Sail serenely through the air with your handmade hot air balloon!

This is a crochet pattern suitable for intermediate crocheters, and involves the following techniques:

• Working in rounds
• The following crochet stitches: ch, sl st, sc, hdc, dc
• Magic ring (instructions for this are included with the pattern, also known as adjustable ring)
• Long sc (instructions for this are included with the pattern)

Finished balloon is about 7 inches tall and 4.5 inches wide.

This pattern is written in English and all needle sizes, abbreviations, etc. are American. Contains 13 fully-illustrated pages with large, easy-to-read text and lots of photos, diagrams and charts to accompany the written instructions.

Suggested Materials:

• Yarn: (less than 1 skein/207 yd each)

Red: Lion Brand Cotton-Ease: Cherry

Yellow: Lion Brand Cotton-Ease: Maize

Brown: Lion Brand Cotton-Ease: Taupe

Black: Lion Brand Cotton-Ease: Charcoal

Blue: Lion Brand Cotton-Ease: Seaspray

• US Size E crochet hook

• Tapestry needle (for weaving in yarn ends)

• Scissors

• Stuffing (polyester fiberfill or your preferred stuffing material)