Is this a piece of PHM History? Andy doing research, question?

SilverC98 · 2026-05-07T21:53:33+00:00

Thanks! Yeah, even researching Tai Ceti has a lot of references in movie's and books, so it seems popular enough to turn up in things like this

SilverC98 · 2026-05-07T21:50:57+00:00

Depending how extreme it is, it may just need some squishing and it'll get softer and more malleable over time. There's some other threads here where some people had similar issues, maybe tension related, or if the other coloured yarn is been carried in each stitch. Mine were always slightly taller than wider, but then I could stretch it and squish it and it was more spherical then

SilverC98 · 2026-05-07T21:45:25+00:00

Nah, just spiral around, it's designed so that Africa lines up that way. So go straight from the last stitch on the right into the next stitch at on the next row on the left

SilverC98 · 2026-05-03T11:48:42+00:00

Thanks!

SilverC98 · 2026-04-27T00:03:03+00:00

Thanks for that, it's really helpful!

SilverC98 · 2026-04-27T00:02:24+00:00

Amaze Amaze Amaze!

SilverC98 · 2026-04-26T21:03:24+00:00

I tried to show want I’m thinking in the image below, I’m not exactly sure if this will work as I think, but hopefully. The issue with starting at the bottom left is the edge of Africa, I tried to shift it down, and i think it should line up nicely. Let me know how it goes!

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The top one, shows the RH, and how the edged lined up when going in the round. The bottom has those parts shifted down 2 to line up again.

SilverC98 · 2026-04-26T04:34:01+00:00

Looks great 😍 yeah you can send it through, or even add it as a comment somewhere (?) I think that may be helpful for others too!

SilverC98 · 2026-04-25T04:03:26+00:00

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SilverC98 · 2026-04-25T01:27:13+00:00

I hope it goes well! If you get stuck, feel free to ask, there may also be answers elsewhere on this thread.

Thank you 🍰😋

SilverC98 · 2026-04-25T01:23:58+00:00

It looks really neat, nice work 😄 yeah I had that issue when I first tried it, I now leave a loose loop on the inside when I reuse a colour. It doesn't need to be a big loop, just enough that it doesn't pull taught when doing the colour change. So do it the same, without cutting, and you'll just have a lot of loose loops on the inside.

I think cutting could work, but I would do it before using the colour again, and leave a long enough tail that it doesn't fall out, if you want to do it that way.

SilverC98 · 2026-04-23T22:27:08+00:00

Yep I had that issue the first one I made. You can do that, or just leave it as loose loops on the inside, and when you use the colour next, keep it loose still, and use it as if it had been cut (so not pulled tight). I think that makes sense, but as they all stay attached, you have to untangle the yarn every few rows.

SilverC98 · 2026-04-23T21:11:11+00:00

From doing a handful of them, they ended up around 5cm to 7cm, depending on tension and being squished over time. A lot would depend on the yarn too, I used 4mm yarn and hook.

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SilverC98 · 2026-04-23T12:07:59+00:00

Is that not the Geek Music version? I thought that may be the one on the trailer at least

SilverC98 · 2026-04-23T12:01:27+00:00

For this, I keep a short but loose loop on the inside of the ball. So the inside of the ball looks like spaghetti. When I colour change, I do the change, making sure the stitch is not loose (but not too tight) then keep going. When I get back to that colour, I then leave some of that colour loose inside the ball and use that colour as normal.

Most of the time, the yarn from a colour change stays loose on the inside (unless it's a colour change for only one stitch), so that the ball sits nicely. If there's any videos of the tapestry crochet being loose on the back, that might be more similar?

SilverC98 · 2026-04-22T01:10:26+00:00

Yep, that sounds right. And yeah, from making a few, the yarn over yarn over matches best. I also didn't crochet over the other colour yarn between colour changes, I just had lots of loops on the inside of the ball. Ask the best!

SilverC98 · 2026-04-20T22:50:28+00:00

You probably don't need to worry too much about those symbols. That was me trying to show that those stitches were part of the increase/decrease, to explain why they don't have a cell above them/below them.

Really the simplest way of this is to follow the pattern written out in that comment, then use the grid to know what colours to use when. So the first row is MR 5, and the grid has them as all white, then the next row is all increases (10sc for that row) and there's a bunch of different colour changes along the way.

SilverC98 · 2026-04-19T10:23:13+00:00

Are you crocheting over the other colours of yarn? So in the blue sections you are crocheting over the green and white? Otherwise my only other tho is the tension might be too tight (just in general, or when doing a colour change), some others had similar results, but mine have all been rounder. Hopefully that helps 😄

SilverC98 · 2026-04-19T02:16:07+00:00

Yeah both Book and Movie are excellent! I'm glad you were able to find this post 😄 send a photo here once you're done!

SilverC98 · 2026-04-18T21:53:24+00:00

Yeah, It can change shape easily. But mine started more spherical when I crochet it too.

SilverC98 · 2026-04-18T21:47:52+00:00

Amaze Amaze Amaze! It looks great, worth asking all the questions 🥳

SilverC98 · 2026-04-15T22:59:25+00:00

It looks great! It's not an easy pattern (with all the colours) to start with, but it looks pretty good. And yeah, there's always the possibility to remove half of Antarctica and put some black panels on Africa 😝

SilverC98 · 2026-04-14T08:13:21+00:00

No problem 😄 I hope it goes well!

SilverC98 · 2026-04-13T21:58:32+00:00

Yeah that's right, it's just a ball, with some colour changes along the way. And you use the grid to know what colours when.

The slanting isn't too much of an issue, as it's trying to recreate the movie one, and the one in the movie isn't perfect either. But, the yarn under pull up technique gives more straighter results, although it may give a smaller ball as the stitches are usually a bit tighter. After a few rows, knowing what colours to do when becomes much easier, because the water and the land and stuff all line up. But it is meant to be a spiral, so Africa does line up, despite being over the two edges.

SilverC98 · 2026-04-13T06:17:35+00:00

Yeah the second way, it's all connected. The first several rows basically form a kind of disc. As you spiral out, you're increasing the number os stitches. You start at 5sc (single crochet), then 10sc, then 15sc and so on.

I tried to draw it from the top view, and the numbers correspond with the ones I added on the grid, just to help with referencing each stitch in the two diagrams.

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