Mary Pouch - your tarot deck pouch knitting pattern

The Mary Tarot Pouch is the perfect size to store your treasured divination deck. It will perfectly fit a standard playing card sized deck. You can also use this special lace pouch to hold your cell phone, or important items like the business cards you collect during your next knitting festival or conference.

This is a “Swatch Project” for the Mary Raglan pattern. This simple project uses many of the same techniques to prepare you for an easy start when you knit your sweater. You can make more than one pouch in different needle sizes to find your perfect gauge!

Construction

The Mary Tarot Pouch is knit flat, beginning with the ribbed edge. After blocking, the sides of the pouch are seamed closed. The pointed flap of the pouch tucks into the ribbed edging and stays snugly closed this way.

Sizes

One Size

Finished length: 5.5 inches / 16 cm

Finished width: 4 inches / 10 cm

Download the full schematic here.

Yarn

Sample shown in Knitting Niqabi Merino DK

100% non-superwash organic merino; 246 yds / 225 m per 100 g skein. This is a DK weight wool yarn. The final fabric incredibly soft and has great stitch definition.

Yardage (shown in Iridescent): 80 yds / 73 m; 1 skein.

Gauge

24 sts and 32 rows over 4 inches / 10 cm in Lattice Lace stitch with size A needles worked flat. 32 sts and 38 rows over 4 inches / 10 cm in 1x1 with size B needles worked flat.

Needles

Size A: US size 4 / 3.5 mm needle
Size B: US size 2 / 2.75 mm, or two US sizes smaller than size A

Notions

• 1 Removable stitch marker
  
• Tapestry needle

Techniques

• Tubular cast-on
  
• Working a sloped bind-off
  
• Decreasing in lace
  
• Seaming

Credits

Tech edit: Ellen Coy
Photography: Source Creative House
Model: Courtney Travis