Textured Stitch
Bobble Stitch
Used For
- Sweaters
- Blankets
- Textured accents
- Aran-style crochet
A raised cluster of partially worked double crochets closed together in one stitch, similar to popcorn stitch but slightly softer.
Instructions
- Work to the stitch where the pattern calls for a bobble.
- Yarn over, insert your hook into the stitch, yarn over and draw up a loop, then yarn over and draw through the first two loops only — 2 loops remain. This is one unfinished double crochet.
- Repeat the previous step in the same stitch 3-4 more times, leaving each unfinished stitch's last loop on the hook, until you have 5-6 loops on your hook total.
- Yarn over and draw through all the loops on your hook at once to close the bobble.
- Chain 1 to anchor the bobble in place, then continue in pattern.
Tips & Notes
- A bobble is essentially a cluster worked entirely into one stitch instead of spread across several — that's the main thing that tells the two techniques apart.
- The small anchoring chain after closing keeps the bobble from flopping over before the next row locks it in place.
- Working bobbles on the wrong-side row and letting them push through to the right side is a common trick for making them pop more prominently.