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Crochet Water Balloons, summer fun for your kids...
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Jul 18, 2024
In this video I show you how to make my single colour water balloons. For more information and photo tutorial please see accompanying blog post... https://www.lullabylodge.com/2021/06/crochet-water-balloons-free-pattern.html A printable pdf version of this pattern may be found in my online stores... Ravelry https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/crochet-water-balloons-3 Etsy https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1038175527/crochet-water-balloon-pdf-pattern-great?ref=shop_home_active_1 Crochet supplies - https://amzn.to/4aRZ74b (affiliate link) Video recording equipment - https://amzn.to/4e58U9N (affiliate link) Shop for yarn - https://www.lovecrafts.com/en-gb?utm_medium=affiliate&a_aid=7f83a24a (affiliate link)
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Hello everyone and welcome to my channel
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Today I'm going to be showing you how to make these super cute and fun crochet water balloons
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These particular balloons I made during one of my live streams on Twitch
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And lots of viewers were asking me, well how do they hold the water
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Well they don't hold the water like a traditional water balloon would of course
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You simply dunk them into a bucket of clean fresh water and throw
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Please make sure you supervise your children and make sure they're not throwing these at the face
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So to make your crochet water balloons you're going to need some Bernat blanket yarn
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It's really soft and squishy and super absorbent and works great for these water balloons
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You will need an 8mm hook, a darning needle, a stitch marker and a pair of scissors
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So we're going to start off by making a slip knot on our hook like so
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And then we're going to chain 3, 1, 2 and 3. We're then going to join to that first chain to form a ring
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Now you can use the magic circle method if you prefer. Ok so next we're going to chain 1, this does not count as a stitch
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And now we're going to put 8 single crochets into that ring
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So hook goes into the centre, pull up a loop, yarn over, pull through 2 loops, that's 1 single crochet made
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Hook goes into the centre, pull up a loop, yarn over, pull through 2, so that's 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
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7 and 8. Now if you've worked over your tail as you've gone along you can give that a little tug and it will tighten up that centre a little bit
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Now we're not going to join to our first single crochet, we're actually going to be working in a spiral
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So we're going to start round 2 by putting 2 single crochet into our first stitch
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Put a stitch marker into that first stitch to mark the start of the round
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So we want 1 more single crochet in there. And I'm going to go ahead and put 2 single crochet into each stitch all the way around
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So I will meet you back at the end of the round
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So here we are at the end of round 2, we now have 16 single crochets
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So we're going to remove the stitch marker and start round 3
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We're going to put a single crochet into that first stitch, replace your marker
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and we're going to continue with a single crochet into every stitch around
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So here we are at the end of round 3, as you can see it's started to form a bowl shape
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So we're going to continue and work 3 more rounds in exactly the same way, with a single crochet in every stitch
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Make sure you move up your stitch marker at the beginning of the round
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A single crochet in every stitch, and we're going to do this for 3 more rounds
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So I'll meet you back when I've done that. And here we are at the end of round 6, your water balloon should look something like this
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So now we're going to start making our decreases to get this nice neck shape for the balloon
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So let's go ahead and remove our stitch marker, and we're going to single crochet 2 stitches together
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So the hook goes into the stitch, pull up a loop, into the next stitch and pull up a loop
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and then yarn over and pull through all of the loops. That's crochet 2 single crochets together
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So we're going to pop our stitch marker back in that first stitch
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and we're going to continue single crocheting 2 stitches together, all the way around
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Here we are at the end of the round
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and we're going to continue with the next round doing exactly the same
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We're going to single crochet 2 stitches together all the way around
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Let's make our first decrease here, and then replace our stitch marker
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So this can be a bit fiddly this round, as you are going to end up with only 4 stitches
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It can be a bit tricky getting the hook into those stitches
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Here is the last decrease here. And there we go
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That's the end of our last decrease round. So now we're going to start increasing again to get this cute shape at the top of our balloon
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So we're going to remove our stitch marker, and we're going to put 2 single crochet into that first stitch
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1, and 2. Don't forget to replace your stitch marker into the first stitch
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And then we're going to go ahead and put 2 single crochets into every stitch around
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Oops! Again, this can be a little tricky and fiddly
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There we go, this is our last stitch. So you'll end up with 8 single crochet
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And then to finish off, because we've been working in a spiral, we're going to remove that stitch marker and put a slip stitch into that first stitch
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And there we go. That's your finished water balloon. So we're going to fasten off, you want to leave quite a long tail
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We're going to use this tail to wrap around the neck, and just tighten it a bit to accentuate that shape
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So fasten off. And then with a darning needle, I like to just finish off this stitch here first
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And then you want to just sew the end in a little bit
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Just put a couple of stitches inside, so that it doesn't pull that top end of the neck down once you wrap the yarn around
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Then you're going to take your needle through to the front, or the back, whichever
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And then you're going to wrap it around twice, around the neck
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Now you want to put it fairly tightly, but not so tightly that you break the yarn
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because this yarn is not as strong as some other yarns. So you've gone around twice, you're then going to go back through into the centre of your balloon
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And then put another couple of stitches then, just to secure the end
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And then you can put your needle through, and then out through the other side of the balloon
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And then you can just trim that end off. And there's your finished water balloon
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I'm sure your kids are going to love playing with these. So this is just a plain one-colour design
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So this is just a plain one-colour design. I've also made these helix-striped balloons, so these will be coming up in the next video
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So make sure you like and subscribe, and I'll see you very soon
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Bye-bye now
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