Socks come in a variety of colors, so you can always find something to suit your taste. To have your own unique ball, you can easily knit it with your own hands.
To create a sox we will need:
- threads. Since the footbag is small, you will need a very small skein of thread. You should not choose wool threads; it is better to give preference to cotton or synthetic yarns.
- hook. The optimal hook size is 3-4 mm.
- pin or marker. We will use them to secure the beginning of the knitted row so as not to get lost.
- scissors and needle and thread. They will come in handy when finishing the job.
- filler. As a filler, you can use cereals (rice, buckwheat, peas), small plastic balls or bullets from a toy gun. In our case, the juice will be filled with peas. However, it is worth remembering that it is not recommended to wet the soda with cereal, since buckwheat and peas will quickly get wet, which will ruin the whole game.
The process of making sox.
First of all, you need to knit 5 air loops. This amount is optimal, because if you make them more, you will end up with a too large circle through which the filler will spill out.
When we pull the end of the thread, we get a small circle, which will be the beginning of the sox.
Then, in the loop where the hook is, we hook a pin and begin to knit single crochets to the marked loop.
After this we begin to add loops. To do this, we make two single crochets in each 2 loops of the previous row. We knit to the pin.
Then make two single crochets in every 3 stitches. We do the same for the remaining rows until we understand that the size is already sufficient. In our case, two single crochets were obtained in every 8 loops.
After this, we knit simple single crochets in each loop. You don’t have to count the rows, but just look by eye to see how many rows of sox will be enough. Usually 8-10 rows are knitted. When knitting, you need to make sure that the threads fit tightly to each other so that there are no holes.
When we have knitted the required number of rows, we will reduce the size of our sox. Since the last increase was made on every 8 loop, we will first do the decrease on 8 as well.
Next you need to decrease on the 7th loop, 6 and further until we reach the end. After all this has been done, there will be a small hole left in the ball.
Carefully pour the filler into this hole. You can first place a nylon sock in the sock and pour the cereal into it to reduce the likelihood of the filler spilling.
After you have poured the filler, you need to knit the remaining hole or sew it with thread.
Now our sox is ready!
