Bobble (knitting)

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Raised round bobbles are knit into the placket and along the outer shoulders and sleeves of this jacket. Bobbles and welting.jpg
Raised round bobbles are knit into the placket and along the outer shoulders and sleeves of this jacket.
A close-up view of hand-knit bobbles Bobbles close up.jpg
A close-up view of hand-knit bobbles

In knitting, a bobble is a localized set of stitches forming a raised bump. The bumps are usually arranged in a regular geometrical pattern (e.g., a hexagonal grid) or may be figurative, e.g., represent apples on a knitted tree.

The basic idea of a bobble is to increase into a single stitch, knit a few short rows, then decrease back to a single stitch. However, this leaves many choices: how to increase and how many stitches, how many short rows to work, and how to decrease.

A bobble can also be a yarn pom-pom used to decorate knitted items such as bobble hats.

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