Not long till Easter now and just about enough time to get making some lovely little Easter treats!
If you like a boiled egg for breakfast then this little chick egg cosy is perfect so get those knitting needles at the ready and off you go...
Materials:
50g
yellow tufted yarn*
1
pair size 10 knitting needles (3.25mm)
Orange
or red felt for beak
Black
wool or embroidery yarn for eyes
*Eyelash
yarn or mohair makes a good substitute.
You can use plain DK if you like – the chicks will just be fractionally
bigger.
Cast on 18st.
Knit
2 rows.
3.
K1, M1, K to last two stitches, then M1, K1 (20st)
4.
Knit
5.
K1, M1, K to last two stitches, then M1, K1 (22sts)
6.
7. 8. & 9. Knit
10.
K2tog, K to last two stitches, then, K2tog (20 sts)
11.
Knit
12.
K2tog, K to last two stitches, then, K2tog (18sts)
13.
Knit
14.
K1, M1, K to last two stitches, then, K2tog (18sts)
15. Knit
16.
K1, M1, K to last two stitches, then, K2tog (18sts)
17.
Cast off 10 stitches, K5 M1 K1 (9 sts)
18.
K to last 2 stitches, M1, K1 (10sts)
19.
20. 21. & 22. Knit
23.
K2tog K6, K2tog (10sts)
24.
Knit
25.
Cast off.
Abbreviations:
M1
– Make one stitch.
K2tog
– Knit 2 together
Make
2 and sew together, leaving the “cast on”edge (at the bottom) open.
Cut two small triangles of felt and sew them on to form
the beak. Finally, using wool or
embroidery yarn sew the eyes.
*Don't forget ...you can click on the image to enlarge!
Thank you to Henny Harris for providing this lovely little chick...she's not just a pretty face and hen expert she can knit too!!
Enjoy, and happy knitting!! X
