’t it?

Work Photos

I am including a gallery of WIP (work in progress) photos.  This is a pretty straightforward project (basically, a main rectangle). So detailed instructions are not necessary.  However the photos might be of interest and can be used as a comparison-check, as you progress in the work.

I shall document the border separately, in the following section after.

After this, if you are not intending to do a border, you can neaten the edges and weave in loose ends.
Tip: You can also add pompoms, tassles, or other decorative edging as you see fit.

We shall make the pockets next …

Pockets

You will need the graphs (from the pattern) for the pockets.  The placement of the pockets will be determined by matching the design on the pockets to the design on the scarf itself.  The pockets are distinctly different in design.

Now, if you are working a scarf border, I suggest you work your border before attaching the pockets.  If you are not making a border, you can carry on finishing and attaching the pockets as follows.

Finishing & Attaching Pockets

We will firm the top of the pockets (which will endure much strain and wear from busy hands!!!)  And then attach the pockets to the scarf, as invisibly as possible.

At this stage, you are pretty much done except for probably some final tidying up.  But if you decided to do a similar border as mine, then the following section will walk us through that.

Borders (optional)

I decided I wanted some borders.  These borders turned out to be 4.5cm in width; adding 9cm to the width and to the length.

I worked the border using:

• Technique: (variation of) Overlay Mosaic Crochet; the variation being that instead of overlaying a dropped dc onto lower rows, I just dc down through the appropriate rows below. I wanted to produce a border that looked a bit identical on either side. (Overlay Mosaic Crochet and standard Mosaic Crochet produces the pattern on the RS and stripes of colours on the WS.) But don’t worry – you can ignore my variation here and just use the following Mosaic graph patterns with however you do Mosaic Crochet; … or just work your own preferred crochet border.
• Colours: one main colour (represented by the black in the mosaic pattern graphs below) and a combo of other colours.  (I used red as the main colour and the result is pleasing but not as stark as it would have been if I had used black.)
• Mosaic Pattern: I made used of the mosaic graphed patterns from the remarkable Barbara Walker’s book of Mosaic Knitting.  You will note (in photos below) that I ended up with 272sts (multiple of 8)  along length & 90sts (multiple of 10) along width.  I worked separate Mosaic patterns along the Length vs Width.  I provide the mosaic graphs I used in the photos below but I will not go into details on the Mosaic Crochet technique, as you will find that easy enough when you know Mosaic Crochet. I will merely show the progress photos.
  The corners are done differently and photographed in detail below.
• Corner Management: in the firming-sc row (R0), add 1ch for the corner.  That is the corner stitch and you should put a marker there, which helps corner-identification as you work.
  Then for every row after this, you will work 3 stitches into the corner stitch; always moving the corner marker to the new corner stitch.

Now, if you have followed my sequence, you will attach the pockets as documented above. And you are done!

Floral Pocket Scarf in Linked C2C Crochet – Finished (Photos Gallery)