Big Brioche Cascabel

“BIG BRIOCHE CASCABEL” FREE TUTORIAL

Imagine turning your work and suddenly seeing playful little bobbles pop up on the surface… that’s how the Cascabels are born, a light detail full of texture.

PATTERN INFORMATION

Stitches & Techniques Used

CHAIN (abbrev. ch)
YO and pull through the loop on hook.

HALF DOUBLE CROCHET SLIP STITCH (abbrev. hdcss)
YO, insert hook in stitch, YO and pull through stitch and through two loops on hook.

THROUGH BACK LOOP (abbrev. tbl)
The back loop is furthest away from you.

CROCHETING INTO THE BACK BUMP OF A CHAIN
When you turn your chain, you’ll see a small ‘bump’ on the wrong side of each stitch.

CASCABEL
Cast on three loops on the hook, yarn over, pull through the first three loops on the hook (2 loops remain on the hook), 1 half double slip stitch in the next stitch.

STEP BY STEP PATTERN

Start crocheting

Turning chain at the beginning of row does not count as a stitch.

Number of rows in pattern repeat : 4

TO BEGIN | odd number of chain + 1 turning chain.

R1 | starting in 2nd ch through back bumps, 1 hdcss in each ch to end.

R2 – R4 | ch 1, turn, 1 hdcss-tbl to last st, 1 hdcss in las st .

R5 | ch 1, turn, [2 hdcss-tbl, 1 cascabel] repeat to last 3 sts, 2 hdcss-tbl, 1 hdcss.

R6 – R8 | ch 1, turn, 1 hdcss-tbl to last st, 1 hdcss in las st .

Repeat R5 to R8 until you reach desired size.

TO FINISH | 1 ch, turn, 1 hdcss-tbl to last st, 1 hdcss in las st.

Note about the stitch used

The stitch in this project combines two techniques: the bobbles stitch, which adds volume and texture, and the Big Brioche as the base. If you want to learn how to work only the base stitch, without the bobbles, you can follow the Big Brioche tutorial HERE

Videotutorial

Chart

You can check the symbols used in the chart in the post “Crochet Symbols”.

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