For this tutorial you will need your selected yarn I'm using Stylecraft
special DK in raspberry you will also need a crochet hook I am using a 5
millimeter crochet hook you'll need some scissors and a darning needle just to
finish off your ends to get started what you want to do is make your slipknot and
you can do this whichever way you prefer insert your hook and we're going to
begin by creating a foundation chain now your foundation chain wants to be in odd
numbers and then we're going to plus one for turning so it's actually going to
end up being an even number of stitches I'm going to start off by doing 25 plus
1 for turning so 26 in total so you want to yarn over and pull through yarn over
pull through yarn over pull through if you want to pause the video and keep
doing your chain to whichever length you want
it's an idea to layout your chain either on a bed or just on the floor so you can
get an idea of how big the width at this project is going to be for this
particular one I've chained 26 and this is perfect for an iPad cover so pause
the video and I shall meet you back once you've done your chain now what we're
going to do is start working our way back along the foundation chain with a
double crochet so this is double crochet in UK terms in the US this is known as
single crochet so we're going to ignore the loop that's on the hook and we're
going to skip the first chain and work into the second chain along and you want
to insert your hook grab the yarn and pull it through and you'll have two
loops on the hook and grab the yarn and pull it through both loops on the hook
again into the next chain space grab the yarn pull it through grab the yarn pull
it through both loops on the hook and you would just continue in this way all
the way along to the very end so if you want to pause the video now
work your way to the end and I shall meet you back to show you what to do
next so once you've come to the end of that row you're two pattern repeat
will actually start now so from now on the next row that we do and the one
after that will be repeated again and again so for example if we take a look at this
piece here this is the foundation row that we've just done so the foundation
chain followed by the row of double crochets and then this row and then the
one in between is two rows and then it's repeated again and again so once you've
actually got the the gist of these two rows you'll be well away and it's a
really quick building project to do so first of all what you want to do is
chain three one two and three and you're going to turn your work we're then going
to work right into the bottom of this stitch so if I just pull this apart here
you can see at the bottom of this chain three there is an open stitch there so
what we're going to do is actually treble crochet some stitches together so
treble crochet is the UK term in the US this is known as double crochet so you
want to yarn over and insert your hook yarn over pull through you'll have three
loops on the hook and yarn over pull through and you'll have two loops on the
hook now normally we would yarn over and pull
through those two loops but we're going to leave them on there for now so this
chain 3 is classing as one treble this next one is your second treble and we're
going to do 5 in total so this is our third treble here so yarn over just
pull through two stitches so that's three and one more four and then our
last one five so you've got five stitches and then
you're left with five loops on the hook now this is going to be the same for
every first puff stitch that we do of each row you would then yarn over and
pull through all of those loops on the hook and then into the next stitch we're
going to do a double crochet so again US this is single crochet so insert your
hook yarn over pull through and then yarn over pull through two loops on the
hook so whenever were working this stitch
you're always working on the wrong side of the work so again if I grab my sample
piece here this is the side that we're facing when we're creating these bobbles
so this is always the wrong side of the work so that is your first bubble stitch
there we're then going to go into our next chain space and we're going to
crochet five trebles together so it's yarn over insert yarn over pull through
yarn over pull through two so we now have two loops on the hook so that's our
first treble second treble
third treble
fourth and fifth so you'll notice this time that you actually have six loops on
the hook and that will be the same for everyone apart from the first one of
every round we'll only have five so you can either count your trebles or you can
just keep going until you have six loops on the hook you then want to yarn over
and pull through all of those loops on the hook and you're going to insert your
hook into the next space yarn over pull through and yarn over pull through two
and that puffs out that bubble stitch there and in that process is simply
repeated so we're going to crochet five treble crochets together so one two
three four and five and you'll be left with six loops on your hook yarn over
pull through all of those loops on your hook insert your hook into the next
space and do a double crochet so you want to repeat that process all the way
along until you get to nearly the very end pause the video and I shall meet you
back there to show you what to do next so now I'm at the very end and I have
one stitch left I've just done a double crochet so it is correct that you
actually end on a puff stitch also notice that as I'm working this actually
spiral spirals round that is completely normal
the more you build the work the more it will flatten out so don't worry if that
does happen so what we want to do now is our last bubble stitch of the row so you
want to yarn over and insert your hook into that last space and do your five
trebles as normal
yarn over and pull through all the loops on the hook and you'll notice that there
is another stitch for you to bring that stitch down into but that's
absolutely fine just give it a bit of a pull and then yarn over and pull through
just to secure that stitch you're then going to chain one and turn your work
and we're going to be working back the other way and this row is actually
really simple if you turn your work onto its side or so that you can see the top
and you'll see these longer V's and shorter V's longer V's and shorter
V'S and that's what we're going to be working into so you want to put your
hook underneath that long V first of all and that's the top of the bobble
stitch yarn over pull through and then yarn over pull through and that's a
double crochet you're then going to go into the smaller V so if you pull it
apart you'll see a small gap there between both of the bobbles and you're
going to do a double crochet in there and then you're going to go over the top
of the bobble and between
and in the top and in between and so on and so forth so work your way all the
way along that row till you get to the very end and I shall show you how to
start the pattern repeat again I'm now at the end of this rub again and what
I'm going to do is chain three one two three I'm going to turn my work and then
remember this first bobble stitch is always slightly different to the others
you're going to do four treble crochets right into the first space that you can
see and you're not going to finish off those trebels because we're going to
crochet them all together so at this point you'll only have five
loops on the hook rather than six and you're going to yarn over and pull
through all of those loops on the hook and then do your double crochet into the
next stitch you would then repeat the same process all the way along if you're
still not clear on what to do you can rewind the video and follow the
instructions for the first two rows if not you can pause the video and work as
many rows as you want to and when I come back I'm going to show you how you can
change colours if that's what you want to do so here I am with my sample piece
I've actually done three rows of the bobble stitch so that's it actually
works out as a one two three four five six seven rows in total because we have
the first row here what I've done is on my last stitch I've done a chain cut off
my yarn and pulled that nice and tight and what you want to do is insert your hook
into the base of that stitch just underneath of where you've tied it off
you're then going to grab your different colour yarn grab that and pull it through
and as always I like to just tie this off just so I know that it's
extra secure you want to insert your hook into that same space again and then
you would just continue as normal so as you would here you would chain three so
grab the yarn and pull it through first of all and then chain three one two
three turn your work and then work into that first space so once you have
chained three you're then going to do your puff stitch into first space
and continue as normal all the way along I've just skip forward ahead and added a few
more of those bobbles just so you can see what that is starting to look like
with those different colours added to it and you can change those colours up as
much as you want so that is your bobble stitch tutorial I really hope it
helped you can apply this to any of your projects if you like this video make
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