Spellbook Pouch Belt Bag

Crochet patternCaBoMPp. 1032024
Every wizard knows the importance of keeping their spellbook and their spell components close at hand. This handy belt bag will allow you to do both in style. The scalloped fold provides an extra layer of padding for delicate items like rose petals or vials of pixie dust. The secure button and double hooks will encourage pickpockets to look for an easier target, and the decorative edging will keep your tome securely in place.
This pattern is sized for a standard traveling spellbook. Wizards who use a tome of exceptionally ornate size or decoration may need to make some modifications. I don't recommend using this bag to carry either the fulminating treatise or the tome of the stilled tongue: The former is likely to set the wool on fire and the latter is too large (and, honestly, too gross) to fit neatly inside.
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  "name": "Spellbook Pouch Belt Bag",
  "page": 103,
  "yarn": [
    "Worsted weight (#4 medium) yarn in color of your choice, 1 skein"
  ],
  "fluff": {
    "__prop": "crochetPatternFluff",
    "images": [
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          "type": "internal"
        },
        "type": "image",
        "width": 1780,
        "credit": "Mithy Evans",
        "height": 2244
      },
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      }
    ],
    "entries": [
      "Every wizard knows the importance of keeping their {@item spellbook|PHB} and their spell components close at hand. This handy belt bag will allow you to do both in style. The scalloped fold provides an extra layer of padding for delicate items like rose petals or vials of pixie dust. The secure button and double hooks will encourage pickpockets to look for an easier target, and the decorative edging will keep your tome securely in place.",
      "This pattern is sized for a standard traveling {@item spellbook|PHB}. Wizards who use a tome of exceptionally ornate size or decoration may need to make some modifications. I don't recommend using this bag to carry either the {@item fulminating treatise|TCE} or the {@item tome of the stilled tongue}: The former is likely to set the wool on fire and the latter is too large (and, honestly, too gross) to fit neatly inside."
    ]
  },
  "gauge": [
    "Gauge is not critical for this project."
  ],
  "hooks": [
    4
  ],
  "level": "I",
  "__prop": "crochetPattern",
  "source": "CaBoMP",
  "notions": [
    "Tapestry needle",
    "Straight pins",
    "Stitch markers or binding clips",
    "One ¾ in. / 2 cm button"
  ],
  "hasFluff": true,
  "sizeNote": "This bag can hold a notebook up to 8½ in. × 5½ in. × 1 in. / 21.5 cm × 14 cm × 2.5 cm",
  "stitches": [
    {
      "type": "list",
      "items": [
        {
          "name": "Back Loop Only (blo):",
          "type": "item",
          "entries": [
            "Work through back loop only"
          ]
        },
        {
          "name": "Front Loop Only (flo):",
          "type": "item",
          "entries": [
            "Work through front loop only"
          ]
        },
        {
          "name": "Vstitch:",
          "type": "item",
          "entries": [
            "2dc in the same stitch"
          ]
        },
        {
          "name": "Cable:",
          "type": "item",
          "entries": [
            "Skip 2 sts, fptr in next 2 sts, then, working in front of previous stitches, fptr in each of the 2 skipped stitches (1 cable is 4 stitches)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "name": "Scale / Crocodile Stitch:",
          "type": "item",
          "entries": [
            "Working around the indicated dc stitches, 5dc around the post of the first dc, ch1, 5dc around the post of the next dc (1 scale made)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "name": "Surface Slip Stitch (surface slst):",
          "type": "item",
          "entries": [
            "Like a regular slip stitch, but instead of working into the edge, insert your hook into the front surface of the fabric to create a visible line"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "style": "list-hang-notitle"
    }
  ],
  "designers": [
    "Sharon Posey"
  ],
  "patternType": "wearable",
  "instructions": [
    {
      "name": "Body of Bag",
      "page": 104,
      "type": "entries",
      "entries": [
        {
          "page": 104,
          "type": "list",
          "items": [
            "{@i Note: Ch2 counts as a st for the Vstitches.}",
            {
              "name": "Row 1:",
              "type": "item",
              "entries": [
                "Ch4, dc in 3rd ch from hook, ch2, make scale around dc and ch (1 scale made)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "name": "Row 2:",
              "type": "item",
              "entries": [
                "Ch2, dc in same st, ch1, 2dc in center of scale, ch1, 2dc in end top corner dc on scale (6)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "name": "Row 3:",
              "type": "item",
              "entries": [
                "Ch2, make scale, sc in middle of next Vstitch, make scale around next Vstitch (2 scales made)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "name": "Row 4:",
              "type": "item",
              "entries": [
                "Ch2, dc in same st, ch1, 2dc in center of scale, ch1, 2dc in sc, ch1, 2dc in center of scale, ch1, 2dc in end top corner dc on scale (10)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "name": "Row 5:",
              "type": "item",
              "entries": [
                "Ch2, make scale, [sc in middle of next Vstitch, make scale around next Vstitch] × 2 (3 scales made)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "name": "Row 6:",
              "type": "item",
              "entries": [
                "Ch2, dc in same st, [ch1, 2dc in center of scale, ch1, 2dc in sc] × 2, ch1, 2dc in center of scale, ch1, 2dc in end top corner dc on scale (14)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "name": "Row 7:",
              "type": "item",
              "entries": [
                "Ch2, make scale, [sc in middle of next Vstitch, make scale around next Vstitch] × 3 (4 scales made)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "name": "Row 8:",
              "type": "item",
              "entries": [
                "Ch2, dc in same st, [ch1, 2dc in center of scale, ch1, 2dc in sc] × 3, ch1, 2dc in center of scale, ch1, 2dc in end top corner dc on scale (18)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "name": "Row 9:",
              "type": "item",
              "entries": [
                "Ch2, make scale, [sc in middle of next Vstitch, make scale around next Vstitch] × 4 (5 scales made)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "name": "Row 10:",
              "type": "item",
              "entries": [
                "Ch2, dc in same st, [ch1, 2dc in center of scale, ch1, 2dc in sc] × 4, ch1, 2dc in center of scale, ch1, 2dc in end top corner dc on scale (22)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "name": "Row 11:",
              "type": "item",
              "entries": [
                "Ch2, make scale, [sc in middle of next Vstitch, make scale around next Vstitch] × 5 (6 scales made)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "name": "Row 12:",
              "type": "item",
              "entries": [
                "Ch2, dc in same st, [ch1, 2dc in center of scale, ch1, 2dc in sc] × 5, ch1, 2dc in center of scale, ch1, 2dc in end top corner dc on scale (26)"
              ]
            },
            "{@i Note: Remember that the ch2 counts as a dc only in the Vstitch rows.}",
            {
              "name": "Row 13:",
              "type": "item",
              "entries": [
                "Ch2, turn, dc across in each dc (26)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "name": "Rows 14–52:",
              "type": "item",
              "entries": [
                "Ch1, turn, sc across (26)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "name": "Row 53:",
              "type": "item",
              "entries": [
                "Ch2, turn, dc across (26)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "name": "Row 54:",
              "type": "item",
              "entries": [
                "Ch2, turn, 2dc, cable, 14dc, cable, 2dc (26)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "name": "Row 55:",
              "type": "item",
              "entries": [
                "Ch2, turn, 2dc, 4bpdc, 14dc, 4bpdc, 2dc (26)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "name": "Rows 56–69:",
              "type": "item",
              "entries": [
                "Repeat Rows 54 and 55"
              ]
            },
            {
              "name": "Row 70:",
              "type": "item",
              "entries": [
                "Ch1, turn, sc across (26)"
              ]
            },
            "Fasten off and weave in all ends. Block the piece to measure approximately 25 in. × 7 in. / 64 cm × 18 cm.",
            "{@i Note: If it's not this exact size, that's fine. You'll just either have a slightly larger or slightly smaller bag.}"
          ],
          "style": "list-hang-notitle"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Side Panels",
      "page": 104,
      "type": "entries",
      "entries": [
        {
          "page": 104,
          "type": "list",
          "items": [
            "{@b (MAKE 2)}",
            {
              "name": "Row 1:",
              "type": "item",
              "entries": [
                "Ch4, sc in 2nd ch from hook and across (3)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "name": "Rows 2–39:",
              "type": "item",
              "entries": [
                "Ch1, turn, sc across (3)"
              ]
            },
            "Fasten off and weave in all ends. Block so that each Side Panel measures the same length as the single crochet part of the Body of Bag."
          ],
          "style": "list-hang-notitle"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Assembly",
      "page": 104,
      "type": "entries",
      "entries": [
        {
          "page": 104,
          "type": "list",
          "items": [
            "Line up the left Side Panel (right if you are left-handed) with the front of the Bag, pin in place, and sc down the edge of both panels, across the bottom and up the back side. Now surface slst across the back of the pouch top edge, line up the right Side Panel (left if you are left-handed) with the back of the Bag, pin in place, and sc down the edge of both panels, across the bottom and up the front side. Fasten off and weave in all ends.",
            "{@i It helps to use stitch markers or binding clips to keep the Side Panels in place while you attach them to the Bag.}"
          ],
          "style": "list-hang-notitle"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Belt Loops",
      "page": 105,
      "type": "entries",
      "entries": [
        {
          "page": 105,
          "type": "list",
          "items": [
            "On the back top edge of the Bag where you slst across, use markers to mark 8 stitches in from each outside edge of the Bag.",
            {
              "name": "Right side:",
              "type": "item",
              "entries": [
                "(Left side for lefties)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "name": "Row 1:",
              "type": "item",
              "entries": [
                "Attach yarn in flo at the far right (left for lefties) and sc flo across to the stitch marker (8)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "name": "Rows 2–27:",
              "type": "item",
              "entries": [
                "Ch1, turn, sc across (8)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "name": "Row 28:",
              "type": "item",
              "entries": [
                "Ch1, turn, slst through the top of Row 27 as well as the leftover loops at the base of the Belt Loop (8)"
              ]
            },
            "Fasten off and weave in ends.",
            {
              "name": "Left side:",
              "type": "item",
              "entries": [
                "(Right side for lefties)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "name": "Row 1:",
              "type": "item",
              "entries": [
                "Attach yarn in blo of the stitch you marked with the stitch marker, sc across to the edge of the Bag (8)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "name": "Rows 2–27:",
              "type": "item",
              "entries": [
                "Ch1, turn, sc across (8)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "name": "Row 28:",
              "type": "item",
              "entries": [
                "Ch1, turn, slst through the top of row 27 as well as the leftover loop at the base of the Belt Loop (8)"
              ]
            },
            "Fasten off and weave in all ends.",
            "Fold down and line up the flap in the center of the Bag. Mark where the first scale opening is on the Body of the Bag. Sew the button in place where you marked."
          ],
          "style": "list-hang-notitle"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "abbreviations": [
    {
      "type": "list",
      "items": [
        {
          "name": "Fptr:",
          "type": "item",
          "entries": [
            "Front post treble crochet"
          ]
        },
        {
          "name": "Bpdc:",
          "type": "item",
          "entries": [
            "Back post double crochet"
          ]
        },
        {
          "name": "Sk st:",
          "type": "item",
          "entries": [
            "Skip a stitch"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "style": "list-hang-notitle"
    }
  ],
  "hasFluffImages": true
}