Work up this adorable soccer ball pattern for your little soccer star! The crochet soccer ball is great for indoor play with no worries about damaging furniture or woodwork. It’s a great size for little hands but could easily become a sweet keepsake for older kids who love soccer as well.
This free soccer ball pattern uses basic crochet stitches worked in the round to create pentagons and hexagons that, when attached, round to form this adorable crochet soccer ball! I’ve also included a graphic at the end of the post to help with placement when piecing your ball together.
Crochet Soccer Ball Pattern
Here is what you will need:
- 1 skein each of black and white worsted weight yarn (I really like how cotton holds up for this)
- US G-6 / 4.0 mm crochet hook
- fiberfill stuffing
- scissors and yarn needle
Resources and tutorials you may find helpful in following this crochet pattern: Crochet Abbreviations, U.S. to U.K. Crochet Conversion Chart, How to Make a Magic Ring {photo & video tutorial}.
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Finished crochet soccer ball measures approx. 16½ in. around
Pentagon (make 12)
With black yarn, make a magic ring (as an alternative to the magic ring, you can ch 4 and join with a slip stitch in furthest chain from hook to form a ring).
Round 1: Work 10 sc in the ring, join with a Sl st in first sc made — 10 sts.
Round 2: Without turning your work, ch 2 (counts as hdc), 1 hdc in next st, ch 2, *1 hdc in each of the next 2 sts, ch 2, repeat from * 3 more times, join to top of ch-2 from beginning of round — 20 sts.
Fasten off and weave in ends.
Hexagon (make 20)
With white yarn, make magic ring or use alternate method described above.
Round 1: Work 12 sc in ring, join with a Sl st in first sc made, pull tail of yarn to close up ring — 12 sts.
Round 2: Without turning your work, ch 2 (counts as hdc), 1 hdc in next st, ch 2, * 1 hdc in each of the next 2 sts, ch 2, repeat from * 4 more times, join to top of ch-2 from beginning of round — 24 sts.
Fasten off and weave in ends.
Finishing
Now we are going to turn all those crochet pieces into a soccer ball! Using the illustration above as a guide to placement, Sl st pieces together through back loops only and with right sides facing.
When only one piece remains, stuff ball with polyester fiberfill to desired consistency. Use a tapestry needle to whip stitch remaining piece in place.
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I’ve made two of these – one in black and white for my grandson and one in pink and white for my granddaughter. They love to play indoor soccer with them and dodgeball with their dad. I didn’t stuff them really tight, like a regular because I knew they would want to play with them in the house. They’ve had them for quite a while now, and nothing’s been broken yet!
Easy to make (just have to get the count right – sometimes grammas forget how to count). Great pattern.
Great idea and really cute! Hopefully I can get the time to make one for my 1 1/2 year old. 🙂
Thank you so much. This is very cute and seems very doable 🙂