Bobble (knitting)

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.

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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