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Cross Body Phone Case Pattern

June 24, 2014 1 Comment

Cross Body Phone Case Pattern with T-shirt Yarn at handsoccupied.com

This design was inspired by summer days at the beach, by vacations spent riding bikes in flip flops. Those amazing days when all you need is a little pouch for your phone, money and keys that wears close to the body to stay out of the way. I made this pouch with one t-shirt’s worth of DIY yarn (you can see my how-to for the yarn here), and it came together in no time.

Supplies

t-shirt yarn
appropriate knitting needles (I used US size 17.)
crochet hook (I used size L.)
scissors

Pattern & Directions

I designed this pattern to fit my iphone 5, but you can adjust the pattern for your phone’s size by swatching and measuring the gauge. T-shirt yarn is stretchy, so you can also get away with a lot of guessing, unlike the sock swatching I shared earlier this year.

Abbreviations

CO – cast on
k – knit
p – purl
BO – bind off/cast off

The pattern

CO 13 sts
knit 15 rows in stockinette (k 1 row, p 1 row)
BO until a single loop remains
create a 3-4 ft long chain to form the strap (you can finger knit or use a crochet hook)
finish and sew closed the pouch as shown below

Cross Body Phone Case Pattern with T-shirt Yarn at handsoccupied.com

I like to finger knit rather than use a crochet hook to chain when working with chunky yarn, but you can do whatever feels most comfortable to you. Don’t know finger knitting? Check out my tutorial.

Cross Body Phone Case Pattern with T-shirt Yarn at handsoccupied.com

Cross Body Phone Case Pattern with T-shirt Yarn at handsoccupied.com

Fold your knitting case over, double checking your phone fits inside.

Cross Body Phone Case Pattern with T-shirt Yarn at handsoccupied.com Attach the strap to the far side of the purse with a crochet hook, drawing the working loop through.

Cross Body Phone Case Pattern with T-shirt Yarn at handsoccupied.com

Secure the strap by pulling the working “yarn” through the loop.

Cross Body Phone Case Pattern with T-shirt Yarn at handsoccupied.com Open your pouch, as shown, and use a crochet hook to weave the yarn across the top of the pouch.

Cross Body Phone Case Pattern with T-shirt Yarn at handsoccupied.com

Fold your case back over and use a crochet hook to “sew” the tall side and open bottom shut.

Cross Body Phone Case Pattern with T-shirt Yarn at handsoccupied.com

Weave in all ends with your crochet hook and trim ends.

Cross Body Phone Case Pattern with T-shirt Yarn at handsoccupied.com

That’s it! All that’s left is to get a clip for your keys to hook on the strap, get on that bike, and enjoy the summer while you can!

Cross Body Phone Case Pattern with T-shirt Yarn at handsoccupied.com

Filed Under: DIY Style, Free Patterns, How-to, Knitting & Crochet Tagged With: beach, cross-body phone case, Knitting, knitting pattern, phone case, purse, summer, summer knits, t-shirt yarn

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Heidi Gustad is a craft book author & content creator in love with primary colors & vintage vibes. She specializes in knitting, crochet, latch hook and macramé, and her first book, Latch Hook: 12 Projects for the Modern Maker, is out now!

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When you have four big skeins of pretty 2 ply yarn When you have four big skeins of pretty 2 ply yarn, you immediately think sweater, right? 
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My wardrobe could use another handmade sweater - I’m thinking something simple, seamed and with a decent amount of ease for potentially wearing tucked in with jeans or skirts. 🤔 
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Yarn: @universal_yarn Fibra Natura Cobblestone in Antarctica and Dragon’s Breath, wound in thick skeins of 100% superwash wool that’s a light DK weight.
How to to knit throwing (a.k.a. English) style . How to to knit throwing (a.k.a. English) style 
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In knitting, there are a few common knitting styles. Most often you’re going to encounter continental style and English (throwing) style on your knitting journey. I recently had an old video teaching continental style get a lot of views. Based on the comments, it was clear the people wanted to also see a throwing tutorial, so here you go! 🧶
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Please note that there is a LOT of variation in knitting styles, and one isn’t necessarily better than another. Most often, I’ve found it comes down to two things: how you were taught and whether or not you’re really into colorwork knitting (which can involve a mix of styles). 
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Longer-term knitters who’ve made it this far: do you prefer one over the other? And why? 
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I read recently that tiktok and Instagram are being used as search engines more and more. 🤔 I thought since I’m going to all the work of making tutorials on YouTube, I should experiment with making a quick version of them for other platforms. There are obvious teaching limitations to vertical video, short-form content like this, but I think I covered the gist of this cast on in a minute. The YouTube version also covers how to unzip this cast on because there was time for it 👍🏻 L1nk is in my profile. 
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For the first time in a long time, there’s a new For the first time in a long time, there’s a new tutorial from Hands Occupied! 🎉 The video is live on YouTube & the blog. 
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The post covers what provisional cast ons are & how they differ, and the video covers how to work a one-step provisional cast on using scrap yarn and a crochet hook. (This is a great one to save for future reference.)
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I learned several names for this method while researching this video & post. Crochet provisional cast on, one-step cast on, scrap yarn cast on - if you know even more names for this technique, please share! 
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