Feather Hooded Pocket Shawl

After I gave my Blocked Puff Stitch Pocket Shawl and Wave After Wave Pocket Shawl to my daughter and friend, I decided to make another crochet pocket shawl with this beautiful autumn color: rusty brown! Here you can find my new hooded pocket shawl version which is made with the feather stitch: a simple stitch variation of the puff stitch. Combined with front and back post double crochet stitches this shawl has a beautiful texture. Scroll down for my free pattern and step by step video tutorial.

Feather Stitch

The feather stitch in this pattern is made by inserting the hook and pulling up a loop in three different stitches.

First feather stitch row:
Yarn over, insert hook in chain space, pull up loop
Yarn over, insert hook in skipped st below, pull up loop
Yarn over, insert hook in next chain space, pull up loop
Yarn over, pull through all 7 loops
Ch 1

All the other feather stitch rows:
Yarn over, insert hook in chain space, pull up loop
Yarn over, insert hook in chain space below, pull up loop
Yarn over, insert hook in next chain space, pull up loop
Yarn over, pull through all 7 loops
Ch 1

In this post you can find a detailed photo and video tutorial of this stitch. Below you can find my free pattern to make a hooded pocket shawl.

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Feather Hooded Pocket Scarf

Materials:
– 5 balls of Lionbrand Wool Ease (Weight 4/Medium, 197yds/3oz, 180m/85g)
or 425 grams of similar yarn
– Crochet hook 8mm
– Tapestry needle
– Stitch markers
– Scissors

Abbreviations:
ch: chain
st: stitch
hdc: half double crochet
dc: double crochet
feather: pull up a loop in three different stitches
fpdc: front post double crochet
bpdc: back post double crochet

Gauge:
9 dc x 6 rows = 10 cm x 10 cm / 4” square

Measurements:
Width: 91″ / 231 cm
Height: 9″ / 23 cm

Notes:
– this pattern is written in US terms
– work with an uneven amount of stitches
– work the fpdc & bpdc rows consecutively
– 2 turning chains do not count as a stitch
– feather stitches are made by pulling up loops in three different stitches
– if you want to change the size of the shawl, add or remove a multiple of 2 stitches

Video tutorial

To make it easier, I’ve made a video tutorial showing you how to make this pocket shawl. You can also find my free written pattern below.

* Click here to watch the video on YouTube

Pattern

With hook size 8mm, chain 31

Row 1
1 hdc in 3rd ch from hook and each ch across, ch 2, turn <29 total>

Row 2
ch 2, 1 fpdc in first st, [1 bpdc in next st, 1 fpdc in next st] 2 times, ch 1, skip 1 st, [1 hdc in next stitch, ch 1, skip 1] 9 times, [1 fpdc in next st, 1 bpdc in next st] 2 times, 1 fpdc in last st, turn <29 total>

Row 3
ch 3, 1 bpdc in first st, [1 fpdc in next st, 1 bpdc in next st] 2 times, ch 1,[feather stitch ] 9 times, [1 bpdc in next st, 1 fpdc in next st] 2 times, 1 bpdc in last st, turn <29 total>

Row 4
ch 3, 1 fpdc in first st, [1 bpdc in next st, 1 fpdc in next st] 2 times, ch 1,[feather stitch ] 9 times, [1 fpdc in next st, 1 bpdc in next st] 2 times, 1 fpdc in last st, turn <29 total>

Row 5 – 148
Repeat row 3 & 4 consecutively

Row 149
ch 2, 1 hdc in each st across <29 total>

Fasten off and weave in all ends.

Hoodie

With hook size 8mm, chain 51

Row 1
1 hdc in 3rd ch from hook and each ch across, ch 2, turn <49 total>

Row 2
ch 2, 1 fpdc in first st, [1 bpdc in next st, 1 fpdc in next st] 2 times, ch 1, skip 1 st, [1 hdc in next stitch, ch 1, skip 1] 19 times, [1 fpdc in next st, 1 bpdc in next st] 2 times, 1 fpdc in last st, turn <49 total>

Row 3
ch 3, 1 bpdc in first st, [1 fpdc in next st, 1 bpdc in next st] 2 times, ch 1,[feather stitch ] 19 times, [1 bpdc in next st, 1 fpdc in next st] 2 times, 1 bpdc in last st, turn <49 total>

Row 4
ch 3, 1 fpdc in first st, [1 bpdc in next st, 1 fpdc in next st] 2 times, ch 1,[feather stitch ] 19 times, [1 fpdc in next st, 1 bpdc in next st] 2 times, 1 fpdc in last st, turn <49 total>

Row 5 – 26
Repeat row 3 & 4 consecutively

Row 27
ch 2, 1 hdc in each st across <49 total>

Fasten off and leave a long tail end for sewing.

Assembly

See photo below. Fold the fpdc/bpdc sides of the hoodie together and place a stitch marker in the center. Now fold the scarf (top to bottom) and place a stitch marker in the center.

Place hoodie on scarf and line out the stitch markers. This will make sure your hoodie is placed exactly in the middle of your scarf. Sew hoodie onto scarf.

Fold hoodie in half with fpdc/bpdc sides together and sew on top of the hoodie. Fasten off and weave in your ends.

Pockets (make 2x)

With hook size 8mm, chain 20

Row 1
1 hdc in 3rd ch from hook and each ch across, ch 2, turn <18 total>

Row 2
*1 fpdc in next st, 1 bpdc in next st* repeat across, ch 2, turn <18 total>

Row 3 – 15:
Repeat row 2

Row 16:
1 hdc in each st across <18 total>

Fasten off and leave a long end for sewing.

Sew pockets onto scarf. You can use stitch markers to keep the pockets in place. Fasten off and weave in your ends.

Photo tutorial

1. 31 ch
2. row 1
3. fpdc, bpdc, fpdc, bpdc, fpdc

4. ch 1, skip 1, 1 hdc in next stitch, ch 1, skip 1 (9 chain spaces total)
5. bpdc, fpdc, bpdc, fpdc, bpdc
6. fpdc, bpdc, fpdc, bpdc, fpdc

7. insert hook in chain space, pull up loop
8. Insert hook in skipped st below, pull up loop
9. Insert hook in next chain space, pull up loop

10. yarn over, pull through all 7 loops
11. 9 feather sts
12. end row 3

13. bpdc, fpdc, bpdc, fpdc, bpdc
14. insert hook in chain space, pull up loop
15. Insert hook in chain space below, pull up loop

16. Insert hook in next chain space, pull up loop
17. 9 feather sts
18. row 4