Oh, Balls!

I have been feeling very ill this week, dragging my 2-gallon puke bucket from room to room.  What?  What's wrong with a puke bucket?  When I was little we had this huge plastic bowl named the Vomit Bowl, and it was a glorious conglomeration of harvest gold, white, and pink speckles in an avocado green base.  I must now make due with what I have.

But I digress. 

Since I haven't been able to leave the house much or function like a normal human being, and the motion of the Elder Scrolls Online beta test is making me carsick*, boredom has enhanced my interest in crochet. 

I have not crocheted very much... my only "finished" project is a scarf that I never embellished.  Today's project was a "perfect sphere," with the goal of keeping track of the stitch count, perfectly increasing and decreasing stitches, following an actual pattern, and creating my first 3D object.

It worked out pretty well!  I mean, it's a little lumpy like a hackey sack 'cause I stuffed it with dried garbanzo beans... but at least every stitch is in place. 

A good use of the cheapest yarn I could find.

It looks like I'm not the only one who enjoyed the sphere.

Perfect size for a puppy mouth.

And now, I'm off to improve my yarn tension while Stormy destroys my hard work.

*ESO is fantastic if you don't have a finicky stomach.