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Plan where your pocket will be located.

Set your carriage to hold stitches. Leave the stitches needed for your pocket in knitting position and pull the rest of the stitches into holding position.

I have used a red thread to show the top edge of the front of the pocket.

Knit the number of rows needed from your swatch measurements to get the depth you want with your pocket. Remember that you are now knitting a pocket and must put enough weight on this section to keep it down and out of the way of the carriage. I use my fingers, but you must take care to keep your knuckles down!

If your pocket will be 30 rows, then knit the 31^st row at a T+1 to give a good turn in the fabric. 

Then knit the remaining 30 rows to complete this pocket.

Before knitting across the whole garment, place the end stitches on both sides of the pocket's first row onto the needles above to eliminate the gap formed.

Set your carriage to knit all needles and continue knitting your garment as planned.

The pocket is complete. It's so easy!

Plan where your pocket will be located. Knit to that point of your garment.

Using a garter bar, remove your piece and turn it so the front is facing you. Return it to the knitting machine.

If you don't have a garter bar, knit one row across with ravel cord or dental floss. 

Use waste yarn and remove turning it so that the knit side is facing you. Pick up stitches from the ravel cord to return the piece to the knitting machine. Remove ravel cord and waste yarn.

Set your carriage to hold. Leave the stitches needed for your pocket in knitting position and pull the rest of the stitches into holding position. I have used a red thread to show the top edge of the front of the pocket.

Knit the number of rows needed to get the depth you want with your pocket. Remember that you are now knitting a pocket and must put enough weight on this section to keep it down and out of the way of the carriage. I use my fingers, but you must take care to keep your knuckles down!

If your pocket will be 30 rows, then knit the 31^st row at a tension two numbers higher to give a good turn in the fabric. 

Then knit the remaining 30 rows to complete this pocket.

Using a garter bar, remove your piece and turn it so the purl side is facing you. Return it to the knitting machine.

If you don't have a garter bar, knit one row across with ravel cord or dental floss. Use waste yarn and remove to turn it so that the purl side is facing you. Pick up stitches from the ravel cord to return the piece to the knitting machine.

Before knitting across the whole garment, place the end stitches on both sides of the pocket's first row onto the needles above to eliminate the gap formed.

Set your carriage to knit all needles and continue knitting your garment as planned.

The pocket is complete. Even this one is so easy!

Pocket with top edging

Follow the instructions for a pocket as above.

Once you are ready to knit the inside of the pocket, use a contrasting color to knit the top pocket edging.

Knit five rows at main tension, one row (turning row) at T+1, then knit another five rows.

Pick up the stitches from the first row knitted.

Then continue knitting the pocket as described earlier.

This will give you an edging that can be sewn to the face of your garment.

11/16/2003