Sunday, January 15, 2012

knitting a braided ball

I found a pattern for this on Ravelry (search for braided ball) and had to make one. This one is about 6 inches in diameter with a big hollow center.

It's easy, mindless knitting of 6 strips that curl into tubes, then just a simple braiding and stitching job to form the strips into a ball. Directions are on the Ravelry site.

Today's accomplishment!
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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous5/12/2013

    I love the pattern. However, I have not been able to find anywhere online about how long the strips are, only to knit 58 rows or 68 rows, or whatever. Any thoughts?

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  2. Nita Van Zandt5/15/2013

    Hi! As I recall, I made the ones for the small balls about 6 inches long, the one for the bigger ones about 9 inches long. If the lengths aren't perfectly even, it doesn't matter. You make the first shorter loops then weave the longer strip to use up the longer lengths.

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