In this step-by-step crochet tutorial I show how to make the bobble crochet stitch. For this stitch you should know how to make a single and a double crochet. The bobble crochet stitch is a repeat of four rows and it looks different on each side. This stitch has a very nice texture! However, it will use quite some yarn.
For this tutorial I use Hjertegarn Diamond mercerized cotton 8/4, 50 g = 165 m, color: 4950 (linen), and a 2.0 mm hook.
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Photo instructions for the bobble crochet stitch
Row 1
1. Start by chaining a multiple of four plus three. You will start working in the fourth chain from your hook.
2. So, make a double crochet in the fourth chain from your hook.
3. Continue making double crochets in every stitch until the end of the row.
4. At the end of the row chain one.
Row 2
5. Turn your work around. Chain one does not count as a stitch, so you will start working in the very first stitch.
6. So, make a single crochet in the very first stitch.
7. Then make another single crochet in the next stitch.
8. Next you will make a bobble stitch (five double crochets together). So, yarn over.
9. Insert your hook in the next stitch and yarn over.
10. Pull the yarn through. Now you have three loops on your hook.
11. Yarn over.
12. Pull the yarn through the first two loops on your hook. Now you have two loops on your hook.
13. Yarn over.
14. Insert your hook in the same stitch where you have just worked in and yarn over.
15. Pull the yarn through. Now you have four loops on your hook.
16. Yarn over.
17. Pull the yarn through the first two loops on your hook. Now you have three loops on your hook.
18. Yarn over.
19. Insert your hook in the same stitch, yarn over and pull the yarn through. Now you have five loops on your hook.
20. Yarn over and pull the yarn through the first two loops on your hook. Now you have four loops on your hook.
21. Yarn over.
22. Insert your hook in the same stitch, yarn over and pull the yarn through. Now you have six loops on your hook.
23. Yarn over and pull the yarn through the first two loops on your hook. Now you have five loops on your hook.
24. Yarn over.
25. Insert your hook in the same stitch, yarn over and pull the yarn through. Now you have seven loops on your hook.
26. Yarn over and pull the yarn through the first two loops on your hook. Now you have six loops on your hook.
27. Yarn over.
28. Pull the yarn through all six loops. You have just made a bobble stitch!
29. Push the bobble stitch with your finger so it would pop up on the other side of your work.
30. This is how it looks on the other side.
31. Then make a single crochet in the next stitch.
32. Make two more single crochets in the next two stitches.
33. Then make a bobble stitch.
34. Make three single crochets in the next three stitches.
35. Continue working in the same way until the end of the row until you have three stitches left.
36. Then make a bobble stitch in the next stitch.
37. Make two single crochets in the last two stitches (in the double crochet and in the turning chain of the previous row).
38. Then chain two.
Row 3
39. Turn your work around. Chain two does not count as a stitch, so you will start working in the very first stitch.
40. Make a double crochet in the first stitch.
41. It might be hard to see the stitches, so you can look at the other side. You will work in every stitch.
42. So, make double crochets in every stitch.
43. Continue working in the same way until the end of the row.
44. At the end of the row chain one.
Row 4
45. Turn your work around. Chain one does not count as a stitch, so you will start working in the very first stitch.
46. Make a single crochet in the first stitch.
47. Then make three single crochets in the next three stitches.
48. Make a bobble stitch in the next stitch.
49. Then make three single crochets in the next three stitches.
50. Then make a bobble stitch in the next stitch and three single crochets in the next three stitches.
51. Continue working in the same way until the end of the row until you have four stitches left.
52. Then make four single crochets in the last four stitches.
53. Chain two.
Row 5
54. Turn your work around. Chain two does not count as a stitch, so you will start working in the very first stitch.
55. Make a double crochet in the first stitch.
56. Continue making double crochets in every stitch until the end of the row. For the rest of the pattern repeat rows 2-5.
Finished bobble crochet stitch
57. Done!
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