Easter Egg Bunny
Pattern for an egg cosy using up odds and ends of 4ply yarn
A Noblin design for Noblin Knits
Materials: Small amounts of yarn in cream, pink and black 1 pair of 2.5mm needles Darning needle Gauge: 36 sts and 44 rows in stocking stitch on 2.5mm needles It isnot essentialt achieve the exact gauge for this pattern.ltiswritten to fit amedumhen's gg. Abbreviations: k knit p. purl sl1 slip one purlwise RS right side WS wrongside Stocking stitch knit right side rows, purl wrong side rows Decreases: k2togknit two stitches together SSKsliptwostitchesindividuallyknitwise, retu thmto thelef needle then knit them togethe through theback of the loops Psso pass slipped stitch over
Instructions for egg cosy
Body: Cast on 50 stitches using 2.5mm needles and pink yarn Row 1: k1, \*k1, p1\* rep to last st, k1 Row 2: p1, $\star_{\mathsf{p}1}$ , k1\* rep to last st, p1 Rows 3 and 4: Repeat rows 1 and 2 Change to cream yarn Row 5: Knit Row 6 and all even (WS) rows: Purl Rows 7 - 14: Repeat rows 5 and 6 four more times Decrease section: Row 15: k1, (k2tog, k12, SSK) three times, k1 44 sts Row 17: k1, (k2tog, k10, SSK) three times, k1 38 sts Row 19: k1, (k2tog, k8, SSK) three times, k1 32 sts Row 21: k1, (k2tog, k6, SSK) three times, k1 26 sts Row 23: k1, (k2tog, k4, SSK) three times, k1 20 sts Row 25: k1, (k2tog, k2, SSK) three times, k1 14 sts Row 27: k1, (sl 1, k2tog, psso) three times, k1 8 sts Row 29: k1, (sl1, k2tog, psso) twice, k1 4 sts Break off yarn and pull through remaining sts Sew back seam and weave in ends
Row 1: Knit Row 2: Purl Rows 3 and 4: Repeat rows 1 and 2 Row5: k10 in cream, k3 pink, k3 cream Carry the colour not in use behind the work Row6: p3 cream, p3 pink, p10 cream Continue working the pink stitches with pink yarn and the cream stitches with cream yarn Rows 7- 14: Repeat rows 5 and 6 Row 15: cream: k1, SSK, k3, k2tog, k2 pink: sl1, k2tog, psso Cream: k3 12 sts Break off pink yarn Continue using cream only
Row 16: Purl Row 17: k1, (SSK, k1, k2tog) twice, k1 8 sts Row 19: k1, (sl1, k2tog, psso) twice, k1 4 sts Break off yarn and pull through remaining sts Sew seam and weave in ends Attach ears to body Embroider face as in the picture Attach a pompom tail to the back seam
