Easter Egg Tawashi
Yarn: 100% Acrylic, Worsted Weight (the rougher the yarn, the better for tawashis) Hook: Boye H/8, 5.00 MM Special Stitch: (sc dec)—insert hook and draw up a loop in each of next 2 sts (3 loops on hook). Yo, pull yarn through two loops, yo, pull yarn through two loops. Sc dec made. Ch. 11 Row 1: SC in 2"d st from chain and in each st across (10 sc). Ch 1, turn. Row 2: 2 sc in first st, sc in next 8 sts, 2 sc in last st. (12 sc). Ch 1, turn. Row 3: sc in each st (12 sc). Ch 1, turn. Row 4: 2 sc in first st, sc in next 10 sts, 2 sc in last st (14 sc). Ch 1, turn. Row 5: sc in each st (14 sc). Row 6: 2 sc in first st, sc in next 12 sts, 2 sc in last st (16 sc). Ch 1, turn. Row 7-12: sc in each st (16 sc). Ch 1, turn. Row 13: sc dec over first 2 sts, sc in next 12 sts, sc dec over last 2 sts. (14 sc) Ch 1, turn. Row 14: sc in each st (14 sc). Ch 1, turn. Row 15: sc dec over first 2 sts, sc in next 10 sts, sc dec over last 2 sts (12 sc). Ch 1, turn. Row 16: sc in each st across (12 sc). Ch 1, turn. Row 17: sc dec over first 2 sts, sc in next 8 sts, sc dec over last 2 sts (10 sc). Ch 1, turn. Row 18: sc dec over first 2 sts, sc in next 6 sts, sc dec over last 2 sts (8 sc). Ch 1, turn. Row 19: sc in each st across (8 sc). Ch 1, turn. Row 20: sc dec over first 2 sts, sc in next 4 sts, sc dec over last2 sts (6 sc). Ch 1, turn. Row 21: sc dec over first 2 sts, sc in next 2 sts, sc dec over last 2 sts (4 sc). Ch 1, turn. To finish: sc all the way around the outside edge of the egg, fasten off. If you choose to change colors and make a stripe, change at the end of Row 6 and use for rows 7- 12.
