Helping our users. Bobble Pattern Crochet Baby Blouse.
You’ll need:
Hobbii Soft Alpac yarn Each skein has 50 grams and 165 m in 2 colors : Coral as a main color and White for the brim:
2Y – 145 grams / 478 m (3 skeins of coral, 1 of white);
4Y – 175 grams / 577 m (3 skeins of coral, 1 of white);
6Y – 225 grams/ 743 m (4 skeins of coral, 1 of white);
8Y – 245 grams /809 m (5 skeins of coral, 1 of white);
Crochet hook 3,5 mm.
Size: 2 (4, 6, 8) years.
Used Patterns
Bobble stitch is a cluster of 5 double crochet made in the same st. Yarn over, insert the hook through the stitch, yarn over and pull out a loop. Repeat 5 times then yarn over and pull the yarn through all the loops on your hook. After making the bobble don’t make a chain. Just go into the next stitch and make the half double crochet.
Stitches control: 17 hdc x 18 rows = 10 x 10 cm.
Instructions
Make 72 (80, 88, 96) chain sts.
Yoke
*for the yoke the number of sts for sizes 4Y, 6Y, 8Y are wrote between brackets
Row 1: Ch 2, 1 hdc in first 11 (12, 13, 14) sts, 1 inc C, (1 hdc, ch 2, 1 hdc) in next st, 1 hdc in next 12 (14, 16, 18) sts, 1 inc C in next, 1 hdc in next 22 (24, 26, 28) sts, 1 inc C in next, 1 hdc in next 12 (14, 16, 18) sts, 1 inc C in next, 1 hdc in last 11 (12, 13, 14) sts. Ch 2 and turn
Row 2: [1 hdc (make the hdc inserting the hook trough all 3 loops) in each st until you get to the next corner (ch 2 space from the previous round), 1 inc in the ch 2 space]. Repeat to the end of the round. Join with a sl st with the first hdc. Ch 2 and turn.
Repeat round 2 until you have in total 10 rounds. At the end of round 10, join with a sl st and we will start working circular. Turn after each round.
Now continue working circular until you have in total:
2Y – 11 rounds
4Y – 13 rounds
6Y – 16 rounds
8Y – 20 rounds
Starting with the next round we will make the Bobble stitches for the Minnie Pattern.
Because we will need to center the Minnie pattern, count the number of sts that you have for the front side. The 1st row of Minnie pattern has 21 sts wide. After counting the number of sts for the front side, mark 21 sts in the middle.
Round 12 (14, 17, 21): Start the round as usual. Continue to increase in corners because the yoke is not done yet. When you will get to the first st marker (which represents the first bobble st of the minnie pattern), make 1 bobble st as explained above, then continue with 1 hdc in the next st, 1 Bobble in next, 1 hdc in next, 1 bobble in next, 1 hdc in next 11 st, [1 Bobble in next, 1 hdc in next] repeat 2 more times. Continue the round as usual.
Keep following the Minnie Bobble pattern on the front side. After each round with bobbles you will have 1 round just in hdc and the next will be again with Bobbles.
Follow the pattern until you have in total for the yoke:
2Y – 21 rounds
4Y – 24 rounds
6Y – 28 rounds
8Y – 30 rounds
After finishing the yoke, we will separate the body of the sweater and the sleeves and then we will start working the 3 parts individually.
Body
Round 1: Start the round as usual. 1 hdc in each st until you will get to the first corner. In first corner make 1 partial hdc (yarn over, insert the hook, and pull out a loop). Skip the sts for the sleeve and move to the next corner. In the next corner make a second partial hdc and then yarn over and pull the yarn through all the loops on the hook. On the front side keep following the Minnie Bobble pattern
After finishing the front side and you reached the 3rd corner, you will have to proceed the same as for the first sleeve. Make one partial hdc in the 3rd corner, skip the sts for the sleeve, 1 partial hdc in the 4th corner, yarn over and pull the yarn through all the loops on the hook. Continue with 1 hdc in each st until you will get to the end of the round.
After the first round of the body, we will have to mark 2 sts on the front side and 2 sts on the back side in which we wil increase to give the blouse the A shape. Count how many sts you have from the left bobble to the edge of the blouse and put a st marker in the middle. Proceed the same in the right side. On the back, mark the corespondent st of the front side marked sts.
Starting with round 2, we will work 1 hdc in each st, and we will make an increase in the 4 marked stitches (2 hdc in the same st). On the front side we will continue to follow the Minnie Bobble Pattern.
Work like this 12 rounds. If you want the blouse to be wider you can continue to increase a few more rounds.
After 12 rounds, you will continue to work without increasing for as many rounds as you want, until you will have the desired length. After finishing the Minnie Bobble Pattern, continue making just 1 hdc in each st.
Make as many rounds as you need to get to the desired length or until you have in total for the body:
2Y – 26 rounds
4Y – 27 rounds
6Y – 29 rounds
8Y – 35 rounds
Brim
Round 1: We are making the brim in color white. If you don’t want the white line on the right side, you can make the first round of the brim in the main color.
Start working on the wrong side, with the 3rd round.
Ch 2, 1 Front post half double crochet in each st around. Ch 2 and turn.
Round 2: 1 hdc in the first stitch, 2 hdc in each st around. Ch 2 and turn
Round 3: 1 hdc in each st around. Ch 2 and turn.
Repeat round 3, 2 more rounds or as many round as you want if you wish a wider brim.
Sleeves
Insert the yarn to the armpit. We will work in rounds the same as the rest of the sweater, working on the right side and on the wrong side.
Round 1: 1 hdc in each st around.
Repeat round 1, until you have the desired length of the sleeve or until you have in total:
2Y – 6 rounds
4Y – 12 rounds
6Y – 15 rounds
8Y – 20 rounds
At the end work the brim in the same way as for the bottom of the blouse.
Neck line
If you want you can add the same brim made at the bottom of the sleeves and body, on the neck line also. If not just make 2 rounds in single crochet with the white color.
If you need you can make some decreases on the first round.
When making the border on the back, where you have the blouse opened, on the first round make 2 button holes (ch 2, skip 2)