Amish Puzzle Ball

Om `n amish puzzle ball te hekel lyk baie meer ingewikkeld as wat dit regtig is.
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Hier is die patroon wat ek gevolg het is soos volg.
Ek het Country Dubble knit wol gebruik met `n 4mm hekelpen.

Jy maak eers 12 halfmane wat bakkies vorm soos volg:

(Make 12)

These wedges are worked in rows and joined with a seam.  If you would rather make seamless (spiral) wedges, see the instructions for the Star Ball.

1. Ch 2.  Make 3 sc’s in the second ch from the hook.  Ch 1 and turn. (3)
2. Sc inc in each st.  Ch 1 and turn.  (6)
3. (Sc inc in the next st, sc in the next st) 3 times.  Ch 1 and turn.  (9)
4. (Sc inc in the next st, sc in the next 2 st’s) 3 times.  Ch 1 and turn.  (12)
5. (Sc inc in the next st, sc in the next 3 st’s) 3 times.  Ch 1 and turn.  (15)
6. (Sc inc in the next st, sc in the next 4 st’s) 3 times.  Ch 1 and turn.  (18)
7. (Sc inc in the next st, sc in the next 5 st’s) 3 times.  Ch 1 and turn.  (21)
8. (Sc inc in the next st, sc in the next 6 st’s) 3 times.  Ch 1 and turn.  (24)
9. (Sc inc in the next st, sc in the next 7 st’s) 3 times.  Ch 1 and turn.  (27)
10. (Sc inc in the next st, sc in the next 8 st’s) 3 times.  Ch 1. Do not turn.  (30)

Fold the half-circle in half so that the end containing the hook is closest to you .  Insert your hook into the first row down the side of the resulting wedge (through both layers)  and make a sc (through both layers)  Make 8 more sc’s, working into each row down the side and through both layers.  Remember to put your initial tail of yarn INSIDE the wedge before closing it completely.  When you get to the end, ch 1 and bind off.
To eliminate the final tail of yarn, insert your hook into one of the stitches at the pointy end of the wedge (from the inside of the wedge to the outside) and pull the final tail of yarn through to the inside of the wedge.

Daarna maak jy 3 stringe deksels. Elke string kry 4 deksels.

Chain of “lids”

(Make 3)

1. Ch 2.  Sc inc in the second ch from the hook.  Ch 1 and turn.  (2)
2. Sc in each st.  Ch 1 and turn.  (2)
3. Sc inc in each st.  Ch 1 and turn.  (4)
4. Sc in each st.  Ch 1 and turn.  (4)
5. Sc inc in the first st.  Sc in the next 2 st’s.  Sc inc in the last st.  Ch 1 and turn.  (6)
6-9. Sc in each st.  Ch 1 and turn.  (6)
10. Sc2tog, sc in the next 2 st’s, sc2tog.  Ch 1 and turn.  (4)
11. Sc in each st.  Ch 1 and turn.  (4)
12. Sc2tog twice.  Ch 1 and turn.  (2)
13. Sc in each st.  Ch 1 and turn.  (2)
14. Sc2tog.  Do not bind off.
Repeat rows 1 – 14 THREE more times.  This will give you a chain of 4 “lids”.  On the very last “lid” of the chain, ch 1 and bind off.

 Daarna werk jy met kortbeen stekies `n bakkie aan elke deksel. Eers een kant van die string vas en dan terug.

Assembling the segments

Use the yarn you used for the wedges or a third, different colour.  If you are using a new colour, start with a slip knot already on your hook.
You will be attaching 4 wedges to each chain of lids, working up the chain of lids on one side and down the other side, stuffing as you go.  You will be working into each st of the wedge opening and each row of the chain of lids.  See the section below if you are unsure about the placement of the stitches in the rows of the lids.
So, place your first wedge behind the first lid on the right (with the sc seam of the wedge to your right – see Photo 1) and insert your crochet hook through the first st of the chain of “lids” and the first st of the opening of one of the wedges (Photo 2).  If you have turned your wedge inside out, or you have worked it in a spiral, start on any st around the top of the wedge.  Make a sc through both layers.  Make 14 more sc’s, working into each row of the lid and each stitch of the wedge (so both layers).
Join the next wedge to its lid in the same way (Photo 3) and continue until you have attached one side of each of the 4 wedges and lids.
Now you will be “closing” the wedges.  Insert your hook into the same (last) st of the fourth lid and the next st of the fourth wedge and make a sc.  Continue working through both layers as before, making 15 sc’s along the other side of each wedge and lid (Photo 5), and stuffing as you go (see A Word About Stuffing below).
When you reach the last st, of the first wedge, join to the first st with a sl st and bind off.  Use the tail to join the tips of the first and last wedges together (Photo 6).
Alternatively you can sl st them together before binding off, which is what I prefer.  To do that, simply sl st in st’s 16 and 15 of the st’s around the top of the 4th wedge (in that order), so the stitches at the pointy end, and then sl st in the first and second st’s of the first wedge.  Bind off and work away your tails.
You have now completed one segment.  Repeat for the remaining 2 segments.

En hier is my finale ringe en bal.