FOOTBALL

This is a very simple pattern for a football.  This was a request from a co-worker.  The one that I made him had the Tampa Bay Buccaneers logo sewn to it.

MATERIALS:
Worsted weight yarn: coffee and white.
F crochet hook
Tennis ball or Polyester Fiberfill
Tapestry needle

FOOTBALL:
Rd 1: With coffee, 6 sc in magic ring.  (6)
Rd 2: 2 sc in each sc around.  (12)
Rd 3: (sc in next sc, 2 sc in next sc) around.  (18)
Rd 4: (sc in next 2 sc, 2 sc in next sc) around.  (24)
Rd 5: (sc in next 7 sc, 2 sc in next sc) around.  (27)
Rd 6: (sc in next 8 sc, 2 sc in next sc) around.  (30)
Rd 7: (sc in next 9 sc, 2 sc in next sc) around.  (33)
Rd 8: (sc in next 10 sc, 2 sc in next sc) around.  (36)
Rd 9: (sc in next 11 sc, 2 sc in next sc) around.  (39)
Rd 10: (sc in next 12 sc, 2 sc in next sc) around.  (42)
Rd 11: (sc in next 13 sc, 2 sc in next sc) around.  (45)
Rd 12: sc in each sc around.  (45)  Change to white.
Rds 13-14: sc in each sc around.  (45)  Change to coffee after Rd 14.
Rds 15-26: sc in each sc around.  (45)  Change to white after Rd 26.
Rds 27-28: sc in each sc around.  (45)  Change to coffee after Rd 28.
Rd 29: sc in each sc around.  (45)
WITH DOUBLE STRAND OF WHITE, EMBROIDER LACES ON FOOTBALL.
BEGIN STUFFING FOOTBALL FIRMLY.  CONTINUE STUFFING FOOTBALL FIRMLY AS YOU GO ALONG.
Rd 30: (sc in next 13 sc, sc2tog) around.  (42)
Rd 31: (sc in next 12 sc, sc2tog) around.  (39)
Rd 32: (sc in next 11 sc, sc2tog) around.  (36)
Rd 33: (sc in next 10 sc, sc2tog) around.  (33)
Rd 34: (sc in next 9 sc, sc2tog) around.  (30)
Rd 35: (sc in next 8 sc, sc2tog) around.  (27)
Rd 36: (sc in next 7 sc, sc2tog) around.  (24)
Rd 37: (sc in next 2 sc, sc2tog) around.  (18)
Rd 38: (sc in next sc, sc2tog) around.  (12)
Rd 39: sc2tog around.  (6)
Finish off leaving a long tail.  Weave tail through sc of Rd 39, pull tightly, and secure.  Weave in ends.

This crochet pattern is an original pattern and is © by Christjan Bee (March 2018).  Please do not claim this pattern as your own.  If you wish to share this pattern, you may link to this pattern but please do not reprint/repost it on your site.  You may print and keep a copy for your own personal use, but you may not sell or distribute it, or sell items made from this pattern.