Juggling Balls

The Hubbs taught himself to juggle as a kid.  On a road trip.  In the back of the family car.  With a book and a starter set of three juggling balls.

He still has that set of three juggling balls, and he's still damn good.  The Princess loves it when he juggles, and she presents him with his juggling balls multiple times every day.

Recently, he's expressed an interest in learning to incorporate more than three objects into his juggling fun-time.  Our only concern with this is that we're rather skint of late, and we're trying to be good little donkeys by sticking to our extremely strict budget.

Thinking outside the box, I grabbed my hook and some spare yarn from my stash, and I started stitching.  The first one felt okay, so I made three more to start (we can always add more later), along with a spiffy little storage bag.

The juggling balls are constructed using acrylic worsted weight yarn and pinto beans, and the bag is all acrylic yarn.

While looking at the finished product does make me feel rather resourceful, I prefer seeing them in action.

Ladies and Gentlemen, it's my pleasure to present the love of my life...(drumroll)...The Hubbs!

Hope your summer is going as swimmingly as ours is.  Have fun, y'all!