Back in 2012 my husband and I did a video on all of my tips for making bobbles. I taught a session on them at my knitting guilds skills exchange evening. Since most of my readers couldn't be there we did a video presentation on my topic: Knitting bobbles without turning the work. The link is at the bottom of this post. The video includes several techniques for increasing and decreasing the stitches of a bobble. There are two methods for creating bobbles without turning the work, as well as a number of extra tips for successful bobbles.
Then bobbles fell out of favour and I stopped teaching them. I know they are back again because I'm suddenly getting Youtube notifications. The video is up to 31,095 views. So I thought it was time to remind you about the video. Of course for me the fun part is seeing how much I've changed, I'm both significantly greyer and slimmer than I was back then.
Robin, I had no idea bobbles are back. I'm currently do a bobble strip to add to a blanket I'm making. However, on the first bobble row I negletd to add the final one. I didn't notice this until I had quite a bit done. I'm planning on going back when it's finished and trying to make another one on it. Any suggestions on how to donthis? Thanks
ReplyDeleteI might have this solution demonstrated in the video, it's been so long I can't remember if it's there. What you do is knit a small square of the same number of stitches and rows as your bobble. Leave long tails. Use one tail to sew around the edge and pull the square into a circle, use the other to sew the bobble to your project. Bury both ends in the bobble and trim.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea, thanks i'll give it a try
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