Thursday, July 8, 2010

RANDOM BOBBLES DISHCLOTH








KNITTING PATTERN by SARA H. BALDWIN ©2010

This is a whimsical variation of “Grandmother’s Favorite”. Whenever you begin to knit with a certain color, make a bobble with it. It’s kind of fun to see where they end up! The effect sort of reminds me of popcorn spilled on a carpet.

The idea is to make the bobble just big enough to use up the color. It takes about 16 inches of yarn to make the big bobble (right photo, click to embiggen), and about 10 inches to make the small bobble (left photo, click to embiggen). Figure out how much length of one color your yarn has, and choose the bobble size accordingly.

GAUGE: not critical

SIZE: Makes a dishcloth about 8 inches square. If you made it a lot bigger, wouldn't it be an awesome baby blanket?

MATERIALS: One ball cotton yarn. I used some Peaches & Creme in "Winterberry" for the grey and white, and Lion Cotton in "Sherbet Swirl" for the pastels.
Knitting needles size 6.

Big Bobble (right side):
Row 1: Knit, YO, and knit into the same stitch, turn
Row 2: Purl 3, turn
Row 3: K1, M1K (pick up the purl bump behind the next stitch and knit it), K1, M1K, K1, turn
Row 4: Purl 5, turn
Row 5: SSK, K1, K2tog, turn
Row 6: Purl 3, turn
Row 7: Slip 1, K2tog, PSSO (pass the slipped stitch over the knit stitch). Do not turn.

Big Bobble (wrong side):
Row 1: Purl, YO, and Purl into the same stitch, turn
Row 2: Knit 3, turn
Row 3: P1, M1P (pick up the purl bump in front of the next stitch and purl it), P1, M1P, P1, turn
Row 4: Knit 5, turn
Row 5: P2tog, P1, P2tog through the back loops, turn
Row 6: Knit 3, turn
Row 7: Slip 1, P2tog, PSSO (pass the slipped stitch over the purl stitch). Do not turn.

Small Bobble (right side):
Row 1: Knit, YO, and knit into the same stitch, turn
Row 2: Purl 3, turn
Row 3: K3, turn
Row 4: Purl 3, turn
Row 5: Slip 1, K2tog, PSSO (pass the slipped stitch over the knit stitch). Do not turn.


Small Bobble (wrong side):
Row 1: Purl, YO, and Purl into the same stitch, turn
Row 2: Knit 3, turn
Row 3: P3, turn
Row 4: Knit 3, turn
Row 5: Slip 1, P2tog, PSSO (pass the slipped stitch over the purl stitch). Do not turn.

Cast on 4 stitches, knit one row.

Increasing rows: Knit 2, YO, knit to end of row. Make a bobble whenever you come to your chosen color. Be careful to keep track of your right and wrong sides and make the bobble accordingly, so that they all end up on the same side. Try to avoid making a bobble closer than three stitches to the edge. Keep going with the increasing rows until your dishcloth edge is about eight inches. I stopped increasing and turned the corner at 50 stitches, but your mileage may vary.

Decreasing rows: K1, K2tog, YO, K2tog, knit to end. Keep decreasing until four stitches remain, and bind off.

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1 comment:

  1. Perfect....beautiful, consistent bobbles! I just ran across your blog and was seeking a bobble method for the wrong side of the fabric. Most methods seem to be for the front side of stockinette.

    Thank you for your bobble methods, they have saved my project and sanity!

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