I'm not 100% loving the actual Giant Floor Ball pattern, so I've been experimenting.

This is a little free-style stitching.  I really like most of it.  I wish I'd written down what I did.  Maybe I can reverse engineer it when the time comes.


These are simple granite stitch pentagons.  I made the solid one first and the star-bursty pattern caught my eye.  Next, I tried adding some spike stitches in the green and peach one.  Lastly, I changed colors every row, which is awesome.  The colors are killing me though. I feel like I'm crocheting with the Easter Bunny's guts.  Where the heck did all those pastels come from?!

I think a Giant Floor Ball would make a great, soft footstool next to the couches.  I also like the idea of a Not-So-Giant Ball as a couch pillow.  I usually end up making a mini pile of pillows to lounge upon, so one big ball would do the trick nicely.  In the right colors, and in the right pattern, I think they could look very cool.

For now, though, I'm done with pentagons until I get a flash of inspiration.  I'm going to pack up all my samples and all my notes in a ziploc bag and hide it away with all my other moribund projects that peer at me from under the ironing board, waiting for me to resurrect them - my lovely zombie children.