How to Crochet the Bobble Stitch
This bobble stitch adds a playful texture to your crochet project. It looks beautiful in a single color, but using multiple colors gives it a fun, lively effect. The bobbles shift subtly from one another and are visible on only one side of your work. You can use this stitch to make a cozy cowl, a bag, potholder or a cushion. This stitch is also sometimes called the Honeycomb Stitch.
A bobble stitch is not the same as a popcorn stitch. A popcorn stitch pops out on the front of the row you’re working, while the bobble stitch pushes toward the back. You can make it pop to the front, but the result won’t be optimal. If you’re looking for a bobble that shows on both sides of your work, the puff stitch is your best option.
On this page, I explain 5 rows. You can keep repeating rows 2 through 5 to continue your project. For the Bobble Stitch, start with a foundation chain that is a multiple of 3, plus 1 extra chain.
Basic Stitches and Abbreviations
- Chain (ch)
- Single Crochet (sc)
- Bobble (bob)
Below you will find the video tutorial for the Bobble Stitch (with the crochet chart included) and the written instructions.
Related tutorials: Popcorn Stitch, Puff Stitch, Staggered Bobble Stitch
Video: How to crochet the Bobble Stitch + Chart
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- 0:00 introduction Bobble Stitch
- 0:57 Row 1
- 1:47 Row 2
- 7:14 Row 3
- 9:01 Row 4
- 12:38 Row 5
- 14:08 Crochet Chart
Written instructions Bobble Stitch
Special Stitch – Bobble – Bob
5x into the same stitch: Yarn over, insert your hook into the stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop. Yarn over and pull the yarn through 2 loops on your hook. Another way of explaining this part of the stitch: Work five double crochets into the same stitch, leaving each one unfinished.
Once you’ve done this 5 times, you’ll end up with 6 loops on your hook. Yarn over one last time and pull through all 6 loops to complete the bobble. Push the bobble to the back of your work.
Chain a multiple of 3 + 1 extra chain.
Note: the turning chain does not count as a stitch
Row 1
1 sc in the 2nd ch from the hook. 1 sc in each next ch to the end of the row. Turn.
Row 2
1 sc in each of the first 2 stitches, *1 bob in the next stitch, 1 sc in each of the next 2 stitches*. Repeat between * and * until the end of the row. End the row with 1 bob in the last stitch. Turn.
Row 3
You can choose to start this row in a new color.
Ch 1, 1 sc in the bob from the previous row, 1 sc in each of the next 2 sc from the previous row. *1 sc in the next bob, 1 sc in each of the next 2 sc*. Repeat between * and * until the end of the row. Turn.
Row 4
Ch 1, 1 bob in the first stitch, 1 sc in each of the next 2 stitches, *1 bob in the next stitch, 1 sc in each of the next 2 stitches. Repeat between * and * until the end of the row. Turn.
Row 5
You can choose to start this row in a new color.
ch 1, 1 sc in the first sc and in the next sc from the previous row, 1 sc in the next bob from the previous row, *1 sc in each of the next 2 sc, 1 sc in the next bob.* Repeat between * and * until the end of the row. Turn.
Keep repeating rows 2-5.
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