Legend:
Air loop - v.p.
Single crochet - st b/n.
Double crochet - st s/n.
![ball knitting pattern](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/1/1284-shema-vyazaniya-sharika.jpg)
1. Hook and thread.
![Hook and thread](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/1/1272-kryuchok-i-nitki.jpg)
2. Let's get started knitting chain of 7 chain stitches and close it into a ring.
![Starting knitting with a chain](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/1/1273-nachinaem-vyazanie-cepochkoy.jpg)
3. Knit 3 loops for lifting.
![lifting loops](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/1/1274-petli-dlya-podema.jpg)
4. We knit 19 sts.
![Knitting](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/1/1275-vyazhem.jpg)
5. Again we knit 3 loops for lifting and then 1 s/n stitch. *Then 5 ch. and 2 st s/n with a single top*. To make 2 treble stitches with a common top, you should not knit the first stitch to the end, but start the second. Then knit all the loops that remain on the hook. Repeat from * to *.
![We knit again](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/1/1276-snova-provyazyvaem.jpg)
6. We finish the row with an arch of air loops.
![We finish the row with an arch](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/1/1277-zakanchivaem-ryad-arkoy.jpg)
7. Make 3 lifting loops. On the arch from the chain of the previous row we knit 3 treble s/n and 5 ch. And another 4 tbsp. On all subsequent arches we knit 4 treble s/n, then 5 ch, then 4 treble s/n.The first part is ready, then we need to make another one, exactly the same part. We knit the last row of the second part as follows.
![We make 3 lifting loops](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/1/1278-delaem-3-petli-podema.jpg)
8. When knitting 5 chain stitches, we do this: knit 3 chain stitches. and connect it to the arch of the second part. Then we tie the remaining 2 vp. In this way we knit the last row and at the same time connect the two parts of the ball.
![air loops](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/1/1279-vozdushnyh-petel.jpg)
9. This is what the toy looks like. There is very little left and it will look like a real Christmas ball.
![This is what the toy looks like](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/1/1280-tak-vyglyadit-igrushka.jpg)
10. Take a regular balloon. We insert it into a knitted toy.
![Insert the ball](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/1/1281-vstavlyaem-sharik.jpg)
11. Inflate the balloon and dip it into chilled sugar syrup. Leave to dry.
![Inflating the balloon](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/1/1282-naduvaem-sharik.jpg)
12. We pierce the ball and pull it out. The toy is ready.
![let's pull it out](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/1/1283-vytaskivaem-ego.jpg)