How to use Crochet Bobble
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Getting started
- How to Install the Crochet Bobble App on Android, iPhone or a ComputerCrochet Bobble installs straight from your browser, no app store needed. Here is how to put it on your home screen in about ten seconds.
- Crochet App Settings: Left-Handed Mode, US or UK Terms, Inches or CentimetersSet Crochet Bobble up the way you crochet. Switch on left-handed charts, pick US or UK stitch names, choose inches or centimeters, and set a weekly crochet goal.
- Getting Around Crochet Bobble: Tabs, Help and Guided ToursA quick tour of the Crochet Bobble app. What each tab is for, where the help button lives, how the back button works, and how to replay Bobble's guided tour.
- Using Crochet Bobble Offline, Getting Updates, and Backing Up Your ProjectsCrochet Bobble keeps working with no signal, updates itself while you use it, and backs up your work. Here is what the Reload card means, how offline works, and how to download a copy of everything you made.
Photo blanket patterns
- How to Turn a Photo Into a Crochet Blanket PatternTurn any picture into a crochet blanket chart and a row-by-row written pattern. Pick a photo, choose the shape, stitch, size and colors, then save it as a pattern you can track and print.
- How to Edit a Crochet Blanket Chart: Paint, Stamps and LettersDraw your own crochet blanket chart from scratch, or fix a photo chart stitch by stitch. Paint, fill, erase, add and merge colors, and stamp on hearts, flowers and names.
- How Much Yarn for a Crochet Blanket? Pick Yarn, Hook and BorderMatch every color in your photo blanket to a real yarn, see how many skeins and grams to buy, estimate the finished size from your hook and gauge, add a border, and send it all to your shopping list.
- C2C Crochet Blanket Pattern Maker: Corner to Corner From a PhotoTurn a photo or your own drawing into a corner-to-corner (C2C) crochet blanket pattern. Choose standard, mini or micro C2C blocks, get every diagonal written out, and track it block by block.
- Round Crochet Blanket Pattern Maker: Circle, Oval and Round to SquareTurn a photo into a round crochet blanket, an oval blanket or a circle that squares off into corners. The increases are placed for you, so it lies flat, and every round is written out.
- Mosaic Crochet Pattern Maker: Overlay Mosaic Blankets From a PhotoTurn a photo or your own design into an overlay mosaic crochet pattern. The chart follows the mosaic rules for you, and every row is written out with its sc and mdc stitches.
- Crochet a Photo Blanket in Squares or PanelsSplit a big photo blanket into smaller squares you can carry and crochet one at a time, then sew together. Pick the square size, how to join them, and track each square on a map.
- Crochet Color Changes: When to Carry, Cut or Use BobbinsSee where to carry yarn, leave it hanging or cut it on a photo blanket, how many bobbins to wind for each color, and how much yarn each bobbin needs.
- Turn a Graph Paper Chart Into a Crochet PatternPhotograph a chart you colored on graph paper, or a printed pixel chart, and turn it into a written crochet pattern square for square. Use the camera's grid guide to line it up.
- Print a Crochet Blanket Pattern: PDF, Tracking Sheets and MoreDownload your photo blanket as a PDF with the chart, yarn list and every row, plus graph-paper tracking sheets to cross off by hand. Designers can also save a Word file, chart pictures and an SVG.
Tracking your projects
- Crochet Row Counter for Blankets: Track a Photo Blanket Stitch by StitchTurn your photo blanket into a WIP and let Crochet Bobble count every color change for you. Log stitches in handfuls, look back without losing your place, and watch the chart fill in as you go.
- Crochet Row Counter App: Track a Written Pattern Row by RowAdd any pattern to your WIPs and Crochet Bobble keeps your place row by row and stitch by stitch, with repeat counters, stops and a safe way to frog. Plus a simple row counter for anything without a pattern.
- Crochet Until It Measures: Work to a Length Without GuessingWhen a pattern says "work until it measures 20 inches", Crochet Bobble tracks your measurements, estimates how many rows are left, and tells you when to measure again so you never work an extra row.
- Crochet Project Timer: Track How Long Your WIPs TakeTime your crochet projects with Crochet Bobble's WIP timer, add time you forgot to log, and set a countdown for when you only have a few minutes. Here's how each clock works.
- How to Track an Amigurumi Piece by PieceCrocheting a toy with a body, ears and arms? Crochet Bobble keeps a separate place for every piece, lets you photograph each one as it comes off the hook, and gives you the sewing steps once they're all made.
- Crochet Project Journal: Photos, Finished Makes, Share Cards and Gift TagsKeep a journal of everything you crochet. Add progress photos, pick a main picture, share a card of your make, mark it finished, print gift care tags, and set a WIP aside without losing it.
Design your own patterns
- How to Make a Crochet Stitch Chart (Crochet Chart Maker)Draw a crochet chart stitch by stitch with real chart symbols, in rows or in rounds. Here is how to start a chart in Crochet Bobble, place stitches and work each round into the one below.
- Crochet Chart Maker Tips: Repeats, Chain Spaces, Stitch Length and ColorsThe deeper tools in Crochet Bobble's chart builder. Repeat a stitch group around the round, insert and swap stitches, lengthen a stitch, close a round without a join, move the round numbers and color your chart.
- How to Write Crochet Pattern Instructions From a ChartCrochet Bobble writes the round-by-round words for your chart, one round or the whole pattern at once, then reads the pattern back to catch counts that don't add up.
- Amigurumi Pattern Generator: Draw a Shape and Get the RoundsSketch the outline of a ball, egg, hat, bowl or basket in Crochet Bobble's Shape Studio and the round-by-round crochet pattern writes itself, with the stitch counts and a live 3D preview.
- Type or Paste a Crochet Pattern and Check the Stitch CountsPaste a whole amigurumi or in-the-round pattern into Crochet Bobble's Shape Studio, or type it round by round, and every line's stitch math is checked as you go.
- Design an Amigurumi With Several Pieces: Assembly, Safety Eyes and Sewing StepsBuild a multi-piece amigurumi in Crochet Bobble's Shape Studio. Draw each piece where it goes on the main piece, add safety eyes, wrap a scarf, see the whole toy in 3D and get the sewing steps written for you.
- See Your Crochet Pattern in 3D and Make a 3D Print File (STL)Crochet Bobble shows your amigurumi or shaped pattern in 3D, stitch by stitch, and turns it into an STL file you can 3D print. Here is how to use the 3D view.
- Turn a Written Crochet Pattern Into a Chart (Paste Instructions)Paste a typed crochet pattern into Crochet Bobble and it reads every round, charts the stitches it can read with standard symbols, and saves it as your own pattern you can track.
- Your Crochet Designs: Edit, Print, Export and Make Your Own PatternEverything you can do with a pattern you designed in Crochet Bobble. Mark it Draft or Ready to Make, edit it, download it as a PDF, Word file or chart image, and start making it as a WIP.
Yarn and supplies
- Crochet Yarn Stash App: Keep Track of Every Skein You OwnKeep your whole yarn stash in your pocket. Add each yarn with its brand, weight, yardage, dye lot and fiber, weigh your leftover balls to see how many yards are left, and use what you own in your next project.
- Yarn Label Scanner: Add Yarn to Your Stash by Scanning the Barcode or Ball BandPoint your phone at a yarn's barcode or its printed ball band and Crochet Bobble fills in the details for your stash. Here is what the scanner reads, what it misses, and how to get the best result.
- Crochet Shopping List: Take Your Yarn and Supply List to the StoreKeep a crochet shopping list in your pocket. Add a pattern's yarn, hook and notions with one tap, tick things off in the store even with no signal, and put what you bought straight into your yarn stash.
- Make a Yarn Color Palette From a PhotoPull the colors out of any photo and match each one to yarn, from your own stash or from yarn you can buy. Get the hex codes, add the yarn to your shopping list, and plan your next project's colors.
- Crochet Gauge Tracker: Log Your Swatches and See How a Pattern Will FitLog your crochet gauge swatches in Crochet Bobble, watch your tension settle over time, and find out whether a pattern will come out the right size for you, with the hook change or stitch count that fixes it. Resize a blanket pattern too.
Crochet reference
- Crochet Stitch Dictionary: Look Up Any Stitch, Chart Symbol or AbbreviationUse the Crochet Bobble Reference tab as a crochet stitch dictionary. Search any stitch by name or abbreviation, see its chart symbol and step-by-step how-to, read crochet charts, and sort out US and UK stitch names.
- Crochet Hook Size Chart, Yarn Weight Chart and How Much Yarn You NeedFind crochet hook sizes in mm, US and UK, the standard yarn weights with the hooks and gauge that suit them, how many yards a hat, scarf or blanket takes, and how to wash what you made, all in the Crochet Bobble Reference tab.