Nupps are a lovely way to add texture to your lace knitting. These little bobbles, a traditional feature of Estonian lace, are often used to represent flower buds in lace patterns, and are an effective way to add a three-dimensional feel to knitted fabric.
Usually nupps are created by working (K1, yo) into the same stitch, creating multiple stitches, and then purling all of those stitches together when you come to them on the next row. But this can get a bit frustrating, trying to manoeuvre your working needle into as many as seven stitches at once, and you may possibly find yourself dreading that purl row!
Using a crochet hook to create nupps means that all the action happens in one row, so you’ll avoid all that fiddly purling.
Creating the nupp
Work up to the point where you will place your nupp.
For a seven-stitch nupp, work as follows:
