#needleworkmonday :: Crocheted phone pouch with windows

Happy #NeedleWorkMonday to all you amazing NeedleWork Artists!

Thanks to the Actifit mobile app, I have been tracking my steps and have been visiting the gym more often this year. Usually, I will wear my little sling pouch that will house my phone while brisk walking on the treadmill.

However, whenever I need to see the time or if I want to forward the song that is playing, I will need to pull out the phone from the pouch. Sometimes, this requires a balanced body and mind to be able to do this without losing balance and fall off the treadmill.

Last week, I asked myself to crochet a pouch for my phone, one that I will be able to see the time and be able to press forward if I feel like changing the song. And so, I crocheted a phone pouch with windows!

I pretty much crocheted as I go, not following any pattern, and you will see some parts are a little distorted. I also discovered that my slip stitch joints are quite bad 😅. I need more practice there!

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I used one of the cheapest acrylic yarns (USD 1 or less for a 100g skein), a 5/0 crochet needle and I started chaining 25, about 4cm wider than my phone's width.

I chained 1 and single crochet (sc) all along the back loops of the 25 chains.

When I reached the end of chain 25, I added 1 sc before continuing 1 sc, moving on to the front loops of the 25 chains.

The addition of 1 sc at the 25th chain creates a curved oval shape when I move on to crochet the front loops. I also added 1 sc at the beginning of the 25 chains.

I basically crocheted in a round to create a little base.

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After that, I continued to single crochets all around the base to build the pouch without adding anymore stitches and no joining either.

The little pouch will begin to grow in height.

After about 2 to 3 rounds, I started to join the rounds with a slip stich and chain 1 before continuing round 6 with sc all around. This is to start forming the height of the pouch without it growing into an oval shape upwards.

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Then, it was time to create my little windows for the clock view. I placed markers at where I wanted to create the window and single crochet back and forth, keeping that "window" open.

When I reached the height that I wanted, I joined the window back by chaining across the window and joined with the other side of the window. I gave it a test with the phone to see if I can view the clock.

And I moved on to the second window to be able to forward to the songs I like during gym.

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I continued all the way around until I reached the height of the phone and during the last 3 rounds, I created the side hooks placement for the strap hooks.