DROPS Knitting Tutorial: How to knit a nupp

If you are doing lace knitting, you may have come across nupps. Nupps originates from Estonian knitting, and adds pretty texture. Nupps are like bobbles, and reminds of flower buds. In this DROPS Video we show two ways to work nupps, with both versions make sure to make really loose loops. Work a nupp by knit and make a yarn over a number of times into the same stitch, end with a knit stitch. Usually end when you have worked 5, 7 or 9 loops, depending on how big you want the nupp to be. Put all loops back
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