I love this simple, but cute crochet Christmas balls.
Here is the instruction how to make it:
Make a
magic ring OR ch 4 and join with a sl st in the 1st ch to make a ring.
Rnd
1: Into the ring work 6 sc. Do not join but use a stitch marker
to mark the first st. Move marker as work progresses. Do not
turn. (6 sts)
Rnd
2: In the blo, work 2 sc in each st all the way around. (12
sts)
Rnd
3: In the blo, * 2 sc in the next st, sc in the next st, rpt from * all
the way around. (18 sts)
Rnd
4: In the blo, * 2 sc in the next st, sc in each of the next 2 sts, rpt
from * all the way around. (24 sts)
Rnd 5: In
the blo, * 2 sc in the next st, sc in each of the next 3 sts, rpt from * all
the way around. (30 sts)
Rnd
6: In the blo, * 2 sc in the next st, sc in each of the next 4 sts, rpt
from * all the way around. (36 sts)
Rnd
7: In the blo, * 2 sc in the next st, sc in each of the next 5 sts, rpt
from * all the way around. (42 sts)
Rnd
8: In the blo, * 2 sc in the next st, sc in each of the next 6 sts, rpt
from * all the way around. (48 sts)
Rnds
9-19: Working in the blo, sc in each st all the way around. (48
sts)
If you are
crocheting around a bauble, insert the bauble and continue to work around it.
Rnd 20: In
the blo, * sc2tog, sc in each of the next 6 sts, rpt from * all the way around.
(42 sts)
Rnd 21: In
the blo, * sc2tog, sc in each of the next 5 sts, rpt from * all the way around.
(36 sts)
Rnd 22: In
the blo, * sc2tog, sc in each of the next 4 sts, rpt from * all the way around.
(30 sts)
Rnd 23: In
the blo, * sc2tog, sc in each of the next 3 sts, rpt from * all the way around.
(24 sts)
Rnd 24: In
the blo, * sc2tog, sc in each of the next 2 sts, rpt from * all the way around.
(18 sts)
If working
around a bauble, fasten off here leaving a long tail.
If
intending to fill with fibrefill continue:
Rnd 25: In
the blo, * sc2tog, sc in each of the next st, rpt from * all the way around.
(12 sts)
Rnd 26: In
the blo, sc2tog all the way around. Fasten off leaving a long tail
(6 sts)
