How to Crochet Bobble Edging is the 3rd in a little series of posts about different crocheted edgings. If you missed the others, you can find them here.
Bobble edging is trickier than the others. It involves an unusual little manoeuvre where you have to take your hook out then put it through from the other side.
It’s well worth it though, as it looks great and it is fun to do once you get the hang of it. It would look great decorating a blanket or a scarf.
How to Crochet Bobble Edging
Please be aware that I have used British crocheting terms!
Bobble edging looks neatest if the number of stitches you have is a multiple of 3. Don’t worry though if you haven’t, it will still work. You might have a bit of a gap at one end though.
At the start of the row 1 ch, miss 1 stitch, dc into next stitch.
*3 ch
Into 3rd chain from hook, start making a tr and stop half way!
So: put the yarn over the hook, slip crochet hook into 3rd chain from hook, yarn round hook, pull it through. Yarn over hook again. Pull newest loop through 2 nearest loops on hook. Stop! Don’t finish the stitch! You will have 2 loops on your hook.
Now make 3 more trebles in the same way. You will end up with 5 loops on your hook.
2 trebles
3 trebles
4 trebles
Yarn over hook again and pull it through all the loops.
4 ch
Into 3rd ch from hook, make 4 tr in the same way. Put the yarn over the hook and pull through all 5 loops on the hook.
1 ch*
These are the 2 sections of the bobble.
Now remove your hook from the loop. Put the hook through from the other side and slip the loop back on.
Yarn over hook and pull it through.
You have completed one bobble!
Now dc into each of the next 3 stitches, from the right side.
Make another bobble in the same way as the previous one. Keep going in this way until you reach the end of the row.
You can achieve different results by increasing the amount of chains at the start of each bobble.
This one has 6 chains.
The bobble is always worked into the 3rd chain from the hook.
Happy crafting!
