You’ll get hooked on these! Crocheted eggs are spring’s most fun scrap-yarn project
In just one evening, you can crochet quite a few of these little Easter eggs from leftover yarn. A coat of glue turns them into delightful decorations. If you’re feeling inspired, use the same technique to make giant eggs around large balloons. Gather your eggs in a basket or hang them up!
Small crocheted eggs—supplies:
- Yarn in various colors (cotton or other natural fibers)
- Crochet hook size 3–3.5 mm
- Scissors
- Water balloons
- Craft glue
- Cup or bowl
- Spoon
- Paintbrush
Abbreviations:
- s: stitch
- ch: chain
- hdc: half double crochet
Small crocheted Easter eggs—instructions:
Rounds 1 and 2: Chain 6, join into a ring. For the second round, work single crochets, making two sc in each ch. You now have 12 stitches.
Round 3: Work the first round of half double crochets. Begin each round with one ch which counts as one hdc. In the first stitch, work one hdc next to the ch, then continue making 2 hdc in every other stitch. Close the round.
Round 4: Change your yarn color for the first time now, and from this point on, after each round. In every other hdc space from the previous round, work 3 hdc, and in the next space, work 2. Close the round. You now have 18 stitches.
Round 5: Work 4 hdc in each space.
Rounds 6, 7, and 8: Work 5 hdc in every other space and 4 hdc in the rest. You now have 27 stitches.
Rounds 9 and 10: Work as in Round 5.
Rounds 11 and 12: Work 3 hdc in each space from the previous round.
Round 13:Work 2 hdc in each space from the previous round.
Blow up a water balloon inside the egg and tie it off. Carefully crochet a final round of single crochets, working in every other stitch until you have seven. Fasten off and leave a long tail for hanging.
For each crocheted egg, mix a generous tablespoon of glue with a little less than a tablespoon of water. Brush the egg with the mixture so it’s evenly coated but not dripping. Hang it by the tail to dry overnight.
Pop the balloon inside the egg with the tips of your scissors while holding the balloon’s neck. Pull out the deflated balloon. If you’re not hanging the eggs, snip the tail and display them.
Gather all the eggs in a basket or hang them in a row by the window.
