How to Crochet a Hackey Sack Ball

Crocheting turns out a homemade hacky sack.

Hacky sack is a popular game played with a small ball filled with lentils or other dried beans. Making your own hacky sacks lets you control the colors you use. Changing colors for each round makes colorful stripes. This is a good DIY gift for teenagers.

Things You'll Need

• Cotton crochet thread
• Size 7 steel crochet hook
• Dried lentils

Instructions

1. Chain 5 and slip stitch into the first stitch to make a ring. Chain 2 and single crochet 9 times into the hole of the ring. Join with a slip stitch to the first single crochet stitch. This is row one.

2. Chain 2, single crochet in the first stitch and in each of the single crochet stitches around. Join with a slip stitch to the first single crochet. This is row two.

3. Chain 2, single crochet in the same stitch and single crochet twice in the next stitch. Continue this pattern around the row of single crochet stitches and slip stitch in the first single crochet. Repeat this row three times, adding a single crochet between the incidents of two single crochets in the same stitch with each row. These are rows three, four, five and six. Row four will have a single crochet in two stitches, followed by two single crochet stitches in one stitch and so on.

4. Chain 2 and single crochet in the same stitch, then in each stitch across. Slip stitch into the first single crochet. Repeat this row five times. These are the seventh through eleventh rows.

5. Chain 2 and single crochet in next 4 stitches. Skip a stitch and single crochet in next 5 single crochet stitches. Repeat across, then slip stitch in the row's first stitch. This is row twelve.

6. Chain 2 and single crochet in next 3 stitches. Skip a stitch and single crochet in next 4 single crochet stitches. Repeat across, then slip stitch in the first stitch. This is row thirteen. Fill the hacky sack with dried lentils at this point until the ball is firm, but not overfilled.

7. Chain 2 and single crochet in next 2 stitches. Skip a stitch and single crochet in next 3 single crochet stitches. Repeat across, then slip stitch in the first stitch. This is row fourteen.

8. Chain 2 and single crochet in the first stitch. Skip the next stitch and single crochet in next 2 stitches. Repeat across and slip stitch in the first single crochet. Repeat this row one more time. These are rows fifteen and sixteen. Close the hole in the top of the ball with a slip stitch pulled tight. Tie off.

References

• Crochet Spot: Crochet Pattern: Hacky Sack
• Craft Bits: Hacky Sack Foot Bag