DIY Colourful Crochet Balls

Jun 22 2009

Amigurumi Crochet Balls

These mini crochet balls (a.k.a amigurumi balls), in all the colours of the rainbow, offer absolutely no practical application whatsoever, their only purpose in life being to sit and look pretty!

Amigurumi Crochet Balls

You will need:

Yarn or twine in different colours of your choice
A crochet needle (size dependent on size of yarn)
Hobby Fill (stuffing)

Tutorials

I found the following tutorials to be a great help, even for a first-timer in the world of crochet, such as myself.

The start of this tutorial shows how to start off your ball with a slip knot and shows you the basic stitch.

This tutorial demonstrates the pattern I eventually followed:

Start with slip knot and 2 single crochet.
Rnd 1: 6 sc around
Rnd 2: 2 sc in each sc around for 12 stitches
Rnd 3: 2 sc in next sc, 1 sc, repeat for 18 stitches
Rnd 4-6: sc around 3 rounds of 18 stitches
(According to the video, she turns the ball inside out, I prefer to keep it the way it is)
Rnd 7: sc2tog, 1 sc, repeat for 12 stitches. (she stuffs the ball in the next round but I prefer to stuff it at this point as it's a lot trickier later on)
Rnd 8: sc2tog around for 6 stitches.
Rnd 9: sc2tog around for 3 stitches.
Bind off, weave in loose end.

Amigurumi Crochet Balls

Tips:

As it was my first crochet experience, it took me awhile to get the feel of it. You will need to be able to make consistently tight stitches for a successful ball, which will take some practice. I found that using a thinner yarn, even using twine, and a small crochet needle was preferable as this resulted in a tighter, neater ball.

Have fun!

_{(all photos by amy moss)}

posted under Do It Yourself.

Comments

Ashleigh said on Jul 8, 2009
I use these for pet toys for smaller dogs and for cats. They love 'em!
Amy - Eat Drink Chic said on Jul 8, 2009
That's a very cute idea! :)
Becky said on Oct 1, 2009
If you thread some wire/wool/ribbon/whatever through these they can be used as Christmas decorations. I am going to make some of these this year for my tree.
Sue said on Dec 7, 2009
fabulous thanks for the research and sharing been meaning to make lots of these for a while now
Sue
Sue said on Dec 8, 2009
Hi again..tried a few of the crochet balls using your help...brill tip about not turning inside out made the finish off sooo much easier loved them and your photo of them so much l did my own version and l'm using it as the header on my blog
Thanks for sharing....going to use them for sooo many projects cats, decorations, jewellery, accessories and the photo for Christmas cards
Thanks again Suz x
http://shropshirescrappersuz.blogspot.com/
Joanie said on Jan 16, 2010
Congratulations on learning how to crochet! Thanks for posting this tutorial. I made some of these (following your great instructions) and am using these balls as the centers of some crochet flowers. :)
Betty said on Mar 2, 2010
Thanks! Great instructions, I'd instant success and am only a novice. So much easier than knitting balls, and they can be made really cute and tiny. Crochet's the biz, doubt I'll ever knit again.
Twila said on Apr 25, 2010
Ha I love these. They do look so pretty sitting there.

Twila
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