Kangaroo Pocket

Named for the obvious reason, the kangaroo pocket is the single pouch stitched to the front of a pullover hoodie, open at both ends so a hand can pass through from either side — as opposed to two separate hand pockets sewn independently. On most fleece, the pocket top sits 8 to 10 inches below the collar and is reinforced with a bar tack at each top corner, since that's exactly where a hand yanking the pocket open puts the most stress. Independent Trading Co's IND4000 and Gildan's 18500 both use this style; a handful of lighter hoodies swap it for two separate slash pockets instead, which changes the lower boundary for artwork entirely.

That top edge is the real constraint on a front design — anything below it either lives on the pocket fabric itself, where two layers of fleece make for a firmer print surface, or above it, on a smaller usable rectangle than the hoodie's total width would suggest. Front logos get resized for hoodies more than for any other garment in our shop, almost always because the art was proofed against the hoodie's full width without checking where the pocket actually starts.

Measure pocket placement on the actual blank before locking in art dimensions, not off a size chart, since pocket depth varies more between suppliers than almost any other spec on a hoodie. If a design needs to run the full front, plan for it to cross the pocket opening and confirm the decorator can register it across that seam without shifting.

A common assumption is that every pullover hoodie has a kangaroo pocket; plenty of lighter-weight and women's-cut hoodies drop it entirely for a cleaner front, so always check the actual blank rather than assuming pocket placement rules apply across the board.