How to Crochet a Biconvex shape
Oval Series
How to crochet an oval
How to crochet an ovoid - foundation chain and crochet around (part 1)
How to crochet an ovoid - treble bobble crochet (part 2)
How to crochet a pointed oval - foundation chain and rotate (part 1)
How to crochet a pointed oval - foundation chain with varying heights (part 2)
How to crochet a pointed oval - using tall stitches (part 3)
How to crochet a pointed oval - using Magic ring (part 4)
How to crochet a biconvex (3D pointed oval)
This is last part of the Oval series! Making a biconvex shape is like making a 3D oval shape or like crocheting a rugby ball or a football. It’s really useful for making head shapes, somewhat egg-shaped. The pattern starts off like making a cone and then it tapers off to another sharp end.
How to crochet a biconvex shape
This crochet pattern is really simple and goes like this:
Round 1: Ch2 then 3sc1 - 3st
Round 2: 2sc3 - 6st
Round 3: 2sc6 - 12st
Round 4: Sc12 - 12st
Round 5: Sc2tog6 - 6st
Round 6: Sc2tog3 - 3st
This pattern involves increasing stitches and decreasing stitches using the invisible decrease methods. Go check them out first if you are not sure what I am talking about. The start involving ch2 and single crochet to start off with a pointy end is also summarized here.
Start off with ch2 and 3 single crochet into the 1st ch as follows:
Increasing rounds in step 2 and 3 gradually, I’m doubling them up here. You can continue to increase in each new round but in step 4 I decided to taper off.
Steps 5-6 involves decreasing using the invisible decrease method. This is to achieve the same pointy end as the beginning.
Check out the full video tutorial at the bottom of this blog post.
Ta-da the final biconvex shape! I’m not sure what to name the shape - maybe I should say how to crochet a small football, lol. So I used this technique to create a few amigurumi tricks, like Daffy Duck’s head here:
I used a very similar pattern and technique to create Mercy’s (from Overwatch) ponytail hairstyle as well here.
**If you are interested in more ways to make amigurumi hair, I have a whole 60-paged ebook on it to check out here!**
The video for the steps are here:
That’s really the end of the Oval Series! Whew, it was longer than the Circular Series which was really just about the basics. This Oval Series adds in a bit more variation and new shapes to experiment with and how I even incorporated them into amigurumi!
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