This pattern is featured in the March 2021 issue of Happily Hooked Magazine.

This is a fun amigurumi design for a hot air balloon and a little puffin. It is designed to be a stash-buster so you can use up scraps of left over colours for the balloon, keeping back small amounts of one colour for the basket and ropes, and for the puffin. It could be made in yarn of any weight, it will just vary the size.

Gauge is not important but your stitches should be tight so that your stuffing does not show through.

You will need fibrefill or wool to stuff the balloon and puffin.