20 Adorable Knitting Patterns: Amigurumi Hot Air Balloon

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AMIGURUMI HOT AIR

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Before the Amigurumi Advent Calendar
Crochet-Along started, I had made all the
designs and wrote down all the patterns,
and it gave me a chance to review each one
to see if I wanted to do it differently a
second time around. For most of the
designs, I like the way they came out the
first time, but the hot air balloon gave me
second thoughts. The first one I made was
top-down, which made for a very nice,
smooth top, but the bottom got narrow and
difficult to crochet. I figured I could
crochet a second one and adjust the
pattern to work from the bottom up to get
that clean sharp edge at the bottom. But
when you work from the bottom up, the
top of the balloon uses an amigurumi close,
which is a great technique, but not as neat
as if you started with 6 single crochets in a
magic circle. So now I’m stumped. Which
pattern do I share?
After a quick poll, it looks like more people
like the bottoms up version, or maybe it’s
because it’s a vertical striped design. The
vertical stripes is a personal preference;
like real hot air balloons, you can make
yours any color, with stripes and other
designs on it. I’m sharing 2 variations below
– one for the plain bottoms up hot air
balloon that you can customize yourself,
and the variation for the vertical striping.
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When you work in vertical stripes, you’ll be
changing colors every few stitches. The
video below shows you how I changed
colors when making the amigurumi
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You can choose to carry the other color
yarn with you or leave it to hang in the
back/inside of the balloon. I found it easier
to leave the yarn I wasn’t using just loose in
the inside of the balloon for the first
several rounds, but when I had to cover
more distance, it became harder to keep
my stitches even, so then I switched to
carrying my yarn inside the stitches. It’s
definitely a cleaner look on the inside, but
you can see the tiniest bit of yellow
showing through on the outside. For this
project, either technique is personal
preference.
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The basket of the hot air balloon is the
same no matter what design you pick for
the balloon itself. You create a tiny basket
and then use the end tail to attach it to the
bottom of the balloon. That’s all there is to
that!
SUPPLIES
MC: Paintbox Cotton Aran
color of choice
C1: Paintbox Cotton Aran
color of choice
C2: Paintbox Cotton Aran
Sof t Fudge or other brown
F/3.75mm crochet hook
D/3.25mm crochet hook
Cluster fiberfill
6mm safety eyes
scissors
embroidery thread or
lightweight yarn in Black
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ABBREVIATIONS
st(s) – stitch(es)
sl st – slip stitch
ch – chain sti tch
sc – sing le crochet
inc – increase: work 2 sc in
same st
dec – decrease: work 2 sc
together
BLO – back loop only
PATTERN NOTES
Rounds in hot air balloon and
basket are worked with a seam
and joined with a seamless
join
join.
Eyes are placed approximately
1.0-1.25 inches apart.
Amigurumi can be closed using
this technique
technique.
AMIGURUMI HOT AIR

BALLOON INSTRUCTIONS
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Worked in seamed rounds.
Round 1: Work 6 sc into a magic circle.
Join to first sc with sl st. (6)
Round 2: Ch 1. Work [1 sc, inc] 3x around.
Round 3: Ch 1. Work 1 sc in BLO of each st
around. Join to first sc with sl st. (9)
Round 4: Ch 1. Work 1 sc in each st
Round 5: Ch 1. Work [2 sc, inc] 3x
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Round 10-13: Ch 1. Work 1 sc in each st
Round 14: Ch 1. Work [3 sc, dec] 6x
Add eyes between Rounds 9
and 10.
Sew mouth between Rounds 8
and 9, centered between the
eyes.
Stuff the amigurumi. Make sure
to get stuffing all the way into
the bottom.
Round 17: Ch 1. Work 6 dec. (6)
Fasten off, close, and weave in
ends.
BASKET
Worked with C2
Worked with D hook.
Round 3: Ch 1. Work 1 sc in BLO of each st
Round 4: Ch 1. Work 1 sc in each st
Fasten off with a long tail.
Sew the tail through the bottom of the hot
air balloon and secure onto the other side
of the basket.
AMIGURUMI HOT AIR

BALLOON INSTRUCTIONS
(VERTICAL STRIPED
VARIATION, BODY ONLY)
Worked in seamed rounds.
Start with MC
Round 3: (Switch to C1 in middle of
round.)Ch 1. Work [MC: 2 sc, C1: 1 sc] 3x in
BLO of each st around. Join to first sc with
sl st. (9)
Round 4: Ch 1. Work [MC: 2 sc, C1: 1 sc] 3x
Round 5: Ch 1. Work [MC: 2 sc, C1: inc] 3x
Round 6: Ch 1. Work [MC: 2 sc, C1: 1 sc,
inc] 3x around. Join to first sc with sl st. (15)
Round 7: Ch 1. Work [MC: 1 sc, inc, C1: 3
sc] 3x around. Join to first sc with sl st. (18)
sc, inc] 3x around. Join to first sc with sl st.
(24)
sc, inc] 3x around. Join to first sc with sl st.
(30)
Round 10-13: Ch 1. Work [MC: 5 sc, C1: 5
sc] 3x around. Join to first sc with sl st. (30)
Round 14: Ch 1. Work [MC: 2 sc, dec, 1 sc,
C1: 2 sc, dec, 1 sc] 3x around. Join to first sc
with sl st. (24)
Add eyes between Rounds 9
and 10.
Sew mouth between Rounds 8
and 9, centered between the
eyes.
Round 15: Ch 1. Work [MC: 1 sc, dec, 1 sc,
C1: 1 sc, dec, 1 sc] 3x around. Join to first sc
with sl st. (18)
Round 16: Ch 1. Work [MC: 1 sc, dec, C1: 1
sc, dec] 3x around. Join to first sc with sl st.
(12)
Stuff the amigurumi.
Round 17: Ch 1. Work [MC: dec, C1: dec] 3x
around. (6)
Fasten off C1 and secure to
inside of the hot air balloon.
Leave ends inside.
Fasten off MC with a long tail
and close with amigurumi
close. Weave ends through
balloon.
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AMIGURUMI HOT AIR

I asked on Instagram a while back what

sorts of amigurumi people wanted to see,

and this amigurumi hot air balloon was a

big favorite, so here it is!

Free Knitting Patterns

Before the Amigurumi Advent Calendar

Crochet-Along started, I had made all the

designs and wrote down all the patterns,

and it gave me a chance to review each one

to see if I wanted to do it differently a

second time around. For most of the

designs, I like the way they came out the

ﬁrst time, but the hot air balloon gave me

second thoughts. The ﬁrst one I made was

top-down, which made for a very nice,

smooth top, but the bottom got narrow and

difﬁcult to crochet. I ﬁgured I could

crochet a second one and adjust the

pattern to work from the bottom up to get

that clean sharp edge at the bottom. But

when you work from the bottom up, the

top of the balloon uses an amigurumi close,

which is a great technique, but not as neat

as if you started with 6 single crochets in a

magic circle. So now I’m stumped. Which

After a quick poll, it looks like more people

like the bottoms up version, or maybe it’s

because it’s a vertical striped design. The

vertical stripes is a personal preference;

like real hot air balloons, you can make

yours any color, with stripes and other

designs on it. I’m sharing 2 variations below

– one for the plain bottoms up hot air

balloon that you can customize yourself,

and the variation for the vertical striping.

Download Free Knitting Patterns. View

When you work in vertical stripes, you’ll be

changing colors every few stitches. The

video below shows you how I changed

colors when making the amigurumi

How to Change Colors W…

Online Crochet Tutorials

You can choose to carry the other color

yarn with you or leave it to hang in the

back/inside of the balloon. I found it easier

to leave the yarn I wasn’t using just loose in

the inside of the balloon for the ﬁrst

several rounds, but when I had to cover

more distance, it became harder to keep

my stitches even, so then I switched to

carrying my yarn inside the stitches. It’s

deﬁnitely a cleaner look on the inside, but

you can see the tiniest bit of yellow

showing through on the outside. For this

project, either technique is personal

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