Book Sleeve with Pocket - Free Crochet Pattern

Materials

Hook: 5.5mm

Scissors

Yarn needle

Button (2cm)

Yarn

(Medium weight)

A: main colour

B: borders

Stitches & Abbreviations

(US terms)

ch – chain

sc – single crochet

hdc - half double crochet

dc – double crochet

ss – slip stitch

mr- magic ring 

sp - space

rs - right side

ws - wrong side

Pattern Notes

Turning ch2s don't count as a stitch, except for the pocket.

The Sleeve

Using yarn A, ch32.

R1: hdc into 3rd ch from hook, hdc across the row (30).

R2-16: ch2, hdc across the row (30), fasten off.

Repeat rows 1 to 16 to form the other side.

Pocket

Make a mr/ch4 method.

R1: into the ring ch2, 2dc, *ch2, 3dc* 3 times, ch2, ss into top of first ch2.

R2: ss across to the first ch2 sp. (ch2, 2dc, ch2, 2dc) in sp, *(2dc, ch2, 2dc) in next space*. Repeat from * to * twice more, ss to first ch2.

R3: ss across to the first ch2 sp. (ch2, 2dc, ch2, 2dc) in sp, *(3dc) in next sp, (3dc, ch2, 3dc) in next sp*, repeat from * to * 2 more times, 3dc in next sp, ss to close. Fasten off.

R4: Attach yarn B into any corner sp. (ch1, 3sc, ch2, 3sc), (3sc) into next two sps, (3sc, ch2, 3sc) into corner, repeat around square, fasten off.

Joining

Sew the pocket onto the RS of one of your pieces.

Holding both pieces together with the WS facing each other, attach the yarn to one of the top corners.

R1: ch1, sc in same st, sc along both sides and bottom. In both corners, place (sc, ch2, sc). 

Note: you can put the sc wherever feels right along the bottom, I like to put one sc in the side of every hdc and one in between them.

Top

Sc along the top of the sleeve, one side at a time instead of both together, fasten off.

Tie

Attach your yarn into a stitch near the middle of the top, on the back piece. Ch 20, ss into the st 2 stitches away from where you started, fasten off.

Button

Sew on the button.