Copyright:
This pattern was designed and written by Chronically Crocheted. Please do not plagiarize, copy, redistribute, or use this pattern for free in any manner. You may sell finished items made with this pattern providing credit to me as the designer. Tag me in your social media posts! Thank you so much for choosing my pattern and supporting my small business

Notes:
This pattern is written in US terminology only.
This pattern is worked in continuous rounds unless otherwise Stated.
Use a stitch marker to mark the last stitch in each round
You may need to adjust stitches since this pattern is worked in
a way to create the final product without sewing.
Your stress ball should be a tight fit for the best "squeeze" but it should still fit into the project pretty seamlessly! If you have tight tension I recommend sticking with a 5.5mm hook, for average tension use a 5mm hook and loose tension use a 4.5mm hook

Squish ball Specific Notes:
Felt eyes are recommended, using safety eyes could affect your squishy ball and even cause it to pop, if safety eyes are your only option cutting off the back with pliers or melting the back is necessary. embroidering eyes is always a good secondary option and won't affect your ball.
if using blanket yarn, parfait XL, or sweet snuggles yarn you will need larger squish balls, 2.5" sized balls will work
Depending on your tension, the type of yarn you use, and the size ball you use your project may require a bit of stuffing to fill the edges in, this is optional and with my tension, hook, and yarn it was not needed
in the light purple boxes you can find the modification
to make these patterns without stress balls, just tiny
plushies perfect for markets!!
SPIDER: depending on your tension, between your spider legs there may be small gaps of holes created, if this happens use a strand of yarn approximately 12" long to weave through/under the 3 spider legs and close the gaps, this will ensure your squish ball doesn't come out these spaces