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Never Before Seen: Dedri’s Puzzle Balls

September 17, 2014 by AllFreeCrochet

Guest post written by Dedri Uys from Look At What I Made.

Plus, scroll down to find out how you can enter to win a copy of Dedri’s crochet book, Amamani Puzzle Balls!

Amamani

Hi,

My name is Dedri from Lookatwhatimade.net and I am the designer behind the crochet amish puzzle balls and animals.

Crochet Star Ball Crochet Amish Puzzle BallIn honour of this guest post, I have finally gotten around to writing out the pattern for the spiky puzzle ball (Star Ball) pictured right…but more about that in a minute.

My first Puzzle Ball was actually born out of laziness. A friend of my mother’s sent me a pattern for a fabric Amish puzzle ball, but I was too lazy to lug the sewing machine out, so I thought I would crochet one instead.

The Amish Puzzle Ball has been around for donkey’s years and is “traditionally” made out of fabric. It consists of 12 wedges/cones that are attached or assembled in such a way that they form a ball. The wedges for this puzzle ball are worked in rows and then seamed (don’t worry, there is very minimal sewing involved in this project).

As the name implies, it is a puzzle, or at least it should be a puzzle. With that in mind, I designed the Crochet Amish Puzzle Ball.

Crochet Flower BallIt didn’t take long for me to start thinking about other ways in which I could adapt the pattern. My first “adaptation” was pretty simple: The Crochet Flower Ball.
Then one day, a woman on Ravelry said that she was making one for her son, who loved balls and dinosaurs and I thought: “I could make the ball INTO a dinosaur”. And that is how the puzzle animals were born.

Amamani Dinosaur 3Amamani is short for Amigurumi Amish Puzzle Animals. These animals also come apart into three segments (or rings) which have to be assembled to form the animal.

I have now published my very first book. It contains 5 of the Amamani patterns (6 if you count both variations of the lion). The rest of the patterns can still be bought individually in my Ravelry Store. The book is available in paperback and digital format from Annie’s and you can find it here: Amamani Puzzle Balls. It is also available for pre-order on Amazon.

Crochet Octopus Puzzle PatternAnd if you are looking for a free Puzzle Animal pattern, you can always try your hand at Olive the Crochet Octopus Puzzle.

My latest puzzle ball is the Star Ball. It is a spiky version of the Amish Puzzle Ball. The Star Ball can be turned into a multi-faceted ball by folding the wedges/spikes flat once assembled. This yields a very solid ball. The wedges for the Star Ball are worked in a continuous spiral and can be used for any of the Amish Puzzle Balls instead of the seamed wedges.

You can find the pattern for the Star Ball here.

 

Crochet Star Ball Crochet Amish Puzzle BallCrochet Star Ball Crochet Amish Puzzle Ball

 

Crochet Amish Puzzle BallI hope that you feel inspired to make one of these balls and that you will love them as much as I do (although the wedges, in all fairness, can be quite tedious)!

Happy Hooking!

Dedri

 

PLUS: Enter to win a copy of Amamani Puzzle Balls by Dedri Uys.  The deadline to enter is October 1, 2014 at 11:59:59 p.m. Eastern Time. Enter for your chance to win right now!

Do you have a favorite puzzle ball pattern?

 

 

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