Story
I had actually been looking for Easter eggs for a while to bring some Easter atmosphere into the house. To my surprise I found one in the local supermarket. Now that was a stroke of luck. I liked the colours of the eggs and I thought I could do something with them.
But at home I was a bit disappointed, the finishing touch of the eggs was not quite what I suspected. After some surfing, Pinterest gave me the perfect idea to crochet Easter eggs! I have quite a few colours of cotton lying around and I immediately got to work! The plastic eggs get a crocheted cover! Below you will find my basic pattern to crochet eggs! Below I give some tips to do the same for smaller or larger eggs!
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Material
- plastic egg : diameter in the middle 15 cm, height 8 cm
- cotton 8/4 : 1 ball if you crochet the egg in one colour, here you can find an example of the yarn I used
- hook nr 3 mm
- darning needle
- stich markers
Gauge
For the test piece you can visit the post below! Crochet scrunchies, also an ideal tip for crocheting yourself!
Pattern
Stitches
- magical ring : learn here how to crochet a magical ring
- simple crochet (sc)
- slip stich (sl st)
- chain stitch (ch)
Table
Below is a basic pattern for the egg completely in 1 color. If you want to crochet the egg in different colours, you can always switch colours at the stitch marker.
| tour | instruction |
|---|---|
| 0 | magical ring (learn here how to crochet a magical ring) |
| 1 | 6 simple crochets |
| 2 | double each sc, you now have 12 sc. Insert a stitch marker on the 1st sc |
| 3 | double first sc, 1 sc, double next sc, repeat to end of round, you now have 18 sc, insert marker on 1st sc of round |
| 4 | double the first single crochet, work 2 single crochets, double the next single crochet, repeat to the end of the round, you now have 24 single crochets, insert the marker on the 1st single crochet of this round |
| 5 | double the first single crochet, work 3 single crochets, double the next single crochet, repeat until the end of the round, you now have 30 single crochets, put the marker on the 1st single crochet of this round |
| 6 | work 30 sc, then insert the stitch marker on the 1st sc of this round |
| 7 | work 30 sc, then insert the stitch marker on the 1st sc of this round |
| 8 | work 30 sc, then insert the stitch marker on the 1st sc of this round |
| 9 | work 30 sc, then insert the stitch marker on the 1st sc of this round |
| 10 | work 5 sc, skip 1 sc, repeat to end of round, then put the marker on the 1st sc of this round, you have 25 sc left |
| 11 | Crochet 25 sc, then put the stitch marker on the 1st sc of this round |
| 12 | Crochet 25 sc, then put the stitch marker on the 1st sc of this round |
| 13 | Crochet 25 sc, then put the stitch marker on the 1st sc of this round |
| 14 | work 4 sc, skip 1 sc, repeat to end of round, then insert stitch marker on 1st sc of round, 20 sc remain put the egg with the wide side down in the cover. |
| 15 | work 20 sc, then insert the stitch marker on the 1st sc of this round |
| 16 | work 3 sc, skip 1 sc, repeat to end of round, then insert stitch marker on 1st sc of round, 15 sc remain |
| 17 | work 15 sc, then insert the stitch marker on the 1st sc of this round |
| 18 | work 2 sc, skip 1 sc, repeat to end of round, then insert stitch marker on 1st sc of round, 10 sc remain |
| 19 | work 1 sc, skip 1 sc, repeat to end of round, 5 sc left |
| 20 | close the small hole with 1 slip stitch |
| chain 20 if you want a loop on the egg, plug in all the wires | |
Photo tutorial
Photo gallery
Finish
I have a small tip for tucking the wires. I use a curved darning needle, this is very handy to tuck the wires in the spherical eggs!
And as promised some tips if your eggs are bigger or smaller! If the eggs are smaller, then shorten the piece to increase. Pass the egg now and then, when you have reached the maximum number of increments. When decreasing, you also shorten some rounds here.
If your egg is bigger and thicker, increase a little more, per round extra, leave 1 sc extra more between increasing. Adjust the egg here and there as well. When decreasing, you insert rounds in the same way and continue decreasing in the same way.
I worked out this basic pattern in the same way!
Have fun crocheting these eggs!
xox Greet
Do you have a way to crochet for beginners?
What doe you mean? In which way do you want help? Do you now some stitches like chains and simple crochets?