Bobble stitch is such a fun and useful stitch to learn. It can be used to add patterns and texture to a wide variety of crochet projects. The image below is a close in view of using bobble stitch to give a thick, tactile fabric. This particular example is from my Rainbow Cushion cover pattern. Once you have learned the bobble stitch, head over here to give the cushion cover a try with the free pattern!
Bobble stitch is not the kind of stitch that works on it’s own – you always need at least one tighter stitch, such as single crochet, between each bobble on a row and one row of non-bobble stitch stitches between each bobble row. Pulling these in-between stitches tight is what makes the bobble pop out! In the image above, they are not even visible, but they are essential to get the proper look.
How to do the bobble stitch.
Bobble stitch is doing 5 double crochet stitches into one stitch, or DC5TOG.
- Yarn over, insert hook into both loops. Yarn over, pull through another loop. Yarn over, pull through both loops on your hook. This completes the one double crochet stitch.
- Repeat number one in the same stitch/space until you have 6 loops on your hook.
- Yarn over, pull through all 6 loops at once, fairly tightly.
Each bobble will always have a single crochet stitch before and after it. Be sure to do these SC stitches fairly tight, in order to let your bobble pop!
When crocheting a pattern that contains bobble stitches, I recommend a long necked crochet hook as you will need to fit 6 loops on it at the same time.
Here’s another bobble stitch example showing how you can use the bobbles to create simple shapes and motifs. I used this one repeated on a baby blanket I made for a friend.
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