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Sailor bobble pattern

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Fun and decorative ! This is what we did on our chunky sample of 21 sts.
row 1-5: stockinette with 1 edge st each side in garter st.
row 6 (=RS): K1 edge st, K1, *count 5 sts down from st on left needle, put your right needle through and pick up yarn (=1 bobble), slip st off left needle and let st unravel, K3*, repeat *-*, end with 1 bobble, K2.
row 7-11: stockinette with 1 edge st each side in garter st.
row 12: K1 edge st, K3, *1 bobble, K3*, repeat *-*, end with K1.
Repeat row 1-12.
Towards the end of our video we show how it looks working on smaller needles with a DK weight yarn.

ps. Depending on desired size of the bobble, you can choose to knit the st 3-5 rows below and also work 3-5 sts between each st picked up below.
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Video #262, listed in: Learn to knit, Texture Knitting, Bubbles

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Cecilia wrote:

Precioso y muy bien explicado, gracias

28.07.2013 - 00:26

Country flag Silla wrote:

Hejsa. Jeg vil spørge om i har opskrift til en herretrøje der er strikket med sømandsboblerne ? På forhånd tak for hjælpen;) Knus og kram herfra

26.07.2013 - 15:29

Country flag Mia Kjellmann wrote:

Min mand har længe ønsket at jeg skulle strikke ham en trøje med sømandsbobler, men det er først nu hvor jeg ser denne video at jeg forstår teknikken. Så der er håb forude :-)

30.04.2013 - 21:43

Country flag Marie Danneels wrote:

Ongelooflijk toffe, plezante steek !

08.02.2013 - 12:58

Linda MacDonald wrote:

How wonderful to finally understand how one makes these bobbles. Thanks a mil. How to do I find a pattnern, in your library that uses this technique? Thanks in adavance :)

28.01.2013 - 13:58

Country flag Lis Baun Schmidt wrote:

Endelig fandt jeg instruktionen på bobler, som kunne forstås

17.01.2013 - 19:37

Country flag Kirsten Bjørklund wrote:

Kjempeflotte og dekorative bobler. Veldig god og tydelig strikkeinstuksjon. Takk

12.01.2013 - 21:38

Country flag Lisbeth Johansen wrote:

Kjempefin instruksjon:)

11.01.2013 - 11:23

Country flag Vanessa wrote:

Das ist ein sehr schönes Muster! Gibt es auch Strickmodelle dazu?

07.12.2012 - 22:31

Country flag Strix wrote:

Beautiful Bubbles! Thanks ;^)

09.11.2012 - 00:47

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