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16Mar2008

Knitted Easter Egg Ornaments - Embellishing

Simple Eggs

 

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The Koigu Semi-Solid colors allude to home-dyed eggs with subtle shifts in color. They're simple and pretty. You can also try Koigu's multi-colored Painter's Palette for ready-made decoration!

Striped Eggs

 

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Knit beautiful stripes for a traditional Easter egg. If you're inexperienced at knitting stripes in the round, you may find this tutorial helpful. 

Duplicate Stitched Eggs

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You can really go to town decorating your eggs with some simple duplicate stitching. It's really fun after the work of knitting the eggs to just relax and have fun jazzing them up.

To do the duplicate stitch on a stuffed object, just bring the needle out the bottom of a stitch (leaving a tail) and sew like you normally would.

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When you're done with a section, just stick the needle through the egg to the next place you want to sew.

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For a full how-to on the duplicate stitch, check out this tutorial

Reader Comments (10)

those are the cutest things ever. I love Easter and plan on making a bunch!
March 16, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterLeslie
another delicious project - what kid wouldn't love those knitted eggs. merci !
March 18, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterBonnie
These eggs are cute beyond words. Now I can spend all year making adorable eggs for next Easter :-)
Thanks so much for a great pattern.
March 21, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterdisco
Too freaking cute!!!!! Whit, you are a genius, and a fabulous writer as well. I want an invite to your house for Easter! Love, J
March 21, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterJenny O.
Whoa! I barely know how to knit, but these are so fantastic - I must go teach myself right now! Thank you for the tutorial!
March 21, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterKirsten W
These are the cutest things ever!!! My mother-in-law collects egg cups and they are all empty...but not for long. Thanks so much for this awesome pattern and tutorial!!! I'm off the knit...
March 21, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterDenise
Hi,
could anyone suggest a pattern for doing the eggs as one piece? I am having great difficulty picking up the stitches in the middle to do the second half.
Thanks in advance,as I have two children that would love these eggs.
March 22, 2008 | Unregistered Commentersheila
These are great! I made about 5 of them. But ... I made the bottoms a little differently. I stopped decreasing when I had 18 stitches. Then I knit about 5 rows (not rounds) and then bound off. I folded over those rows with a ribbon in the fold and sewed it to the inside of the bottom of the egg. Otherwise, I made it the same as the pattern. I was able to fill the eggs with small jellybeans and tie it shut at the bottom, so it had a nice little bow on the bottom. Then they could fill it with candy or with cotton. It made a really nice container for the Easter basket. THANKS FOR THE PATTERN!
March 23, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterChristine
i was wondering if you could do a provisional cast on for the middle, instead of having to pick up stitches?
April 6, 2009 | Unregistered Commentershawna
Hi Shawna,
Yes you can do provisional cast on, it'll be very nice.
April 6, 2009 | Registered Commenterpurl bee

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