If you've been making amigurumi and want to try your hand at designing, start with a ball! I've been asked by a few of you who have made the ball from my beginner video how you can change up the size of the ball, and this is how.

If you are new to amigurumi, please watch the amigurumi for beginners playlist FIRST before proceeding with this video. If you understood everything from that playlist and are able to make that ball, then this video will make more sense to you.

Amigurumi Basics Playlist    • Amigurumi For Beginners  

In this video, I go over how you can design an amigurumi ball. I do not show you how to crochet, but instead, I go through the design process with a few visual aids.

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Time Stamps:
00:00 Introduction
01:51 Breaking down your design into sections.
02:23 Section 1 Create a circle.
03:05 Basic pattern for a circle.
03:46 Difference between increasing in increments of 6 vs 8 (Flatter Circle).
04:54 Rounder circles when making amigurumi.
06:10 Modifying the basic pattern to make your circle rounder.
08:07 Section 2a Building the sides of the ball.
09:17 Factors that affect stitch height.
10:34 Section 2b Working your increase round.
12:24 Section 3 The equator of the ball.
13:25 Section 4 Tapering in the sides.
14:43 Section 5 Bottom circle and closing the ball off.
16:04 Easy/lazy way to make balls in different sizes.
17:20 Breaking down one of my patterns as an example of how the methods in this video can be applied.

MY LINKS
Free Amigurumi Patterns on my blog! https://www.ollieholly.com
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Materials I used (Affiliate Links):
Paintbox Yarns Cotton Aran: https://www.lovecrafts.com/enus/p/pa...
3.25mm Crochet Hook: https://shrsl.com/2wvyd
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Stitch Marker: https://shrsl.com/1lzwq

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