How to Crochet a Hacky Sack

Crocheted hacky sacks can have many different patterns.

Crocheting your own hacky sack is a great way to gain control over the foot bag. By knowing exactly how it was made and the thickness, weight, filling material and density, you can tailor your foot bag to your own needs and playing style.

Things You'll Need

• Crochet hook
• Yarn
• Filling material

Instructions

Crocheting the Bag

1. Start the foot bag with a ring. Chain four stitches and then chain them together to form a circle. Single crochet into the circle eight times.

2. Double crochet around. For the following three rounds, alternate between single crocheting and double crocheting the entire round.

3. Stitch two single crochets followed by one double crochet. Repeat around the bag. In the next round, stitch 10 single crochets followed by one double crochet.

4. Start to decrease in each round. For each nine single crochets, decrease one time. Continue this until the bag has a hole just the right size for stuffing.

Filling

1. Continue decreasing until the hole is about the size of your pinkie finger. This is just enough room to stuff the bag with whatever filling material you choose.

2. Inset a funnel into the opening. This will allow you to fill your foot bag without spilling your material on your work surface. Make sure your funnel is big enough that the filling material won't get stuck.

3. Choose your filling material. Lentils are an easy to find material to fill your foot bag, but the uneven shape may affect the foot bag's performance by making it somewhat lumpy. You can also obtain polyethylene pellets from craft stores for a heavier and more consistently shaped foot bag.

4. Close the foot bag. This can be difficult to do by crocheting alone, so sew the bag shut tightly using a needle and thread.

Tips & Warnings

• It is important that you do break in your foot bag. Hard footbags are impossible to play with. Apply pressure and weight onto the foot bag and roll it back and forth to break it in.

• Watch the shape of the foot bag. Crocheted foot bags are prone to losing their shape given the soft nature of yarn.

• Crocheted foot bags are criticized for not lasting as long as patchwork foot bags. If you are concerned with the longevity of your foot bag, consider sewing one instead of crocheting it.

References

• Footbag Shop; Crocheted Hacky Sacks
• Crochet Spot; Crocheted Hacky Sack Pattern
• Footbag Worldwide; Footbag Pattern FAQ