Crochet Garden Flower Mobile Phone Pocket

Choose your yarn. I would suggest something fairly robust like a cotton but it's up to you. I used a No. 4 hook and a selection of seven colours which were inspired by my Cath Kidston messenger bag. The phone pocket is made up in stripes which consist of two rows of the same colour yarn in SC stitch.

The Pattern:

1: Measure around your mobile phone. Mine is a HTC and pretty small, so if you have an i-phone you may need extra chains to begin, and extra stripes to fit it height wise. I will be giving the number of stitches that I used for mine, which may suit yours perfectly but do check before you begin.

2: Ch 20 + CH1

3: SC in second stitch from hook.

4: 1SC in each stitch all along the row to the end (20 stitches). Turn for row 2, CH1 then in second stitch from hook, 1SC in each stitch til end of the row.

5: *Finish off and add a new colour yarn

6: Row 3: Hook under 1st stitch of last row, CH1. In same stitch, 1SC then 1SC in each stitch along the row to the end. (20 stitches). Turn crochet piece for row 4, CH1 then 1SC in each stitch along the row to the end (20 stitches)*.
Repeat from * (step 5) for the rest of the pocket, until you have a rectangle of stripy crochet that fits just above your mobile phone.

Finish off, sew the edges of the pocket together (right sides facing) with yarn, leaving a space at the top to slide your phone in. Turn the pocket the right way - almost done!

The flower...you will need to be able to do double crochet clusters (DCC) for this - see below flower tutorial for How To:

To embellish your pocket with a small flower, choose a contrasting yarn.

1: CH 4 and join with a SS into first stitch
2: *CH3, then 1DCC (see below), then SS into ring*.
3: Repeat from * four more times, and finish off.
4: Sew in ends and then sew the flower to your phone pocket, add buttons to finish.

Double Crochet Cluster stitch: Here is an explanation of how to do this stitch - I hope it makes sense as there aren't any photos!

After doing your CH3, wrap yarn around hook and push hook through ring.
Pull yarn through (3 stitches on hook), wrap yarn around hook and pull through 2 stitches (2 stitches left on hook), wrap yarn around hook (3 stitches on hook), push hook through thr ring, wrap yarn around hook and pull through (4 stitches on hook). Wrap yarn around and pull through 2 stitches, wrap yarn around again and pull through remaining 3 stitches on hook.
Done.