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Additional Materials Fiberfill stuffing
Stuffing pellets
Small amount of red yarn
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Baseball Paper Weight
Lion Brand® Vanna's Choice®
GAUGE:
Exact gauge is not essential to this project.
STITCH EXPLANATION:
sc2tog (sc decrease) Insert hook into st and draw up a loop. Insert hook into next st and draw up a loop. Yarn over, draw through all 3 loops on hook.
NOTES:
Work in continuous rnds; do not join rnds or turn unless otherwise instructed.
BALL Ch 2.
Rnd 1: Work 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook. Place marker for beginning of rnd; move marker up as each rnd is completed.
Rnd 2: 2 sc in each st around–12 sts.
Rnd 3: *2 sc in next st, sc in next st; rep from * around–18 sts.
Rnd 4: *2 sc in next st, sc in next 2 sts; rep from * around–24 sts.
Rnd 5: *2 sc in next st, sc in next 3 sts; rep from * around–30 sts.
Rnd 6: *2 sc in next st, sc in next 4 sts; rep from * around–36 sts.
Rnds 7–13: Sc in each st around.
Fill Ball about halfway with pellets and small amount fiberfill.
Rnd 14: *Sc2tog, sc in next 4 sts; rep from * around–30 sts.
Rnd 15: *Sc2tog, sc in next 3 sts; rep from * around–24 sts.
Rnd 16: *Sc2tog, sc in next 2 sts; rep from * around–18 sts.
Rnd 17: *Sc2tog, sc in next st; rep from * around–12 sts.
Rnd 18: (Sc2tog) 6 times–6 sts.
Fasten off.
FINISHING With small amount of red yarn, embroider straight st ‘seams’ on Ball.
Weave in ends.
ABBREVIATIONS / REFERENCES Click for explanation and illustration
Baseball Paper Weight - pellets Reviewed by Bonnie Austin on 2010-08-28
I'm a scuba diver - an easy way to get pellets would be to buy a soft dive weight and empty it out. I've done this on several sewing projects (hatch covers for our boat) where bottoms needed to be weighted down. For this project I might put the pellets into a heavy plastic bag inside the ball.
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