Bobble Up Top
Free Crochet Pattern
The Pattern
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The Pattern
The Bobble Up Top is a seamless, top-down raglan that blends airy lacework with a playful and three-dimensional texture reminiscent of bobble stitches for the perfect summer feel.
The colorwork pattern is achieved while only using one color at a time, so there will be minimal ends to weave in!
Featuring short sleeves and a ribbed hem, collar, and cuffs, this lightweight design is as breezy to wear as it is to make. The ribbed collar features increases and decreases that are designed to raise the back of the neck in order to make the top have an improved fit around the neckline.
Difficulty
Advanced beginner
Measurements
Finished bust circumference: 32 (36.5, 41.25, 43.5, 48) (52.5, 57.25, 59.5, 64) inches or 81.5 (93, 104.5, 110.5, 122) (133.5, 145, 151, 162.5) cm
The sizing for this pattern is based on the standard Craft Yarn Council (CYC) measurements.
This top is designed to be worn with up to 4 inches (10 cm) of positive ease around the bust.
All my garment patterns are size-inclusive and are graded for actual bust circumferences of up to at least a 60 inches or 152 cm.
Materials
Yarn
Fingering weight
Shown in
Hobbii Friends 8/4 (100% Cotton; 175 yds/160 m per 1.75 oz/50 g ball) in color Oatmilk (03) as the main color and Faint Purple (66), Misty Violet (67), Lavender (73), Purple Rain (70), and Black Currant (71) as the contrast colors.
Hooks
US G-6/4.0 mm (main gauge) hook, US E-4/3.5 mm (secondary) hook, or sizes needed to obtain gauge. I’m a tight crocheter, so you may have to go down in hook size.
Notions
Scissors, yarn needle, tape measure, 1 stitch marker.
Yardage
Main color (MC): 3 (4, 4, 4, 5) (5, 6, 6, 7) skeins or 500 (550, 635, 690, 760) (825, 925, 995, 1085) yds/455 (505, 580, 630, 695) (755, 845, 910, 990) m
Contrast color (CC): 600 (665, 770, 830, 915) (1000, 1130, 1210, 1325) yds/550 (605, 700, 760, 840) (915, 1030, 1105, 1210) m
These yardages are estimated. Check the tester lookbook below for exact yardages tracked by my pattern testers.
If you want to use the suggested color scheme with one main color and five contrast colors, you’ll find the separate yardages required for each contrast color inside the pattern.
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A word from my testers
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Tester Lookbook
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Alexis (AlexisFabros on Ravelry)
Size 4, using 525 yds of Ashley’S Crochet 12-Ply Fine Cotton Midnight Teal as MC, and 725 yds of Crocheted by Carisse 12-Ply Fine Cotton Creme De Violette as CC
Hook size(s): 3.5 mm; 4 mm
Mods: Only did an alternating SLST on the collar.
Denise (Renegadejane on Ravelry)
Size 3, using 606 yds of Hobbii Friends Cotton 8/4 In Pistachio as MC, and 728 yds of Hobbii Sultan in Star Ruby as CC
Hook size(s): 3.5 mm
Mods: Changed the cuff yarn to CC instead of MC.
Jennifer (SunSandStitches on Ravelry)
Size 7, using 950 yds of Hobbii Friends Cotton 8/4 as MC, and 1083 yds of Hobbii Friends Cotton as CC
Hook size(s): 3.75mm
Mods: I made 12 body repeats and 12 arm length repeats.
Jessie (Dondelingdingdong on Ravelry)
Size 8, using 825 yds of Hobbii Friends Cotton 8/4 as MC, and 1125 yds of Hobbii Friends Cotton 8/4 as CC
Hook size(s): 3.5 mm; 4 mm
Mods: None.
Johanna (HookYarnTinker on Ravelry)
Size 1, using 290 yds of Ashley’s Crochet 12-Ply Fine Cotton In Cream as MC, and 580 yds of Ashley’s Crochet Premium Gradient In Butterfly Garden as CC
Hook size(s): 4 mm; 3.25
Mods: I made the neck opening smaller per your suggestion in the pattern. I decreased an extra stitch every 4th stitch. I’m thinking I would do less next time, maybe 4-5 x in the round.
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Katarzyna (Theskippinghare on Ravelry)
Size 5, using 480 yds of Malabrigo Silky Merino as MC, and 1600 yds of Malabrigo Sock Metamorphosis as CC
Hook size(s): 4 mm
Mods: I used 4 colors instead of 2.
Size 3, using 494 yds of Bella Baby Tootgarook 4 Ply as MC, and 412 yds of Bella Baby Tootgarook 4 Ply as CC
Hook size(s): 4.5 mm; 5 mm
Mods: None.
Nicole (Handmdebyyarnmama on Ravelry)
Size 4, using 591 yds of Go Handmade Soft Bamboo (70% Bamboo, 23% Cotton, 7% Acrylic) In Off-White as MC, and 655 yds of Hobbii Yarn Dahlia 100% Cotton, Sport Weight in Color #11 as CC
Hook size(s): 3.5 mm; 3.75
Mods: I omitted the ribbing on the hem.
Size 5, using 567 yds of Pasley Knits – Sailing Sport as MC, and 655 yds of Pasley Knits – Sailing Sport as CC
Hook size(s): 3.5 mm; 3.25mm
Mods: I used 2 CCs for a 3-color repeat. On the sleeves this caused one of the CCs to be the final color in the repeat and I switched to the MC before beginning my edging.
Nidhi (Nidhis_needle_fun on Instagram)
Size 4, using 600 yds of Gulera 3Ply Fingering Weight Yarn – Pradhan Stores as MC, and 700 yds of Gulera 3Ply Multi Colour – Pradhan Stores as CC
Hook size(s): 3.5 mm; 4 mm
Mods: I made 7 CHs instead of 9 CHs for the collar ribbing, and I did 2 SLST into the body instead of 3 SLST. For the arm and bottom ribbing, I alternated 1 SLST and 2 SLST into the body.
Novei (novei.diy on Instagram)
Size 4, using 296 yds of Hobbii Friends Cotton 8/4 as MC, and 696 yds of Hobbii Friends Cotton 8/4 as CC
Hook size(s): 3.5 mm; 4 mm
Mods: I left the cuffs and the hem without the ribbing part. I just made a round of SC in TLO of each YOSLST just to finished the edges.
Sara (whiskeyintheyarn on Ravelry)
Size 1, using 350 yds of Hobbii as MC, and 525 yds of Hobbii as CC
Hook size(s): 4.5 mm
Mods: I made the front and back panels longer by 2 repeats or 8 total rows.
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