[A piece of cloth measuring] three [fingerbreadths] by three [fingerbreadths] that was placed inside a ball, or it itself was made into a ball, it is tahor. But [a piece of cloth measuring] three [handbreadths] by three [handbreadths] that was placed inside a ball is tamei. [If] it itself was made into a ball, it is tahor, since the stitching diminishes it.