How To: Work an Afterthought Pocket - Every Step from Waste Yarn to Seaming!
Walk through all of the steps needed to create an afterthought pocket. This method is very commonly found in patterns from Andrea Mowry / Drea Renee Knits.
Tools used to work the sample:
- 3 lengths of waste yarn, each approx. 24" / 60 cm long (though length is not critical).
- Tapestry needle for placing lifelines and seaming
To cast on a sample like I've worked in this video:
Using sport weight yarn and a US 6 / 4 mm needles in a 24" / 60 cm length (or preferred needle length/type), cast on 30 stitches. Any method will do though I used the long tail method.
Knit 5 rows (this creates the bottom garter ridges, including the cast on edge)
Row 1: Knit.
Row 2: K3, p24, k3.
Rep [Rows 1 and 2] 7 more times (16 rows total of stockinette stitch)
Place Pocket Row (RS): K9, place lifeline thru next 12 sts, join waste yarn and knit across 12 sts, slip all 12 sts back to the right hand needle purlwise, knit across the same 12 sts again with working yarn, knit to the end of the row. When complete, thread the third piece of waste yarn through the 12 stitches on top of the pocket (or you can place them through the 12 sts before you knit to the end of the row).
Next Row (WS): K3, p24, k3.
Rep [Rows 1 and 2] 3 more times.
Knit 5 rows.
BO knitwise with WS facing.
Tutorial: how to weave in ends - • How To: Weave In Ends ...
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Love this! So so clear and helpful. Thank you for taking the time to do this so well
@TheUnapologeticKnitter
10 ай бұрын
You're welcome!
Thanks. This was very informative! I’m sure I’ll come back to this video every time I want to add a pocket.
@TheUnapologeticKnitter
Жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
Excellent video! Thanks so much!
@TheUnapologeticKnitter
8 ай бұрын
You're welcome! I' so glad it was helpful.
Excellent. Thank you.
@TheUnapologeticKnitter
Жыл бұрын
You're welcome, Sandy!
Wow, this was very detailed and clear! Also very timely for me as I'm researching and planning to see if I can add my first pocket to a Cardigan I'm going to knit. I want to do a sort of diagonal pocket near the bottom corners of the Cardigan, like you might see in a jacket or something. Its hard to find any examples of this style of pocket. Anyway, great job and thanks so much!
@TheUnapologeticKnitter
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for watching, Rob! The angle pocket would be worked a little differently but I love the idea! You'd probably want to set stitches aside at the bottom of the pocket and work the face of the pocket on the outside of the sweater instead of the inside. You can work from that bottom of the pocket upwards and then seam to the face of the sweater. I have another pocket tutorial that has you start at the bottom of a pocket. It's specific to a pattern but you might be able to apply the theory to your angled pocket. Let me know if you have any questions! Here's the link: kzread.info/dash/bejne/epukz6mJiMzVhJs.html
Great video. I am knitting top down so will have to reverse the pocket edging and inside flap but this is sooo helpful. Do you think it is best to knit the inside of the pocket independently or can I knit the bottom of the pocket lining with the sweater to seal the bottom of the pocket?
@TheUnapologeticKnitter
Жыл бұрын
Hey Jenness! Thanks so much for watching the tutorial! Tegardless of whether you're knitting top-down, or bottom-up, you will still be working the pocket in the same direction. While your lifeline placement will be reversed (i.e.: you'll have worked the yoke and some of the body, and are heading towards the hem), you'll still want to work the pocket edging using the lower set of stitches (the ones closer to the hem) and the pocket lining using the upper set of stitches (closer to your underarms). Does that make sense? Or perhaps that's what you meant by reverse - just the ORDER in which you're working it? Not necessarily the stitches you use to work each? You could certainly secure the bottom of the pocket by knitting the live stitches together with the stitches at the hem but that would have you working the inside of the pocket before you finish the sweater. That's actually a really clever idea. It'll just take some planning on your end to make sure you stop before you start the hem! I love it!
@jennessweldon9840
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for taking the time to help me with this. I am confident I can do this pocket now. Your answers make perfect sense.
Thanks for the tutorial. Would this technique of setting up the waste yarns work for a thumb knit after the body of a mitten is done?
@TheUnapologeticKnitter
Жыл бұрын
You're welcome. And yes, absolutely! That's a great way to use it. In that case you may want to pick up some extra stitches at the edges to avoid gaps but the setup would be exactly the same.
@deniseengel1451
Жыл бұрын
@@TheUnapologeticKnitter Thanks
Isn’t this a forethought pocket because you have to plan ahead and place your pocket as you’re knitting, instead of after?
@TheUnapologeticKnitter
5 ай бұрын
I think it's a bit of a to-may-to / to-mah-to situation. When I learned about this technique, it was presented as an "afterthought pocket" and I assumed that was correct and have continued to call it as such. Interestingly enough, over the years I have learned of a "forethought" and "afterthought" heel for socks, which have seemingly opposite names, but are constructed in exactly the same manner. So I agree with your logic - it does take forethought to place the lifeline for the pocket placement - but the name is what I learned it as so I'll continue to use it. :)
Great video! Thank you!
@TheUnapologeticKnitter
Жыл бұрын
You're so welcome!