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Amigurumi Ball

Free pattern · Beginner · US terms · counts verified · Updated 2 October 2026 A plain blue crocheted sphere, the spiral of single crochet rounds clearly visible

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Hook 3.0 mm Yarn DK cotton or acrylic, one colour Level Beginner Size about 6 cm across

The first shape every amigurumi maker learns — a plain stuffed sphere in single crochet, increases and decreases. Abbreviations are US terms — see the stitch guide for any you don't know. Every round's stitch count below is machine-verified.

Every amigurumi body, head and limb is a variation on this ball. It teaches the magic ring, working in a spiral, the six-increase round, and the invisible-ish decrease — the four skills that unlock almost every toy pattern ever written.

Use a hook a size or two smaller than the yarn band suggests, so the stuffing doesn't show through. A stitch marker in the first stitch of each round saves a lot of counting.

Pattern

Ball

  1. Rnd 16 sc in magic ring6
  2. Rnd 2inc x 612
  3. Rnd 3(sc, inc) x 618
  4. Rnd 4(2 sc, inc) x 624
  5. Rnd 5(3 sc, inc) x 630
  6. Rnd 6-10sc around30
  7. Rnd 11(3 sc, dec) x 624
  8. Rnd 12(2 sc, dec) x 6Stuff the ball firmly before the opening gets small.18
  9. Rnd 13(sc, dec) x 612
  10. Rnd 14dec x 66

Finishing

Fasten off leaving a long tail, thread it through the front loops of the last 6 stitches, pull tight to close, and hide the end inside the ball.

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Stitch chart, rounds 1–14 · repeated rounds drawn once · × sc · V increase · ∧ decrease

Track it as you go

Open this pattern in Yarn Diary and it becomes a project with every round ready to tick off — free, no account, works offline. It is also listed under Starter patterns on the app's projects screen.

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Traditional construction · Yarn Diary write-up. The stitch counts on this page are verified by the same parser the app uses.