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This free photo-tutorial will show you how to crochet a bright cotton potholder with a bobble heart pattern. **The bobble heart tutorial was updated in February/March 2019 to update errors, add fresh pictures, and to include a pattern for the back of the potholder.**
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Look at that picture!!
Totally adorable, RIGHT?!
Once you learn how to make the bobble heart potholder, make one for your mom, your bestie, your grandma, and goddammit, dogs need potholders too!
Those of you who follow me on Instagram have seen the above picture before and know that I’ve been trying to work out the kinks in this bobble heart pattern for a while. It took a few tries and some frogging to figure out how to use the pixel-bobble method described by Repeat Crafter Me.
Once I had the heart down, I had to figure out what I wanted to make with it! I chose a potholder (trivet??) because the puffy bobbles will help to keep the heat from a hot pan away from your table.
Plus, my current potholder situation is drab A.F. and honestly, it’s a little depressing.
I love the end result and it really brightens up my kitchen! I bet you’re picturing your very own bobble heart potholder hanging from your oven handle, being all cute-like! And who could blame you?!
This potholder is ahh-mazing, but get ready to count your stitches and weave in some ends. A lot of the crochet patterns I work on allow me to just space out while binge-ing on Hart of Dixie, but not this potholder.
Don’t worry though, the finished product is absolutely worth the semi-tedious counting, but I just want to be up-front about the type of project you’re about to get yourself into.
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Now you’re ready to rock, right?
First, double check your crafty stash or hit up Amazon for some supplies.
Supplies:
H-5.0mm and I-5.5mm crochet hooks
2 colors of worsted weight cotton yarn (I used Sugar’n Cream in Hot Pink and Yellow)
Scissors
Tapestry needle
Need a bobble stitch tutorial?
Bobble heart potholder crochet pattern:
Begin by chaining 28, using your I hook.
Row 1: Switch to your H hook. Skip the first chain (ch), single crochet (sc) in the second chain from the hook and sc across (27 stitches). Don’t worry if it’s a little curly, it will flatten out as you add more rows.
Row 2: Ch 1 and turn. sc, *bobble, sc* (repeat * 13 times). There should be 13 bobble stitches, and 27 total stitches.
To make each bobble, yarn over and put your hook through both loops of the stitch you’re building on. Yarn over again and pull through, as if you’re starting a double crochet. Yarn over again and pull through the first two loops on your hook, leaving two loops on your hook. Basically, you want to crochet 2/3 of a double crochet stitch. Repeat this process (the 2/3 double crochet) four more times in the same stitch. You should now have six loops on your hook, and five partial double crochets (the 6th loop is connected to the previous stitch). Yarn over again and pull all six of the loops through. Chain 1 to finish.
If you need help crocheting the bobble stitch, check out my step-by-step photo-tutorial or video:
Row 3: Ch 1 and turn. sc across (27 stitches).
Row 4: Ch 1 and turn. sc, bobble, 23 sc, bobble, sc (27 stitches).
Row 5: Ch 1 and turn. sc across (27 stitches).
Row 6: Ch 1 and turn. sc, bobble, sc 3, bobble, sc, bobble, sc 11, bobble, sc, bobble, sc 3, bobble, sc (27 stitches).
Row 7: Ch 1 and turn. sc across (27 stitches).
Row 8: Ch 1 and turn. sc, bobble, sc 3, bobble, sc, bobble, sc 5, [color 2] bobble, [color 1] sc 5, bobble, sc, bobble, sc 3, bobble, sc (27 stitches).
Note: I usually start carrying my second color (pink, in this case) 2-3 stitches early and drop it 2-3 stitches late. I leave a 3-4 inch tail and just trim it off, rather than continuing to carry the second color. Toward the bottom of this post you can see what the back of my potholder looks like before the ends are weaved in.
If you need help switching colors, check out this great tutorial and video on Moogly!
Row 9: Ch 1 and turn. sc 11, [color 2] sc 5, [color 1] sc 11 (27 stitches).
Row 10: Ch 1 and turn. sc, bobble, sc 8, [color 2] sc, *bobble, sc* (repeat * 3 times), [color 1] sc 8, bobble, sc (27 stitches).
Row 11: Ch 1 and turn. sc 9, [color 2] sc 9, [color 1] sc 9 (27 stitches).
Row 12: Ch 1 and turn. sc, bobble, sc 6, [color 2] sc *bobble, sc* (repeat * 5 times), [color 1] sc 6, bobble, sc (27 stitches).
Row 13: Ch 1 and turn. sc 7, [color 2] sc 13, [color 1] sc 7 (27 stitches).
Row 14: Ch 1 and turn. sc, bobble, sc 4, [color 2] sc *bobble, sc* (repeat * 7 times), [color 1] sc 4, bobble, sc (27 stitches).
Row 15: Ch 1 and turn. sc 6, [color 2] sc 15, [color 1] sc 6 (27 stitches).
Row 16: Repeat Row 14.
Row 17: Ch 1 and turn. sc 7, [color 2] sc 6, [color 1] sc 1, [color 2] sc 6, [color 1] sc 7 (27 stitches).
Row 18: Ch 1 and turn. sc, bobble, sc 6, [color 2] sc, bobble, sc, bobble, [color 1] sc 3, [color 2] bobble, sc, bobble, sc, [color 1] sc 6, bobble, sc (27 stitches).
Row 19: Ch 1 and turn. sc across (27 stitches).
Row 20: Ch 1 and turn. sc, bobble, sc 3, bobble, sc 15, bobble, sc 3, bobble, sc (27 stitches).
Row 21: Ch 1 and turn. sc across (27 stitches).
Row 22: Ch 1 and turn. sc, bobble, sc 23, bobble, sc (27 stitches).
Row 23: Ch 1 and turn. sc across (27 stitches).
Row 24: Ch 1 and turn. sc, *bobble, sc* (repeat * 13 times). There should be 13 bobble stitches, and 27 total stitches.
Row 25: Ch 1 and turn. sc across (27 stitches).
**Don’t trim yarn — you will use this color to crochet the first border row**
Back:
With color 2 – ch 28, using your I (5.5 mm) hook.
Row 1: Switch to your H (5.0 mm) hook. Skipping the first chain (ch), single crochet (sc) in the second chain from the hook and sc across (27 stitches).
Rows 2 – 30: Repeat Row 1.
Edging / Border
This is that pretty border and little loop to hang your potholder from cabinet knobs and oven handles.
Row 1: After finishing Row 25 of the potholder body, ch 1. Lay the back piece onto the potholder and align the edges. Begin crocheting down the side of the potholder [color 1], joining the back and front pieces. Work 30 sc into the side, plus 2 extra sc in corner, sc 27, 2 extra sc in corner, sc 30, 2 extra sc in corner, sc 27, 2 extra sc in corner. Connect to first sc with a slip stitch. Trim and weave in ends.
Row 2: Attach color 2 at any point, sc until you reach a corner, sc 1, ch 15, sc 2, continue sc all the way around (with 3 sc in each corner). Join to first sc with slip stitch. Trim and weave in ends.
Speaking of weaving in ends… there’s a lot of that to do, so I hope you love your tapestry needle! Above you can see the back of my potholder, before I wove everything in. Pretty crazy, right?! There is a lot of color changing, and rather than carrying an extra color for the whole time, I just added and dropped as necessary.
UPDATE 2/2019: You don’t have to cut the yarn on every row — since the second color is all in one area, you can drop it after each color change and pick it up in the next row.
If you’ve finished weaving in your ends, you’re totally done! What do you think? I just love the texture the bobbles create! I’m so excited to hang this bad boy on my oven handle so I can look at it every day.
I kind of have a problem with pretty kitchen things — I never want to actually use them, for fear of spilling tomato basil soup or something all over them!
I suppose it’s nothing a little Shout! couldn’t fix, but I still worry!
After you finish your potholder, how about using your extra yarn to make a Tapestry Heart Cup Cozy!?
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