Bobbles can be used as decorative texture stitches within your knitting. They are frequently used in cable knitting to create focal points for the cables.
In the Tuckle pattern from Cosy Knits Louisa Harding has used them to create a circle of bobble hearts around the yoke of the sweater.
These are very small bobbles, also called nupps and are simple to create. You work 4 stitches from one stitch by knitting into the front, back, front and back of the same stitch. Then you lift the first 3 stitches over the last one to quickly decrease all those stitches again.
To work a drop stitch wrap the yarn around the needle twice as you knit the stitch creating a double loop for the stitch. On the next row when you work the stitch drop one of the yarn loops so that you are only working a single stitch. This creates an elongated stitch.
CO 3 sts. Knit 6 rows. Do not turn on final row, rotate corner 90 degrees, pick up 3 sts along purl bumps, rotate corner 90 degrees & pick up 3 cast on sts.
You can see a video of it in action here:
If you want to try this out in a pattern here are a few that use it:
When you work a Trellis Stitch you create the trellis-like effect by slipping stitches and then pulling those loops over a stitch in a later row. When worked in a pattern it creates a deceptively complex looking fabric although it's very simple to create!
It is used in the hat pattern Genip.
To start with you work slip stitches for 2 rows (or rounds) across 3 stitches. This give 2 long loops of yarn across the front of the work like this:
Now you knit to the middle of those stitches:
Next you take the tip of your right needle and lift both of the yarn loops onto the needle from below:
Now knit the next stitch:
Lift the yarn loops over the knit stitch to create your trellis stitch:
This is what the completed stitch looks like:
Why not try this technique out in the following pattern:
If you are going to work with beads in your knitting you frequently need to pre-string them on your yarn before you begin your work. This is the method I use to pre-string beads on my yarn:
Why not give this technique a try in one of the following patterns:
If you want to begin your work with a beaded cast on this method is a fast and simple way to add beads. You need to begin with your beads pre-strung on your work and then you add them between your cast on stitches as frequently as you'd like. A similar method could be used for a variety of cast-ons, just sitting your beads between the stitches.
Why not try this technique in the following pattern:
Read more about knitting cast on methods.
