Blooming Bobbles Square Crochet Pattern

Bobbles emerge from behind post stitches and bloom into a 12-petaled flower in the Blooming Bobbles Square. This 12-inch crochet square has layers of texture and an ever-changing pattern with something new in each round!

Moogly Afghan CAL

I designed this crochet square for the Moogly 2023 afghan CAL. Are you crocheting along? With 24 squares total, this square is just about halfway through. There’s plenty of time to catch up! See the main post for the full schedule and links to all the squares.

Take a look at the block 12 post to see how Moogly’s version of this crochet square pattern turned out.

Red Heart With Love Yarn

This year, I’ve used some leftover Caron One Pound and Red Heart With Love yarns that Yarnspirations had sent me for previous designs. For the solid color version, I used 10523 Azure (the lightest blue in the picture below.

The multi-color version combines 10616 Soft Gray Mix with Red Heart With Love in 1711 Cameo (the solid pink in the picture below)

Color Changes

This square works well in a solid color, or in multiple colors! Change colors as desired throughout the square to create the look you want.

At the very center of this crochet square, there is a hexagon with post stitches at the front and bobbles behind them. For my multi-colored square, I alternated between grey for the post stitch rounds (1 and 3) and pink for the other rounds (2 and 4) in this section. I shifted to solid pink for the petals section, and then to blue for the outer square section.

Adjusting the Size

Sometimes our gauge can vary a bit as we crochet, leaving you with a square that’s slightly larger or smaller than you wanted.

To make your square smaller, you can skip the last round if needed. I do not recommend skipping any more rounds than that because the square shape will not be even.

To make your square larger, you can work the last round in dc instead of hdc, and/or repeat the last round as needed. If repeating the last round, change the corner combination to (hdc, ch 2, hdc) on every alternate round to keep the stitch count from growing too quickly.

Full Video Tutorial!

Need more help? See the full video tutorial for this pattern!

Blooming Bobbles Square

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Materials

• Yarn: 175 yds total in any combination of
  • Caron One Pound – 100% acrylic, worsted weight yarn (812 yds / 454g per skein) – Shown in #10616 Soft Gray Mix and #10523 Azure
  • Red Heart With Love – 100% acrylic, worsted weight yarn – 370 yds / 198 g per skein – Shown in: #1711 Cameo
• Hook: Size J / 6 mm hook or size needed to match gauge
• Notions:
  • Scissors
  • Tapestry Needle

Project Level

Intermediate: Front post stitches, working into rounds below, bobbles, changing colors, working in the round.

Size

12-inch square

Gauge

11 sc x 12 rnds = 4 inches after blocking.

Use pattern as gauge swatch – after rnd 6, work should measure about 4.25 inches in diameter.

Abbreviations used

This pattern uses US terms.

• beg bo = beginning bobble (see Special Stitches)
• bo = bobble (see Special Stitches)
• ch = chain
• dc = double crochet
• fptr = front post treble crochet
• hdc = half double crochet
• rep = repeat
• rnd = round
• sc = single crochet
• sc2tog = single crochet 2 stitches together
• sk = skip
• sl st = slip stitch
• sp = space
• st(s) = stich(es)
• tr = treble crochet
• yo = yarn over

Recommended Resources

• Blooming Bobbles Square full video tutorial
• How to Start a Crochet Circle – 3 Ways
• How to Crochet Bobbles
• Post Stitches from Moogly
• Changing Colors

Special Stitch

Beginning Bobble (beg bo): Ch 3, [yo, insert hook in indicated st or sp, yo and pull up a loop, yo and pull through 2 loops on hook] 4 times in same st or sp, yo and pull through all 5 loops on hook.

Bobble (bo): [Yo, insert hook in indicated st or sp, yo and pull up a loop, yo and pull through 2 loops on hook] 5 times in same st or sp, yo and pull through all 6 loops on hook.

For a more detailed look, see this crochet bobble tutorial.

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