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How to crochet bullion stitch: coils for roses and borders

Wrap the yarn around the hook 7 to 10 times, insert, pull up a loop, then draw a yarn over through every loop in one slow pull. The wraps coil around the stitch like a spring.

8 loops on the hook

Step 1 Wrap the yarn loosely around the hook 7 times, keeping the wraps even and side by side.

  1. 8 loops on the hook
    Step 1 Wrap the yarn loosely around the hook 7 times, keeping the wraps even and side by side.
  2. 9 loops on the hook
    Step 2 Insert the hook into the stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop: 9 loops are on the hook.
  3. 1234567899 loops on the hook + yarn over
    Step 3 Yarn over and draw through all 9 loops. Ease the loops off one at a time with your fingers if they catch; then make one chain to close it.
What it looks like Raised coils, each like a tiny spring, on a plain ground.
Make the stitch

Wrap the yarn loosely around the hook 7 times, keeping the wraps even and side by side.

US / UK The same name in US and UK patternsAny number of stitches; space bullions apart with single crochet.

Before you start: Double crochet

Make one bullion

  1. Wrap the yarn loosely around the hook 7 times, keeping the wraps even and side by side.
  2. Insert the hook into the stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop: 9 loops are on the hook.
  3. Yarn over and draw through all 9 loops. Ease the loops off one at a time with your fingers if they catch; then make one chain to close it.

Make it easier

Use a hook with a straight shaft and a smooth, firmly twisted yarn; a tapered or grippy handle gets in the way of the wraps. Wrap loosely, and hold the wraps with the thumb and finger of your yarn hand as you pull through.

More wraps make a longer, thicker coil. Keep the same number of wraps in every bullion of a piece.

Use it in

Roses and flower centers, a border of coils along a blanket edge, or a single row of bullions between bands of single crochet.

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