Bobble stitch

How to

How to crochet bobble stitch

1. To make one 5-dc bobble: [yarn over, insert the hook in the stitch, yarn over and draw up a loop, yarn over and draw through 2 loops] 5 times in the same stitch. You have 6 loops on the hook. Yarn over and draw through all 6.
2. Chain 14. Row 1: sc in the 2nd ch from the hook and in each ch across (13 sc).
3. Row 2 (wrong side): ch 1 and turn. Sc in the first 2 stitches, [bobble in the next stitch, sc in the next 3 stitches] twice, bobble in the next stitch, and sc in the last 2 stitches (3 bobbles).
4. Row 3: ch 1 and turn. Sc in each stitch across (13 sc).
5. Row 4: ch 1 and turn. Sc in the first 4 stitches, bobble in the next stitch, sc in the next 3 stitches, bobble in the next stitch, and sc in the last 4 stitches (2 bobbles).
6. Row 5: as row 3. Repeat rows 2 to 5.

Chart

Bobble stitch chart

Reading this chart

• Start at the bottom. Each row begins at its number, beside its turning chain, and the rows turn back and forth.
• Rows alternate dark and blue so they read apart.
• The key under the chart names every symbol, following the Craft Yarn Council chart standard.

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Written pattern

The swatch, row by row

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