Easter Egg Bust is an easy and fun pattern, that will definitely brighten up your home during Easter. You can make it in a lot of different colors. Have fun!
For instructions I recommend PlanetJune on youtube. Her online tutorials are very easy to learn
Magic ring
Invisible decrease
Changing colors
Ultimate finish
Abbreviations
ch = Chain
dec = Use the invisible decrease, insert your hook into the frontloops of the next two stitshes, yarn over draw through the first two loops, yarn over through the remaining two stitches
hdc = Half double crochet
inc = 2 sc in next stitch
sc = Single crochet stitch
BLO = Back loops only
FLO = Front loops only
Materials
8 mm safety eyes
Stuffing
Phildar coton 3 nr 0010 blanc
Phildar coton 3 nr 0039 faience
Phildar coton 3 nr 0068 petunia
— PATTERN —
Egg
Start at the top of the egg with the blue yarn
Rnd 1: 6 sc in a magic ring
Rnd 2: 1 inc x 6 (12)
Rnd 3: [3 sc, 1 inc] x 3 (15)
Rnd 4: [4 sc, 1 inc] x 3 (18)
Rnd 5: [5 sc, 1 inc] x 3 (21)
Rnd 6: [6 sc, 1 inc] x 3 (24)
Rnd 7: [7 sc, 1 inc] x 3 (27)
Change color with the pink yarn
Rnd 8: [8 sc, 1 inc] x 3 (30)
Rnd 9: [9 sc, 1 inc] x 3 (33)
Change color with the blue yarn
Rnd 10: [10 sc, 1 inc] x 3 (36)
Rnd 11: [11 sc, 1 inc] x 3 (39)
Change color with the pink yarn
Rnd 12: [12 sc, 1 inc] x 3 (42)
Rnd 13: [13 sc, 1 inc] x 3 (45)
Change color with the blue yarn
Rnd 14: [14 sc, 1 inc] x 3 (48)
Rnd 15-17: 48 sc (48)
Rnd 18: BLO [4 sc, 1 dec] x 8 (40)
Rnd 19: [3 sc, 1 dec] x 8 (32)
Rnd 20: [2 sc, 1 dec] x 8 (24)
Place the 8 mm eyes in round 11 with 6 sc in between. Fill the egg
Rnd 21: [1 sc, 1 dec] x 8 (16)
Rnd 22: 1 dec x 8 (8)
Finish off, close the gap and remove the remaining yarn
I’ve made two different baskets, one tight fit and a wide one. You may choose which basket you like best. I liked them both.
Basket wide
Start at the bottom of the basket
Rnd 1: 8 sc in a magic ring
Rnd 2: 1 inc x 8 (16)
Rnd 3: [1 sc, 1 inc] x 8 (24)
Rnd 4: [2 sc, 1 inc] x 8 (32)
Rnd 5: [3 sc, 1 inc] x 8 (40)
Rnd 6: [4 sc, 1 inc] x 8 (48)
Rnd 7: [5 sc, 1 inc] x 8 (56)
Rnd 8-10: BLO 56 sc (56)
Rnd 11: BLO 10 sc, chain 10 (skip 8 sc), 20 sc, chain 10 (skip 8 sc) 10 sc
Rnd 12: BLO 10 sc, 12 sc on the chain, 20 sc, 12 sc on the chain, 10 sc
Finish off and remove the loose ends
Basket tight
Start at the bottom of the basket. The bottom is made with only Double Crochets
Rnd 1: Make a magic ring. Chain 3 (counts as a dc), 11 dc in a magic ring, st in the 3d chain
Rnd 2: chain 3 (counts as a dc), 2 dc in each sc (24)
Rnd 3: chain 3 (counts as a dc), 2 dc in each sc (48)
Rnd 4: BLO 48 hdc (48)
Rnd 5: BLO 48 sc (48)
Rnd 6: BLO 8 sc, chain 10 (skip 8 sc), 16 sc, chain 10 (skip 8 sc), 8 sc (52)
Rnd 7: BLO 8 sc, 12 sc on the chain, 16 sc, 12 sc on the chain, 8 sc (56)
Finish off and remove the loose ends
If you want to make an egg that’s a bit fatter, you can modify the pattern by deleting Rnd 3 and change Rnd 4 into:
Rnd 4: [1 sc, 1 inc] x 3 (18)
If you have finished an Easter Egg Bust, please post it on my facebook page. I am very curious to see your creations and variations
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