Warm Hands Warm Heart Pocket Scarf Crochet Pattern

Warm Hands Warm Heart is a pocket scarf crochet pattern that makes a great project to wear or gift for Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, or any special occasion.

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Just before the end of 2023, I came across a big online yarn sale at JOANN and decided to try out a new-to-me yarn, Eddie Bauer Cozy Camp. The description explained it was a 100% recycled yarn with a “mouline effect.” Of course, I had no idea what that meant so I had to do a little internet sleuthing. It turns out that that the mouline effect is produced when you ply a yarn with a colored strand and a white strand.

I’m glad I took advantage of the sale to try it out because I’d definitely buy Cozy Camp again. It’s very soft and the colors are great. And, yes, the mouline effect is wonderful, too. It gives the yarn a bit of complexity in appearance, so it is ideal for simple stitch patterns.

For this pocket scarf crochet pattern, I wanted to add hearts because the Scarlet yarn is so beautiful and was just calling out to become a heart. This pattern is fairly easy peasy, but you do need to keep track of row counts if you’d like to use the same striping pattern that I did.

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Warm Hands Warm Heart

Pocket Scarf Crochet Pattern by Underground Crafter

This pocket scarf crochet pattern has simple stripes and heart motifs on the pockets. This was the seventh pattern in the Weekend Mystery Crochet Alongs with Underground Crafter.

Finished Size

• Teen/Adult: Scarf: 7” (18 cm) wide x 60.75” (153.5 cm) long with pockets seamed.
  • Pockets: 7.5” (19 cm) deep.
  • Heart Motif: 4.75” (12 cm) from tip to center of bumps.

Materials

• Eddie Bauer Cozy Camp yarn (100% recycled acrylic, 3.5 oz/100 g, 229 yd/200 m) – 2 skeins in Pacific Blue (CA) and 1 skein in Scarlet (CB), or approximately 455 yd (416 m) and 155 yd (142 m) in any medium weight yarn.
• Knitter’s Pride Waves US Size J-10/6 mm crochet hook, or any size needed to obtain correct gauge.
• Yarn needle.
• Locking stitch markers or pins (optional, for seaming).

Gauge

• 14 dc = 4” (10 cm) across. Exact gauge is not critical for this project.
• 10 rows in alternating dc row/sc row pattern = 4” (10 cm) tall. Exact gauge is not critical for this project.

Abbreviations Used in This Pattern

• BL – back loop only – Fiber Flux has a helpful tutorial demonstrating how to identify the back loop in crochet here.
• CA – Color A
• CB – Color B
• ch – chain
• dc – double crochet
• dtr – double treble crochet – If you need a refresher on this stitch, watch the video below.

• If you can’t see the video tutorial above for the dtr, click HERE to watch it on YouTube.
• sc – single crochet
• sl st – slip stitch
• sp – space
• st(s) – stitch(es)
• tr – treble (triple) crochet
• yo – yarn over
• * Repeat instructions after asterisks as indicated.
• [] Repeat instructions between brackets as indicated.
• () Work stitches between parentheses into same stitch or space.

Pattern Notes

• Except when noted, crochet over your yarn tails after changing colors. A helpful video tutorial demonstrating how to change colors in the last yarn over and crochet over your yarn tails is available below.

• If you can’t see the video above demonstrating how to change colors in the last yarn over and crochet over your yarn tails, click HERE to watch it on Facebook.
• There are several ways to crochet into chain spaces. For this pattern, I used the first option shown in video tutorial below.

• If you can’t see the video above demonstrating how to crochet into chain spaces, click HERE to watch it on YouTube.
• If you’re new to blocking, check out Blocking Basics for Crocheters and Knitters.
• A helpful photo tutorial for joining with a whipstitch seam is available here.

Pattern Instructions

Scarf

• With CA, ch 26 (or any number of sts, + 2 ch).
• Row 1: Turn, skip 3 ch (counts as first dc), dc in next ch and in each ch across. (24 sts)
• Row 2: Turn, ch 1, sc in first st and in each st across.
• Row 3: Turn, ch 3 (counts as first dc, here and throughout), dc in next st and in each st across.
• Rows 4-17: Repeat Rows 2-3, 7 times.
• Row 18: Form fold for pocket: Turn, ch 1, scBL in first st and in each st across.
• Row 19: Repeat Row 3 once.
• Rows 20-35: Repeat Rows 2-3, 8 times, changing to CB in last yo of final dc in Row 35. Fasten off CA with long yarn tail (approximately 24”/61 cm) for seaming.
• Rows 36-41: Repeat Rows 2-3, 3 times, changing to CA in last yo of final dc in Row 41. Fasten off CB.
• Rows 42-59: Repeat Rows 2-3, 9 times, changing to CB in last yo of final dc in Row 59. Fasten off CA.
• Rows 60-65: Repeat Rows 2-3, 3 times, changing to CA in last yo of final dc in Row 65. Fasten off CB.
• Rows 66-83: Repeat Rows 2-3, 9 times, changing to CB in last yo of final dc in Row 83. Fasten off CA.
• Rows 84-93: Repeat Rows 2-3, 5 times.
• Row 94: Repeat Row 2 once, changing to CA in last yo of final sc. Fasten off CB.
• Row 95: Repeat Row 3 once.
• Rows 96-111: Repeat Rows 2-3, 8 times.
• Row 112: Repeat Row 2 once, changing to CB in last yo of final dc. Fasten off CA.
• Row 113: Repeat Row 3 once.
• Rows 114-117: Repeat Rows 2-3 twice.
• Row 118: Repeat Row 2 once, changing to CA in last yo of final dc. Fasten off CB.
• Row 119: Repeat Row 3 once.
• Rows 120-135: Repeat Rows 2-3, 8 times.
• Row 136: Repeat Row 2 once, changing to CB in last yo of final dc. Fasten off CA.
• Row 137: Repeat Row 3 once.
• Rows 138-141: Repeat Rows 2-3 twice.
• Row 142: Repeat Row 2 once, changing to CA in last yo of final dc. Fasten off CB.
• Row 143: Repeat Row 3 once.
• Rows 144-159: Repeat Rows 2-3, 8 times.
• Row 160: Repeat Row 18 once.
• Row 161: Repeat Row 3 once.
• Rows 162-177: Repeat Rows 2-3, 8 times.
• Row 178: Repeat Row 2 once. Fasten off CA with long yarn tail (approximately 24”/61 cm) for seaming.
• With yarn needle, weave in yarn tails from start of project and color changes, keeping long yarn tails from the end of Rows 35 and 178 intact.

Heart Motifs – Make 2

• With CB, ch 4, skip 3 ch, join with sl st to next ch to form ring.
• Round 1: Ch 1, [(3 dc, ch 2) in ring] 3 times, 3 dc in ring, ch 1, join with sc (counts as second ch in ch-2 sp) to first dc. – 3 sts/side + 4 ch-2 sp
• Round 2: Ch 1, 2 dc in same ch-2 sp, [*dc in next 3 sts,** (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in next ch-2 sp] 3 times, repeat from * to ** once, 2 dc in first ch-2 sp, ch 1, join with sc (counts as second ch in ch-2 sp) to first dc. – 7 sts/side + 4 ch-2 sp
• Round 3: Ch 1, 2 sc in same ch-2 sp, [*sc in next 7 sts,** (2 sc, ch 2, 2 sc) in next ch-2 sp] 3 times, repeat from * to ** once, 2 sc in first ch-2 sp, ch 1, join with sc (counts as second ch in ch-2 sp) to first dc. – 11 sts/side + 4 ch-2 sp
• Round 4: Ch 1, [skip first 5 sts on next side, (3 tr, 5 dtr, 3 tr) in next st, skip next 5 sts on side, sl st to ch-2 sp] twice, *slstBL in next 11 sts,** (sc, ch 2, sc) in next ch-2 sp; repeat from * to ** once, join with sl st to first ch-2 sp.
• Round 5: Working along first heart bump, *slstBL in next 3 tr, scBL in next 2 dtr, 3 scBL in next dtr, scBL in next 2 dtr, slstBL in next 3 tr,** skip sl st, working along second heart bump repeat * to ** once, sl st to next ch-2 sp. Skip remaining 2 sides of square. Fasten off CB with long yarn tail (approximately 12”/30.5 cm) for seaming.
• With yarn needle, weave in yarn tails from start of each motif, keeping long yarn tail from the end of Round 5 intact.
• Wet block Heart Motifs (see Pattern Notes).

Assembly and Finishing

• The pockets will fold over at Rows 18 and Row 160.
• Before seaming pockets, you will attach the Heart Motifs to each pocket. To be sure you are working on the correct side, fold the first pocket over. Position first Heart Motif on first pocket, with bumps facing the top of the pocket and the point facing the fold. Pin into position using locking stitch markers or pins (optional). Unfold pocket (so you don’t seam through both layers).

• Thread yarn needle with long yarn tail from end of Heart Motif. With yarn needle, attach Heart Motif to pocket using whipstitch seam (see Pattern Notes). With yarn needle, weave in yarn tail on inside of pocket. Repeat with second Heart Motif on second pocket.
• Fold over first pocket again. Thread yarn needle with long yarn tail from end of Row 35.

• Working along first long edge of pocket, join pocket edge with mattress stitch seam (see video below).

• If you can’t see the video above demonstrating how to seam with the mattress stitch, click HERE to watch it on YouTube.
• With yarn needle, weave yarn through inside of pocket to other edge.

• Join second long edge of pocket with mattress stitch seam. Weave in yarn tail on inside of pocket. Repeat with second pocket using yarn tail from end of Row 178.
• Spray block scarf if necessary (see Pattern Notes).  

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