Crocheted Bobble Cuff

This is my favorite crocheted jewelry design so far. I wanted to learn some new crochet stitch patterns, and found a bobble stitch pattern in my Reader's Digest needlework book (it's a huge hardcover book that was given to me by a friend's mom, and has instructions for all kinds of needlework including knitting and crocheting). To make a bobble stitch, you yarn over, insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull hook through stitch, yarn over, pull hook through two loops. You keep doing this into the same stitch until you have six loops on your hook, then yarn over and pull the hook through all six loops. The bobble will look kind of flat at this point, but so you single crochet into the next stitch, which gathers it up and makes it look more bobble-like. For this bracelet, there are two single crochet stitches in between each bobble. I used a multiple of three stitches and alternated where the bobble was in each row. In between a row of bobbles, I did a row of single crochet. That's basically the stitch pattern as printed in the book! I ended up with a flat bobble at the end of the middle row of bobbles, so that's where I sewed on the button. To make a closure for the button, I did a row of single crochet along one end, but chained a couple stitches and skipped a couple before continuing the single crochet, forming a small loop. I used sport weight yarn and the hook size recommened on the label, and did nine repeats of the bobble to get a decent length for my wrist. You would probably want to experiment with gauge to make sure your bracelet is the right length for you. I think I'll make it a bit tighter - maybe one less repeat - if I make this again, because it stretched a little when I wore it for a while. It still fits okay, but I'd prefer a tighter fit. I have some beautiful silvery gray yarn ("Love" from southwest trading co's vickie howell line of yarns - the black version here was made with "Craft" from the same line) that I think I'll use to make another cuff and a matching necklace. The black was really tough to photograph, so I'm hoping to get a better picture once I've made this in another color.