Free Pattern: Crochet Fidget Bangle

A couple years ago, I saw a lot of people making crochet “marble mazes” – little pockets that had channels to push a marble around inside.

Since then, I’ve started seeing other crochet fidget toys that include marbles, such as little lengths of tubing that you can push the marble back and forth inside.

That sparked the idea for this crochet fidget bangle pattern! I’m obsessed with wearable fidgets, especially for young kids who can use something to fidget with that they are less likely to misplace when they need it most.

Materials

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3.75mm or 4.5mm Hook: You may want to play around with this to see which one gives you the desired tube thickness. The first ones I made were with a 4.5mm hook, but I found it more relaxing to work very loosely with a 3.75mm hook instead. I strongly recommend the Clover Armour hooks!

4 or 5 Yards of Worsted (Size 4) Weight Yarn: For the bright green ones in my pattern photo, I’m using a mystery (to me) green yarn I got from a grab bag. The black and white one was made with Red Heart Super Saver. Because any worsted weight yarn will work and very little is needed, these make a great project for using up your leftover yarn from other projects!

5/8″ or 9/16″ Glass Marble: I’ve found that Dollar Tree is the best place to get glass marbles, but they are not consistently in stock. When I cannot find them at Dollar Tree, I’ve been buying them from this listing on Amazon.

Abbreviations

ch: chain

sl st: slip stitch

hdc: half double crochet

The Pattern

This pattern works best if the marble is difficult, but not impossible to squeeze into the tube. The pattern is written to fit a 5/8″ or 9/16″ marble, made with worsted weight yarn. At the end of this post, I’ll include a short explanation to help you resize it to work with any yarn, hook, or marble!

Ch 7. Hdc into the first ch, creating a circle.

Hdc into each chain around.

Note: Once your bracelet is about an inch or two long, test it out by putting the marble inside. If it doesn’t fit, size up to a larger hook. If it is too loose around the marble, size down.

Work continuous rounds of hdc until your bracelet reaches the desired length. I’ve been making my fidget bangles approximately 6.25″ (so they will fit children between 5 and 12 years old).

Slide the marble into the tube.

Fold the bracelet over and slip begin slip stitching the two ends of the tube together. Make sure you are working very loosely so the marble can still pass through this part of the tube.

Note: Some people may find it easier to finish off the crochet and just use a yarn needle to sew the ends together. I’ve done both slip stitching together and sewing together. While slip stitching is a little trickier at first, I find that it usually ends up going faster for me.

Once you’ve slip stitched both ends of the tube together, test to make sure the marble still passes through the joined section. Once you know it will work, finish off and tuck the ends into your tube. I typically do this by pulling the ends into the tube with my hook, then trimming them.

Resizing the Pattern

Want to use a different yarn? I’m not gonna lie… the idea of making one of these with sock yarn sounds really amazing!

Because this pattern is just a tube with a marble in it, it’s really easy to resize to fit your needs!

Chain stitches until you have enough to fit very snuggly around your marble. Your chain stitches should be stretched and it may take a couple of tries to figure out exactly how many stitches around you should make the bracelet in each new size yarn.

Make the bracelet big enough for any wrist by making it longer. You could even make a necklace with it!

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