Bobble Love

Bobble Love

I appreciate the squish-factor of garter.
But I find it very boring.
So when I have to work in garter, I do like to spice it up a little.
With my current project I decided some bobble hearts were in order. Cute, non?

If you'd like to add some bobble-love to your next garter project here's what you need to know:
1) How to make a bobble - K into the front, back, and front again of 1 stitch. Turn and purl those stitches. Turn and knit all 3 tog.
2) Where you want to start the bottom of your heart - assuming you're working from the bottom-up.

Once you know those 2 things, proceed as follows:
1)On the right side, knit to the heart point, make a bobble, continue knitting across.
2)On the reverse side, knit to the bobble stitch and purl it, continue working across.
3) Knit to one stitch before previous bobble, Bobble, Knit 1, Bobble, knit across.
4) Knit to bobble, purl 3, knit remainder
5) Knit to one stitch before previous bobble, Bobble, Knit 3, Bobble, knit across.
6) Knit to bobble, purl 5, knit remainder
7) Knit to one stitch before previous bobble, Bobble, Knit 5, Bobble, knit across.
8) Knit to bobble, purl 7, knit remainder
9) Knit to one stitch before previous bobble, Bobble, Knit 7, Bobble, knit across.
10) Knit to bobble, purl 9, knit remainder
11) Knit to one stitch before previous bobble, Bobble, Knit 9, Bobble, knit across.
12) Knit to bobble, purl 11, knit remainder
13) Knit to above previous bobble, Bobble, Knit 9, Bobble, knit across.
14) Knit to bobble, purl 11, knit remainder
15) Knit to above previous bobble, Bobble, Knit 4, Bobble, Knit 4, Bobble, knit across.
16) Knit to bobble, K1, P4, K1, P4, knit remainder
17) Knit to 1 stitch after previous bobble, Bobble, Knit 2, Bobble, Knit 3, Bobble, Knit 2, Bobble, knit across
18) Knit to bobble, k1, P2, K5, P2, knit remainder
19) Knit to 1 stitch after previous bobble, Bobble, Bobble, K5, Bobble, Bobble, knit across.

Continue working in garter.

It's simpler to do than to type. Maybe a chart would be helpful.  It's also helpful if you are working from the top down, since I am not typing out additional instructions.

 There you go. Hope that helps liven up a garter project for you. And if you want to see how the reverse looks:

A little blocking along the length will fix up those wavy garter lines.