Reusable Water Balloons for a Lockdown Summer

So there is this thing called Reusable Water Balloons. You soak them in a pan or bucket of water and throw them... SPLAT!  When they get dirty, machine wash and dry. These are my version. 

Reusable Water Balloons 



Materials:

1 skein of Bernat Blanket yarn (makes about 12 balloons)

4 size 11 double pointed needles

Pin style marker or safety pin

Yarn needle


Worked in the round on 3 needles with a fourth as the working needle. 


Cast on 3 sts


Round 1:  Join into a round.   Kfb in each stitch. (6 sts).

Place the marker into the knitting to mark the end of the round. 

Round 2: Knit around

Round 3: Kfb in each stitch. (12 sts)

Round 4: Knit around. 

Round 5: Kfb in each stitch. (24 sts)

Round 6: Knit around

Round 7:  *Knit 1, Kfb. Repeat from * around. (36 sts)

Rounds 8 - 10:  Knit around. 

Round 11:  *K1, K2tog. Repeat from * around. (24 sts)

Round 12: Knit around

Round 13:  K2tog around. (12 sts)

Round 14: Knit around. 

Round 15: K2tog around. (6 sts)

Round 16: Knit around. 

Round 17:  K2tog around. (3 sts)

Round 18: Kfb around. (6 sts)

Round 19:  Bind off loosely. 


Cut yarn, leaving an 8 inch tail  and draw through to join.   Run the tail down to the “neck” of the balloon and wrap around twice, stitching to secure. Cut the tail close to the work. Sew in the cast-on tail and clip close to the work. 


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