Crinkly Pomegranate

I really want to make things for my son, but I don't know what to make. I've already made him a hat, knitted while I was in labor, and I made him a blanket too so I began to think about what else I could make. I decided to make him a ball. I stuffed it with plastic bags to make it kind of crinkly sounding. I crocheted this out of Lionbrand Homespun. I had some leftovers from a project from awhile ago. When I got to the end, I had a few yards left, not enough to really do anything else with but long enough I felt bad wasting it. Since I was using a pinky red color I decided to make it a pomegranate instead of a ball. I think it turned out pretty well. The pattern is pretty basic. I started with the magic ring cast on to make the bottom completely secure. I ended each row with a sl st and began each row with ch1, but this creates a line in the work so just sc all would make the work more solid. I also only

Start with Magic Ring

Row 1: Work 6 sc in magic ring (6 sts)

Row 2: 2 sc in each st around (12 sts)

Row 3: *2 sc in next st, sc next st* repeat between * around (18 sts)

Row 4: *2 sc in next st, sc next 2* repeat between * around (24 sts)

Row 5: *2 sc in next st, sc next 3* repeat between * around (30 sts)

Row 6: *2 sc in next st, sc next 4* repeat between * around (36 sts)

Rows 7-9: sc in each st around (36 sts)

Row 10: *sc2tog, sc next 4* repeat between * around (30 sts)

Row 11: * sc2tog, sc next 3* repeat between * around (24 sts)

Row 12: *sc2tog, sc next 2* repeat between * around (18 sts)

Row 13: *sc2tog, sc nest st* repeat between * around (12 sts)

Stuff now if you haven't already.

Row 14: sc2tog around (6 sts)

Row 15: 2 sc in each st around (12 sts)

Row 16: *ch2, dc, ch1 sc* around sl st in 1st ch

Sew opening inside the top so stuffing doesn't escape. The last row looks a like a flower than a pomegranate top until you finish the fruit by sewing the middle of each sc tog to make it look more like it is supposed to.