hedgehog hazel pattern

[milkcrochet]

hello!

i'm still new to the crochet world and i'm learning the bobble stitch right now..

this pattern is really confusing to me, here is how it goes:

R13: 3ch, 3tr, *bobble st on 2 stitches, 2tr*. repeat *...* 4x to get 5 bobbles. crochet 4 tr, work 2 st together, 3tr, work 2 st together.

this pattern is used with UK terminology so it's actually tr=double.

 

i'm confused about the commas, is it 3ch and 3 double crochets in the SAME stitch or are we separating stitches? and bobble on 2 stitches, does it mean i do a bobble stitch on two consecutive stitches or is it a different kind of bobble stitch?

it's also confusing because this part of the pattern doesn't mention how many stitches are counted in each round..

thank you in advance, sorry if this is out of context, this is the only part of the pattern i'm confused about, hopefully it's enough information.

[Granny Square]

Welcome to the 'ville!

If a pattern doesn't say where to put the stitches, a line that says "something, 3tr, something else", the 3tr 99.9% always means "1 tr in each of the next 3 stitches".  It's best not to assume anything a pattern doesn't explicitly say, follow it exactly first; if that doesn't work out only then you may need to dig deeper.

When in doubt, look at the pattern photo in that spot you are questioning if you can find it, does it look like 3 in a row or 3 in 1?.

[milkcrochet]

22 hours ago, Granny Square said:

Welcome to the 'ville!

If a pattern doesn't say where to put the stitches, a line that says "something, 3tr, something else", the 3tr 99.9% always means "1 tr in each of the next 3 stitches".  It's best not to assume anything a pattern doesn't explicitly say, follow it exactly first; if that doesn't work out only then you may need to dig deeper.

When in doubt, look at the pattern photo in that spot you are questioning if you can find it, does it look like 3 in a row or 3 in 1?.

Ahh i see! what about the 'bobble stitch on 2 stitches'?

Also, there are no pictures in this pattern at all, so that doesn't help.. only the picture of the finished project.

 

Edited March 17, 2021 by milkcrochet

[bgs]

You sometimes have to study the photo of the finished object for clues.  The pattern really should have explicitly explained how to work a bobble onto 2 stitches but I see that it does not.  What you are going to do is start the bobble as it says but after you get 3 loops on your hook start inserting your hook into the next stitch and keep following the bobble instructions.  This will divide the bobble out over 2 stitches.

[milkcrochet]

6 hours ago, bgs said:

You sometimes have to study the photo of the finished object for clues.  The pattern really should have explicitly explained how to work a bobble onto 2 stitches but I see that it does not.  What you are going to do is start the bobble as it says but after you get 3 loops on your hook start inserting your hook into the next stitch and keep following the bobble instructions.  This will divide the bobble out over 2 stitches.

Ahhhhh right i see! that's what i thought i had to do, but i wasn't sure.. it does explain the bobble but it only says i might have to do it on 2 stitches instead of only one, wasn't confident in my skills enough to understand that. thank you so much for your help!

 

Edited March 17, 2021 by milkcrochet

[criblet]

Working the bobble over two stitches works out to be a decrease -- you're working a shaped piece, so this decrease goes towards the shaping of the head to make it round.

Good on you for going for the more advanced pattern and the cute hedgehog!

[milkcrochet]

1 hour ago, criblet said:

Working the bobble over two stitches works out to be a decrease -- you're working a shaped piece, so this decrease goes towards the shaping of the head to make it round.

Good on you for going for the more advanced pattern and the cute hedgehog!

i see, thanks so much for the info and thanks for the encouragements, i need it for this project it's been really confusing! 

[Noori]

Hi, I’m working on the same pattern and I’m just as confused

 

The previous questions and replies helped me understand the pattern better, however

 

On 3/17/2021 at 1:30 AM, milkcrochet said:

R13: 3ch, 3tr, *bobble st on 2 stitches, 2tr*. repeat *...* 4x to get 5 bobbles. crochet 4 tr, work 2 st together, 3tr, work 2 st together.

On the above description of Row13 it says repeat 4x to get 5 bobbles, how do we get 5 bobbles if we only repeating 4 times?

 

 

[bgs]

You already made one and are now repeating the instructions 4 more times which makes 5.