Chocolate Easter Eggs are my favourite sort of chocolate. Mini eggs and creme eggs are both very good reasons to look forward to Easter, but neither truly beats a large Cadbury’s Dairy Milk (or other Cadbury) egg that has been put in the fridge for at least two hours so that it cracks and crunches as you bite it.
When I was little, I used to drink milk out of half a chocolate egg. I thought it was fancy. The other half of the chocolate egg was crumbled into a mug and ruined with hot water to make some kind of bad hot chocolate (not so fancy). I don’t waste it like that now, I shovel it in my face whilst hiding behind the fridge door. Mostly, I hide because the chocolate doesn’t belong to me. When I’ve finished mine, I’m then stealing from the children. Anyway, I shall move on…
Decorated Crochet Easter Eggs
Nearly as good as the chocolate eggs are crocheted versions. I am here to celebrate Easter with a little bit of amigurumi-style crochet eggs. I came up with the pattern for these at Christmas. I was trying to design a Father Christmas head/hat combo, but whatever shape I tried looked like an egg. I binned the Christmas idea, but out of it came these, so I can’t complain.
That’s the thing about crochet design. Through mistakes and failures come good things! I guess that’s the creative process, right?
I think these decorated crochet Easter eggs are cute, and I hope you like them too.
They did look quite nice sitting up by themselves. The children like throwing them around, and I know the cat would too if she could get her paws on them.
It’s rather telling that I don’t have any egg cups, and I had to use shot glasses.
Amigurumi Easter Egg Pattern
As with most crochet amigurumi patterns, the pattern is written in US terms. I used Stylecraft Special DK yarn and a 3mm hook. I even found a use for the shade, Duck Egg!
Round 1: 6sc into a Magic Ring. Round 2: 1 Inc in each stitch around. [12 sts]. Round 3: 1 sc in next stitch, 1 inc in next. Repeat around [18]. Round 4: Sc around. [18] Round 5: 1sc in next 2 st, 1 inc in next. Repeat around. [24]. Rounds 6-7: Sc around [24] Round 8: 1 sc in next 3 st, 1 inc in next. Repeat around [30]. Rounds 9-15: Sc around. [30] Round 16: 1 sc in next 3 st, 1 dec. Repeat around. [24]. Round 17: 1 sc in next 2 st, 1 dec. Repeat around. [18]. Round 18: 1sc in next st, 1 dec. Repeat around [12].
Fasten off, leaving a long tail. Stuff your crochet egg firmly. Using a darning needle, thread through the front loops only. Pull tight to close the hole. Stitch in and out a few times to fully secure and then snip the end neatly.
Decorating your crocheted Easter eggs is relatively quick and easy. With a darning needle, I went in through the bottom of each egg and then made French knots for the flower centres and a few chain stitches for petals and leaves. With a poke and a prod from the darning needle, the snipped ends can be hidden inside. Hey presto!
Please don’t be frightened of the embroidery. I show you how I do it in the video tutorial (just below). I have very little experience with needlework and just make it up as I go along. If I can do that, then so can you, I promise!
For 2017, I’ve added a video tutorial for How To Crochet an Easter Egg on YouTube, which also includes how to decorate eggs with pretty embroidery.
This is an amigurumi Easter Egg pattern I’ve designed myself. It can be used to make decorations for yourself, gifts for friends and family, and even to be sold at your craft fairs.
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