<p>Genrally in amigurumi you don't crochet in rows, but in spiral. This way there is no visible seam at all, but you usually need a stitch marker to keep track of where rows begin and end.</p>

<p>Here is a photo of a bottom of a bunny I made, to illustrate how it's done and looks:</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/b4Ovc.jpg" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/b4Ovc.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

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2016-10-08T14:59:38.057Z
I never realized that it was done in spiral. Never really done any Amigurumi before this. Thank you
Matt
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2016-10-08T11:53:25.557Z
2016-10-08T11:53:25.557Z
jkadlubowska
<p>In my continued adventures in making pokeballs I have run into another issue that experimenting is not fixing. The balls are made just using single crochet (sc). Typically what I do for sc project row is something like this:</p>

<blockquote>
  <ul>
  <li>Ch 1, sc in same stitch</li>
  <li>sc around</li>
  <li>skip last stitch in row and sl st into first sc of row</li>
  </ul>
</blockquote>

<p>That works well for me and looks perfectly fine on something like a <a href="http://crazycraftiness.blogspot.ca/2011/02/crazy-little-octopus.html" rel="noreferrer">toilet paper octopus holder</a>. However once the balls are stuffed in pushes that those stitches out creating a visible raised ridge on the outside.</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/KjGUE.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/KjGUE.png" alt="Bottoms of my balls"></a></p>

<p>I didn't find the <a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/Pokeball-Set/" rel="noreferrer">instructions I was following</a>, which are pretty much the same for all balls or spheres, clear on this matter.</p>

<p>So to try something different to see if I could avoid this I tried the following instead:</p>

<blockquote>
  <ul>
  <li>Ch 1, skip 1, sc</li>
  <li>sc around</li>
  <li>sl st into first sc of row </li>
  </ul>
</blockquote>

<p>This fixed the issue I am describing but the row ends also biased (instead of forming a straight vertical line every row moved over one stitch). Some people might not notice this - but I do!</p>

<p>How else could I be doing me sc in a sphere or ball so that I clean relatively flat row ends that don't bias? </p>

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2016-10-08T10:43:25.103Z
Amigurumi is usually worked in a spiral, isn't it? That's how the octopus I made is. Though, with the hard separation between the colors, that could be problematic, too...though it might be worth exploring.
Catija
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2016-10-08T14:59:17.960Z
@Catija I never realized that. Never really done any Amigurumi before this. The octopus top might be done like that but I did that from assumption of how it looked. Thanks.
Matt
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How can I cleanly finish and starts rows, using single crochet, in my pokeballs?
Matt
# How can I cleanly finish and starts rows, using single crochet, in my pokeballs?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-10-07)

In my continued adventures in making pokeballs I have run into another issue that experimenting is not fixing. The balls are made just using single crochet (sc). Typically what I do for sc project row is something like this:

> * Ch 1, sc in same stitch
> * sc around
> * skip last stitch in row and sl st into first sc of row

That works well for me and looks perfectly fine on something like a [toilet paper octopus holder](http://crazycraftiness.blogspot.ca/2011/02/crazy-little-octopus.html). However once the balls are stuffed in pushes that those stitches out creating a visible raised ridge on the outside.

[![Bottoms of my balls](https://i.sstatic.net/KjGUE.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/KjGUE.png)

I didn't find the [instructions I was following](http://www.instructables.com/id/Pokeball-Set/), which are pretty much the same for all balls or spheres, clear on this matter.

So to try something different to see if I could avoid this I tried the following instead:

> * Ch 1, skip 1, sc
> * sc around
> * sl st into first sc of row

This fixed the issue I am describing but the row ends also biased (instead of forming a straight vertical line every row moved over one stitch). Some people might not notice this - but I do!

How else could I be doing me sc in a sphere or ball so that I clean relatively flat row ends that don't bias?

**Tags:** crocheting

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Amigurumi is usually worked in a spiral, isn't it? That's how the octopus I made is. Though, with the hard separation between the colors, that could be problematic, too...though it might be worth exploring.  
> **username_0**: @username_1 I never realized that. Never really done any Amigurumi before this. The octopus top might be done like that but I did that from assumption of how it looked. Thanks.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2016-10-08. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

Genrally in amigurumi you don't crochet in rows, but in spiral. This way there is no visible seam at all, but you usually need a stitch marker to keep track of where rows begin and end.

Here is a photo of a bottom of a bunny I made, to illustrate how it's done and looks:

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/b4Ovc.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/b4Ovc.jpg)

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: I never realized that it was done in spiral. Never really done any Amigurumi before this. Thank you  

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