Crochet hook case

I received a set of clover amour crochet hook set with no casing for my birthday this year. These ergonomic hooks are extremely comfortable to hold and use. I decided to make my own crochet hook case to give them a 'home'. I wanted my case to be bright and colorful with a few pocket slots to hold the hooks. Recently, I've fallen in love with spike stitch as you can make wonderful patterns out of it. So, this will be a good chance for me to play around with spike stitch.

Using cotton yarn in 10 different colors, I created a piece measuring approximately 23 x 18 cm with diamond shape patterns.

As you can see from the close-up view below, I made 5 rows of single crochet (sc) with each color. For every first row of color change, repeat spike stitch pattern.

I made a inner lining of the same measurement as the front piece using the color beige...

 and a separate pocket piece, measuring approximately 23 x 10 cm. 

For this piece, I made 2 rows of sc with each color and spike stitch pattern upon color change.

 After I was done with the all the 3 pieces (front, back and pocket), I lined them up together, joining them along the edges using sc.

 Here is the result.

Here comes the part where I had to sew individual pocket slots. As I wanted to create a seamless look for my pocket piece, therefore, I had to sew through the back of pocket piece together with the inner lining.

The seams are now hidden behind the pocket piece.

I also inserted two pieces of cardboard measuring 10 x 17 cm each in between the front and back pieces to give it a 'backbone'.

I crocheted a flower to serve as a 'button' for my case…

 and made a chain of 20 (ch20) to serve as a loop for my button.

Here it is, my home-made crochet hook case.

 I'm happy with my crochet hook case. Happy weekend!