Q&A

Faye Perriam shows how to add a patch pocket to a finished piece

Q My grandson now wants pockets on the jumper I’ve just finished for him - is there a quick way to add some?

A Patch pockets are easy to add to a finished garment. Use DPNs the same size as the garment needles.

1 Decide where you would like the pocket to sit, and determine the height and width required. Pick up stitches either by using yarn at the back of the work and pulling it through to the front, or by holding the yarn at the front, folding the work and pulling the yarn through for each stitch. Pick up the required amount of sts down the right side of where the pocket will be, across the bottom and up the left side. Use a different DPN for each side.

2 Using a new ball of yarn and a fourth DPN, slip the first st on the bottom needle, knit across the sts to the last st, then SSK this st together with the st at the bottom of the DPN that’s holding the sts on the left side of the pocket. Turn the work, slip the first st, purl across the bottom sts to the last st and then purl together the last st with the stitch at the bottom of the needle on the right side of the pocket. Continue in this manner, working across in rows and joining the side stitches at each end, until all the stitches are used up. Cast off neatly.