I made a Hareball shell! And I’m happy with it! I’m currently giving one away in a giveaway on Discord, and I’ll be putting up commissions for it on Ko-fi, but for people that want to make their own, I have a pattern available! Bear with me, I’ve not written any patterns before, so I hope it’s legible! And if you want a PDF download, I have one available on Ko-fi.
Materials
- 4.5mm Crochet Hook [or size needed for yarn chosen]
- Premier Parfait Chunky yarn in select colors:
Blue for the Iris
Black for around the iris
Black or Gray to attach the ears
Color A for the body
Color B for the cheeks - Yarn needle
- Scissors
- Stuffing – I used polyfil
Pattern
Pattern is done in the round. Repeat between * and * until end of round
Body:
Iris/Blue:
Row 1: 8 single crochet (sc) into a Magic Ring (MR) (8)
Change color to black:
Row 2: Increase around (16)
Change to Color A
Row 3: *1 sc, increase* around (24)
Row 4: *1 sc, increase, 1 sc* around (32)
Row 5: *3 sc, increase* around (40)
Rows 6-10: sc in each stitch around
Row 11: *3 sc, invisible decrease* around (32)
Row 12: *1 sc, invisible decrease, 1 sc* around (24)
Row 13: *1 sc, invisible decrease* around (16)
Stuff the ball firmly
Row 14: invisible decrease around (8)
Cut a long tail and use it to cinch the remaining stitches closed. Weave in the end
Sides/Cheeks:
In Color B
Row 1: 6 sc into a MR (6)
Row 2: Increase around (12)
Row 3: *1 sc, increase* around (18)
Row 4: *1 sc, increase, 1 sc* around (24)
Row 5: *3 sc, increase* around (30). Slip stitch into next stitch.
Cut a long tail. Sew the cheeks onto either side of the eye, leaving at least one row between the sides and the iris.
Ears:
In Color A
Row 1: 6 sc into a MR
Row 2-5: sc around
Change to Color B
Row 6-10: sc around
Fasten off and weave in ends
Using a strand of Color A, attach the ears to the body. Space them 5 rows above the eye and 2 stitches away from the cheek (fig a).
Using black or gray yarn, slip stitch into the surface of a stitch 3 rows above the eye, in line with one of the ears (fig b).
Slip stitch 1 more time above the initial slip stitch in a straight line parallel to the edge of the cheek, then slip stitch into the bottom 3 stitches of the first ear (Color A of the ear should touch Color A of the body)(fig c).
Fasten off the end of the black or gray yarn, and use a short length of matching yarn to make a visible stitch on the back of the ear (fig d). Tie off/weave in the ends.
Repeat above for the other ear.
