Crochet Basics | Staggering vs Stacking Increases + Changing The Size of Your Basic Ball

[@helenalexandrou5647]

Not ashamed to say that l am 60 years old, l have made blankets, bags, baby clothes but have never made a ball as perfect as this one. Thank you so much for your easy tutorial :)

[@xiomaramin6281]

I just realized that the way I crochet and everything I know is because of you. I made my first amigurumi project from your channel so I just wanted to thank you🙏🏼💜

[@KnitGrit]

Omg, that’s amazing! ❤️ thank you!

[@Oshyfrm405]

same here pretty cool to come back to these videos I watched a few years ago and watched right away because of lockdown this channel is what most my free time was spent on in 2020 very appreciative!!!!

[@Stackz401]

I spent weeks trying to figure out the magic circle and you come along and my dyslexic brain just exploded! That method makes way more sense. Also I yarn over the same way.

[@Livie4lifeeeeeee]

After months of trying to make an amigurumi plush, i was at the verge of giving up untill i found this video in my for you page. thank you so much 💗💗

[@KnitGrit]

Glad I could help!

[@gigipellechia3684]

I'm a beginner crocheter and this tutorial was easy to follow and my ball came out great!! I've been having trouble making balls look good but this tutorial helped a lot and it came out awesome! Thank you!!

[@quebrandomitos5910]

For those who want to go back on specific points I’ve put some time maks, just click on the number. 4:10 slip knot 4:27 magic ring (1° row) 5:45 how she increases 6:15 2°row 6 inc 10:14 3º row (1st+1inc) from here she will repeat 6 x each parenthesis. 13:59 4° row (1st+1inc+1st) 14:40 5º row (3st+1inc) 16:15 6º row (2st+1inc+2st) 18:06 8 rows stiches only 19:50 how to decrease 20:59 1º row (2st+1dec+2st) 21:57 2ºrow (3st+1dec) 22:55 3ºrow (1st+1dec+1st) 25:00 4ºrow (1st+1dec) 26:23 5º row 6 dec 27:22 sew. 7:33 difference in number of rows between balls.

[@BeaNeedsADrink]

Omg ty

[@That_weirdo_Nemo-]

at first i only saw slip knot and thought you talked about the band for some reason lmao

[@quebrandomitos5910]

@@That_weirdo_Nemo- 😅

[@ndianne88]

You just cracked something ive been trying to understand for years in such a simple manner. THANK YOU, wao im so impressed by your talent, excellent creator and excellent teacher. I really appreciate this, feel like ive been let in on a secret hahahaha THANK YOU SO MUCH DARN IT!!!! 💛💛

[@froggaz.26]

Can you tell me the size of the blue ball please 🙏?

[@shirleylitton8878]

I LOVE your tail-stitch-marker tip! It works so well and is nicer to handle than the plastic stitch markers.

[@nataliehuntfox8772]

Me too because I always lose the little stitch markers.

[@graceku6160]

I thought this was going to be a very long video with a lot of waffle but I learnt so much- so thanks for this video. I am not dyslexic but I also grab my yarn like how you do, and Henrietta is very cute, I must say.

[@wendyseddon6029]

Great tip with using the tail as a stitch marker. Thanks for sharing your amigurumi skills.

[@gailp2013]

THANK you for this fantastic tutorial. I much prefer the staggered rounds and you explain everything clearly.

[@KnitGrit]

I love staggering! It hides the increases so much better, and recently I’ve been implementing the stagger method with my new “invisible decrease” I recently posted about and you can not see the increases and it’s much more rounded! ❤️

[@babadeedee214]

Totally knew there must be a better way! I’m new to Amigurumi and soooo beyond addicted! I’m loosing all my friends and family! Lol! Anyhoo, thanks so much for clear tutorial 👍🏻👑🐝

[@margaretd6351]

I used this tutorial to make a HUGE crochet ball with a white version of the same yarn you used! Thanks so much!!

[@KnitGrit]

Nice! What are you going to turn it into? 😁

[@kabisminiaturekitchen]

Iam new to crochet and amigurumi...ur way of explaining is so good and understandable ..I watched so many videos and urs is simply awesome 👌 from 🇮🇳 Chennai😊

[@Kagaya-sama]

I just started crochet yesterday bc im making a gift for my sister's birthday and im try this out👍

[@KnitGrit]

That’s so sweet! Let me know how it turns out!

[@Kagaya-sama]

@@KnitGrit ok☺👍

[@xxSydneyFox]

I'm new to crochet and still learning so open to new ways if they produce a better outcome 😊

[@Zoa1129]

Thank you for high quality video and explanation. It was the best crochet ball that I’ve ever seen.

[@KnitGrit]

Awww, thank you so much! ❤️

[@emokeschmidt7753]

Thank you so much for this tutorial...I never made a ball and you made it look so easy I have to try it

[@icherishcrochetandknit309]

Perfect ball pattern!! I love your method of inc and dec. I am making doggie toys with mine. I call them The Rollie Ball!!

[@LoveAlwaysTeonnie]

Perfect tutorial!!! I will be using your FLO staggering method going forward. Thank you!

[@swiftfated]

Thank you for laying it out so simply! I knew there had to be an easy trick (like icrease by 6 each time) but it was too hard to figure out from patterns.

[@josiearruda3112]

Can you please help me with making a larger one 42 stitches is too small of a ball for me I’m using Mercerized Cotton for my ball. I can’t seem to figure out how to increase my amigurumi ball even watching the video so many times

[@swiftfated]

@@josiearruda3112 The pattern is that you wait one extra sc before increasing in each row. I'm leaving out the (×6) at the end of each row, so just repeat this pattern until you get to the end of your row, then move on to the next row. r1: 6 sc r2: sc1, inc (12) r3: sc2, inc (18) r4: sc3, inc (24) r5: sc4, inc (30) r6: sc5, inc (36) r7: sc6, inc (42) r8: sc7, inc (48) r9: sc8, inc (54) r10: sc9, inc (60) Here's how you do 60 sts, hopefully you can see the pattern and extend it on your own if you need a bigger ball.

[@amudhapalanivelu9772]

Very clear teaching .Thank u.❤❤❤❤❤

[@lavendercrystal7852]

Ur improving so well! Love you!! ❤️

[@karynoleary3580]

Excellent tutorial, thanks a million. Wonderful tips. All the best to you from Ireland ☘ Happy New Year 🎉

[@Lynda812]

Thank you!!! I’ve been looking for a pattern to make… get ready for this, a stick-shift cover for my bf’s Jeep. 😜. This is perfect!

[@neslkril]

This is the easiest way of creating the first row (magic circle) ive ever seen on youtube

[@jenniferbrighty5120]

Hi, thankyou for your video tutorial. I can't wait to try this out. Look perfect for little fingers. Happy Crotcheting. Take care and stay safe. Jen xx 😘

[@braven7056]

Awesome, I feel confident to do my balls again,thank u for the detailed video❤

[@LauraRodrivera]

Uhmmmmm

[@oibutranon1]

So happy to find your channel. Thank you so much.

[@KnitGrit]

You are so welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@lindastelmach8483]

Thankyou for your very good explanation ❤

[@azjahyoung]

I love your tutorial, you explained everything so well. Thanks!!

[@LifeInABoxorigin]

"Hook a girl up!" That's hilarious! I love the pun there. :)

[@deedeeodonnell696]

Thank you for this great tutorial! I have actually wanted to make different colored and different sized balls for my neice just to play with. 🐰🐰

[@KnitGrit]

That’s awesome! I’m glad I could help! ☺️

[@rommaissa2392]

Just discovering ur channel and i m in love with❤ keep it up artist ❤

[@KnitGrit]

Awww, thank you! ❤️

[@Unknown-im3iz]

THANK YOU SO SO SO MUCH ! I’ve tried everything and it did not work ❤

[@akhilak7896]

It is really useful... Thank you so much🥰🥰

[@KnitGrit]

Glad it was helpful! 🥰

[@rlarviso]

Superb, succinct and sweet!!!

[@lindsv]

I love this tutorial but I would like to know how you develop your increases for a 42 stitch circle and a 48 stitch circle?

[@KnitGrit]

I would just keep adding 6 stitches every round until it’s the width you’d like and for every row you’ve increased I would do two rounds of length, if that make sense? So, for a 42 stitch circle I would inc 6 times evenly across similarly to how I did in this video and since that’s 7 rounds of increasing I would do 14 rounds of just working in the round and the same for 48, it would be 8 rounds so I would go around for 16 rounds but I would also pay attention when you’re going around to make sure it doesn’t look too long and would stop early if you think you’re making more of an oval than a ball. Hope that makes sense!

[@lindsv]

@@KnitGrit Thank you - I figured out how to increase the stitches to 42 so that they are staggered (that's what I was trying to say!). I am doing more of an oblong shape so I'll just add a couple rows till it's long enough.

[@oni-sounds6132]

I watched so many on how to make a ball and your explaining was the easiest to understand . Thank you Sm 🥲🥰

[@ruthhaynes903]

Very easy to follow!

[@KnitGrit]

Thank you!

[@kimm59]

Excellent video

[@EYESEYE]

Awesome tutorial! This was very helpful, thank you!

[@yourgirl-lg3gj]

I DID IT THANKYOU 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@izzzyow]

LARGE BALL WRITTEN PATTERN! R1: 6sc in MR (6) R2: inc x 6 (12) R3: [sc,inc] x 6 (18) R4: [sc,inc,sc] x 6 (24) R5: [sc3,inc] x 6 (30) R6: [sc2,inc,sc2] x 6 (36) R7: [sc5,inc] x 6 (42) R8-17: sc all around (42) R18: [sc5,dec] x 6 (36) R19: [sc2,dec,sc2] x 6 (30) R20: [sc3,dc] x 6 (24) R21: [sc,dec,sc] x 6 (18) R22: [sc1,dec] x 6 (12) R23: dec6 (6) cmiiw😄

[@things-9225]

I used the pic that you read the pattern and did the large ball and its for the fairy that yurns into a bowkay of flowers

[@paulamarco4363]

Hi, I want to make a sack boy from “little big planet” as a gift for my boyfriend because we just started playing that video game. Could you do a tutorial on how to make one? I love your job 🥰

[@KnitGrit]

I’ll add it to the request list! I’ve made one before and could probably make one modifying my Luna base body pattern (tutorial on my channel)! ❤️

[@NatalieMishoe]

Well this is just amazing, thank you so much for sharing

[@KnitGrit]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@cadwyn8002]

Could you announce who the winner of the yarn ball? The community tab doesn’t work for people on tablets or phones.

[@GajGamingMinecraft]

Thank you so much ☺

[@Sisi-nq9mm]

thank you for sharing these❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@KnitGrit]

Glad you like them!

[@MinnieWinnieittybitty]

Hey can someone help me out? Whenever I try to crochet a ball even if I follow every step, my ball is really small, even thought I followed the medium steps it look smaller than the small size. Does anyone know why and how I can fix it? Please help.

[@KnitGrit]

Testing, testing!

[@lan-phuongnguyen4304]

What brand of hook do you have there? I have hand issues and would like a bigger handle to hold into.

[@kathrinekristensen6955]

Omg thank you so much for this video

[@mabellesilva4206]

Can you time stamp to where you explain how to make them bigger please?

[@mabellesilva4206]

I need an extra large ball and I only find videos doing medium ones

[@andreia4187]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hoSrY6iPadhqe5o&ab_channel=FuadAzmat%2FYARNutopiabyNadia might help

[@josiearruda3112]

I need help in making a larger ball can’t seem to figure out what my increase would be after row 7 42 stitches isn’t enough I’m using Mercerized Cotton so my ball is very small with 42 stitches. Thank you

[@ashleyscrafty]

I have watched so many of these tutorials on here and yours seems like the easiest one for me to understand! The tail trick and magic circle trick is 🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼! I do have a question though. When decreasing, are you only grabbing one front string because that's how you increased to get that "bubble" look or are you always supposed to only grab the front loop when decreasing even if you made the circle grabbing the whole "v" aka both strings? I hope that makes sense lol!

[@neslkril]

Thanks!

[@mxyasvlogz1650]

How do you keep it from rolling into a ball?? I can’t keep mine flat

[@blueSkies777]

Is it possible to stagger starting each row with sc then inc? so for example: mr 6 1 inc 12 2 sc inc 18 3 sc sc inc 24 4 sc sc sc inc 30 and so on Would that work for the stagger effect?

[@arielceron8205]

To make a Luna base proportioned to the large ball wld you just increase the stitches as well?

[@KnitGrit]

Yeah! 😁

[@reneindc2u]

One of the issues I'm having is that my work does not form a ball. It stays flat like a coaster.

[@KnitGrit]

How many times are you going around after your increasing rounds?

[@marjurieanca9373]

may i know what are the diameter of the circles? i specifically need a 4inch ball and I don't know how to adjust sizes😭

[@csiyaoe]

Thinking of making a Hacky sack with this technique, do you think it would be tight enough? I’m new to crocheting and thanks for your videos!!! I’m thinking of making the Dino in your other video 😁🤞

[@KnitGrit]

It could work if you use a smaller hook and smaller thread. What were you going to stuff it with?

[@csiyaoe]

@@KnitGrit not sure 🤔 saw where they put rice but was thinking of something bigger like lentils maybe

[@TiredofAds]

How many rows total? 20?

[@kiaracreationvlogs9528]

Nice

[@theresehonrales4457]

How large is the ball?

[@valenkalobo8171]

What is the size of the largest ball

[@lenamahdi2741]

How do I go and comment on premiere

[@KnitGrit]

You would have had to have made comments on the chat for the Premiere when it was premiering but you're free to comment here. Can I help with something?

[@yanessabenisseorellano3049]

How many grams to use in large size?

[@1985cactus]

Man, this is complicated

[@KnitGrit]

Where do I lose you?

[@1985cactus]

@@KnitGrit At the beginning :) Not your fault, don't very. I'm just starting to learn the basic, and this is more for folks who already know that part.

[@oummalak284]

As a 10 yo I want to make out of it a countryball

[@thecornerbelike]

That's it. All of these videos are the same. Im either going to quit or take a crotching class because all of these go fast, don't explain anything, and i have to redo every step over 60 times. Im so done with these unhelpful videos, if i ever actually learn how to I'll make my own video that actually explains how to do each step and explaining problems someone might run into and how to fix it, not going fast and expecting them to know how to crochet (because every video said "you have to know stuff first" and we all know people who have never actually done it before come to these), and just so much more that these videos miss to explain or expect viewers to go to another video of theirs to learn a small part.

[@SILLY_N3SS]

Its been four months now, how are you doing now?

[@huangchunhua-rr2dm]

Your so annoying you can make a happy meal cry😂

[@katrinastevenson9591]

These are a pain to make

[@izzmehraia]

19:42

[@izzmehraia]

21:38

[@sakuvrai]

Terrible for beginners

[@xeniabravo1293]

Not trying to be rude, but you talk too much in ur videos. And it's distracting to some people.

[@KnitGrit]

Follow the pattern PDF then. 😁