How to Crochet a Sphere
| Spheres are the universal shape for balls, amigurumi, stuffed animal parts and plenty of other things that you may want to crochet. There are many ways that you can crochet a sphere; here is a tutorial for one of them. You are going to start off by crocheting a circle, then you are going to make the middle of the sphere and decrease it to finish. Below is a pattern for a very small sphere. You can increase it by following the notes to increase the initial circle and increase the number of rounds made for the middle. |  |
Finished Size: 2” (5 cm) diameter, you may increase this sphere to make it the size you prefer
Materials:
Medium Weight Yarn
Crochet Hook (3.25 mm)
Polyester Fiberfill
Crochet Pattern: Sphere
Round 1: ch 2, 6 sc in second ch from hook, place marker: 6 sc
Round 2: 2 sc in each sc around: 12 sc
Round 3: (2 sc in next sc, sc in next sc) around: 18 sc
Round 4: (2 sc in next sc, sc in next 2 sc) around: 24 sc
Round 5: (2 sc in next sc, sc in next 3 sc) around: 30 sc
Note: to increase the size of the sphere, continue to increase this circle.
Round 6 – 9: sc in each sc around: 30 sc
Note: rounds 6 – 9 make the body of the sphere. In general, the number of rounds to make the body should be the number of rounds completed thus far minus one. For example, there are five rounds before round 6 in this pattern. Therefore, there are four repetitions of the above line. The amount of repetitions for a different sized sphere also depends on a crocheter’s style. Some crochet tighter than others.
Round 10: (decrease, sc in next 3 sc) around: 24 sc
Round 11: (decrease, sc in next 2 sc) around: 18 sc
Round 12: (decrease, sc in next sc) around: 12 sc
Fill sphere with fiberfill.
Round 13: decrease around: 6 sc
Note: if you increased the size of the sphere you will also need to decrease the sphere as much as you increased it by.
If you need help crocheting this sphere, just leave a comment and I would be glad to help!
Thank you for posting this! A great way to use up leftover yarn to make cat toys, dog toys, etc.
My pleasure Pam! I was thinking the same
Yay-the perfect cat toy and a great way to practice my skills, thanks! I’ll be linking.
Hi Rachel!
I was wondering on this How to Crochet a Sphere pattern/tutorial, are there supposed to be two Round 10’s or was that just a typo? Thank you! Love your website!
Typo! Ahh! Thanks for finding it
I always wanted to know how to crochet a sphere. Thank you for your tutorial – I love it!
Best wishes!
ok, i feel pretty stupid (i’ve basically only crocheted scarves — pretty straightforward) but i don’t understand how to decrease. i understand the concept (to make it smaller and smaller — duh) but i’m not sure how to carry it out. for instance, on the first decrease row am i supposed to skip a stitch and then single crochet in the next three (over and over) or am i supposed to do that tricky thing where one crochets three stitches into one??? i know i’m a doofus. . . thanks for any help you can give!
Hey Becky!
For the sphere the decreases are done across 2 stitches, so that there is one less stitch after each decrease you make. The traditional way of doing a decrease is to insert your hook into the first stitch, pull up a loop, insert your hook into the second stitch, pull up a loop, then yarn over and pull the yarn through all 3 loops on your hook.
After you do that you’re done and you can count it as one single crochet.
Let me know if you need more help or clarification
Thank you so much, Rachel! I think I understand now. If I have more trouble I’ll be sure to ask, though! Thanks again ~ Becky =^..^=
That you oh so very much for this tutorial. I’m attempting to make a Moogle…Well…I’m going to end up making three of them so far as people discover that I’m making the attempt…lol
Anyway, I did have a question. Probably a n00bish question, but this is my first time making spheres.
When I increase the rounds, do I continue to make more rounds of 2 sc in one stitch then 3 sc, or do I increase the number of sc after the 2 in one stitch?
I’ve made my first sphere, and am going to stuff it this afternoon, but it was extremely difficult to figure out the counts after the 5th round, and I think I messed them up somewhere as my hole is almost closed and I haven’t started the 2 sc section, yet.
Hey!
Yes, you increase the number of sc after the 2 in one stitch if you want to make your sphere bigger than the finished size indicated in the pattern. Also note for rounds 1 – 5, you should end up with a flat circle when you are done these rounds. Common mistakes are miscounting stitches so using a marker to mark the end/beginning of a round will really help.
Coolness. Guess I start a new sphere, but I’m still going to stuff this one and see how it looks. Worst case scenario, my GFs cat will love it
Thanks again for the site. I’ve been looking at some of the other patterns you have on here, and I will definitely have to give some of them a try after I finish this project.
Moogles turned out great. Thanks for the help. Now I’ve run into another dilemma with my newest project.
I’m working on a new doll pattern, and the way I’ve been doing the bodies for my dolls is basically just extending out the center portion of the sphere. This particular pattern, I am going for more of a conical shape, so I am doing several rounds then reducing. Shape wise it looks great, but this particular pattern requires regular color changes through the sphere. The front half of the body is white and the back half is black.
Now the problem that I’ve run into (Aside from needing to adjust the pattern as a whole, but that was to be expected) is that when I stuffed the doll, the stitches didn’t line up down the center. I examined some of my other pieces and realized that the stitches aren’t even down the length of sphere.
Do you happen to know how many rounds I should do before moving the color change one stitch?
Thanks for all your help
Hi Xenmas,
I’m not exactly sure what you mean by moving the color change one stitch, but I would recommend using stitch markers to mark the places where you need to change the colors, such as at the beginning of each round or half way, etc.
Yeah. I have the first stitch of every round marked when I start the round. Problem I’ve run into is that changing from black to white at the beginning of the round, then from white to black halfway through the round, makes the line of the color change twist around the piece.
I’ve experimented with it a little bit, by leaving my marker in a round and stitching 4 rounds from there (counting very carefully), and it marker is off center from where I finish the round.
I’ll experiment with it, and let you know what I come up with