HOW TO:

Vieira Pocket Insertion

Step-by-Step

Vieira Pocket Insertion Tutorial | Step 1
POCKET COMPLETION

Following the pattern instructions for making each pocket, once the piece measures 6¼”/16 cm from the cast-on edge, break the working yarn, leaving a tail 40”/101.5 cm for grafting.

Place the first 26 pocket stitches onto Needle 1 and the last 26 pocket stitches onto Needle 2.

Vieira Pocket Insertion Tutorial | Step 2
ATTACH LEFT POCKET
With the right side of the left front facing and bottom front edge closest to you, carefully undo the waste yarn from the Pocket Placement Row and transfer the bottom 26 stitches to Needle 3 and the top 25 stitches to Needle 4, picking up 1 additional stitch on the top needle so that you have 26 stitches on each needle.
Vieira Pocket Insertion Tutorial | Step 3

With the knit side of the pocket facing, align the pocket so that its bias angle is parallel to the front edge of the lower body.

Vieira Pocket Insertion Tutorial | Step 4

Using Kitchener Stitch (see the pattern for specific instructions on how to work Kitchener Stitch), join the pocket stitches from Needle 1 to the front stitches from Needle 4; rotate your work 180º and join the pocket stitches from Needle 2 to the front stitches from Needle 3. You will end back at your starting location.

Vieira Pocket Insertion Tutorial | Step 5

CLOSE POCKET BOTTOM

Carefully undo the Provisional Cast On from the bottom of the pocket and transfer the first 26 stitches onto Needle 1 and the last 26 stitches onto Needle 2.

Use Kitchener Stitch and the yarn tail to join Needle 1 stitches to Needle 2 stitches, closing the bottom of the pocket.

Push the pocket through the pocket opening, turning the pocket inside out and toward the inside of the garment.

Vieira Pocket Insertion Tutorial | Step 6

ATTACH RIGHT POCKET

Follow the pattern instructions to attach the right pocket. Note that you will join the pocket stitches from Needle 1 to the front stitches from Needle 3; rotate your work 180º and join the pocket stitches from Needle 2 to the front stitches from Needle 4.

Close the bottom of the right pocket as you did for the left pocket.

Vieira Pocket Insertion Tutorial | Step 7

TACK POCKETS TO GARMENT (optional)

To prevent the pockets from shifting, they can be tacked to the body of the garment using a crochet chain.

Bring the pocket cast-on tail to the outside of the pocket; the tail will be on the corner of the pocket closest to the center front edge.

With the wrong side facing and using the cast-on yarn tail, make a slipknot as close as possible to the pocket and place it on a crochet hook. Work a crochet chain long enough to reach the pick-up ridge from the neckband on the front edge, insert the hook into the ridge, yarn over and pull the tail through to fasten off.

If you found this tutorial helpful, we'd love your support!

Shop our breed-specific American wool yarns & thoughtfully designed patterns.

Featured in:

VIEIRA

by Alice Caetano

Conjuring images of a paint-smeared smock and dust motes dancing in a sunlit studio, Vieira is a piece of modern art as easy wearing as it is imaginative. Trestles of vertical and horizontal ridges playfully bisect this modular cardigan, concealing optional pockets to hold all your artist tools. Peruse Arbor’s extensive palette to select your choice for either a solid-color version or a multi-color masterpiece.

Share on Social #VieiraCardigan

Share with us #BTintheWild