This Pattern is Retired…but you can (probably) get it in November

I have a lot of patterns! But I also get overwhelmed if I have to deal with them all at once. So I’ve picked 12 of my favorites (the Core Collection) to keep around. Then every few months, I decide on a theme or a technique and make a handful of related patterns (the Rotating Collection) available for a little while (then they go away again).

The other patterns are retired and are not generally available. However, because I know some folks will want them, I make many of the retired patterns available for a few weeks every November. If you want me to tell you when they’re back, subscribe to the mailing list or patreon, and I’ll let you know!

• If you see the buy buttons on this page, you’ve caught it on one of the days it’s available!
• If you don’t see the buy buttons on this page, it’s not currently available.
• If you want to hear when the retired patterns are available (most likely in November), subscribe to the mailing list or patreon, or keep an eye on my instagram.

It’s ok. Either you looked at this, thought ‘huh, weird, what happened to that poor egg,’ or you thought ‘yup, that’s exactly what I need in my life right now, a whole bunch of them, as soon as possible.’ And either one is ok!

If you’re team no thanks, it’s totally cool. There are many other wonderful things out there waiting for your yarn and your time and your skills.

If you’re team yes please, we’re going to have some fun. Because while these are absolutely not practical in any way shape or form, they are an awfully good distraction. And I suspect I’m not the only one who could use a distraction right now.

What to do with the sweet, silly little things:

• I mean clearly at least some of them are destined for easter baskets…let’s get that out of the way up front
• Hang them from a branch (bonus points if it’s covered in flowers) and have the coolest flower arrangement ever
• Make a wreath or a garland
• Totally win your spring brunch or egg hunt (you know, once we’re allowed to do such things again) with absolutely competitive levels of cute

Your imagination is the limit here. I suspect you already have a whole host of ideas for exactly how you could use a few of these!

The pattern is tremendously detailed and gives you lots of possible variations to experiment with. There are three different stitch patterns, and several size options to fit everything from chicken eggs from the grocery store to goose or duck eggs if you want to get a bit fancy (mine are shown on duck eggs, which are surprisingly easy to find at your local farm stand or natural foods store).

It’s quick knitting (each one takes just a few hours). Each egg needs about 25 yards of yarn (and you’ll want to use a fairly thin yarn so you’ve got room to show off your pretty stitch work on something this size).

The only special equipment you’ll need is the eggs. You can use chicken, duck, or goose eggs, and you can either blow your own (blog post about that over here) or buy them pre-cleaned from places like etsy. Depending on the vibe you’re going for, you could even use plastic ones (I recommend against using ceramic or wooden ones because they’re a bit too heavy for the delicate knitting to support).

And just in case you’re feeling a bit nervous, the pattern includes a lengthy photo tutorial to walk you through every step of the process. There are all sorts of helpful tips on everything from how to deal with your eggs to how to block the pieces to how and when to weave in your ends. It’s almost absurdly detailed, but it really does mean you can totally make these!