Description
A big red cricket ball for the couch — six knitted gore panels seamed pole to pole, with the famous curved seam stitched afterwards in cream: four chain-stitch lines in two pairs, following a wave around the equator, just like the real thing.
📖 WHAT'S INSIDE
• The full written gore pattern: the panel's stitch counts follow the sphere's own curve, with all 30 shaping row-pairs written out with counts before and after, plus the full 140-row tracker
• The seam done properly: marking the wave with pins, then stitching the two pairs of cream lines step by step (the outer pair sits 6.5 cm either side of the wave centre, with a companion line inside each)
• A white one-day variation written in full inside the same pack — white panels, crimson seams, identical quantities
• Abbreviations & how-to pages — M1L, M1R, SSK, K2tog, chain stitch, mattress and ladder stitch, all in plain English
• Schematics drawn from the pattern's own counts: gore outline, pole assembly view and the unrolled seam-wave diagram
• Yarn totals up front: cricket red 343 m / 172 g (buy 4 x 50g balls), cream seam from a single ball or scraps
⚠️ SAFETY & CARE
The guide's care & safety page covers fibre fill (about 500 g), keeping stuffing away from little hands during making, and spot-clean care for the finished cushion.
🌿 THE AUSSIE BIT
Six panels, two pairs of cream seams and that wave every cricketer knows by heart — summer at the oval, knitted for the lounge room.
📥 DETAILS
• 11-page PDF, A4, print-ready
• Finished size: about 32 cm across (99 cm around the equator)
• Instant download — yours forever in your account
• Skill level: confident beginner and up
🇦🇺 MORE FROM THE KNITTING SHELF
• Cricket Bat & Stumps Cushion Set — the bat and stumps to complete the pitch
• Footy Ball Cushion — the winter code's ball, tan with cream laces
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How your download works
- ⚡ Instant download — as soon as your order completes, your files are waiting in My Account → Downloads.
- 📱 Read it anywhere — your pattern opens on phone, tablet and computer.
- 🖨️ Printing — print at 100% scale so templates and gauges come out true to size. Full printing & download help
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