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Easter Eggs
Dyed into this free crochet Easter eggs amigurumi pattern are all the pastel prizes of Easter events—backyards dotted with colorful hidden treasures, baskets overflowing with stashes of sweets, and jelly beans pinched between dye-stained fingers.
While you wait for your freshly painted eggs to dry, there’s no better way to celebrate Easter than with this free crochet Easter eggs pattern set!
Choose from six unique designs, or mix-and-match multiple techniques for your own custom egg!
Combine several for a colorful holiday display, or make a bunch for a Easter egg hunting set that you can use year-after-year!
Pattern Information:
This free crochet Easter eggs amigurumi pattern has a difficulty rating of easy.
The finished dimensions of each egg are 2.5 inches (height) by 2 inches (width) by 2 inches (depth).∗
You may also make your pieces larger or smaller by increasing or decreasing your yarn weight and/or hook size, respectively.
∗ Finished dimensions are calculated from a model using medium weight yarn, a size H-8 (5 mm) crochet hook, the YU/YO method and the following gauge: 18 sc x 21 rows = 4 inches.
Supplies:
- Size H-8 (5 mm) crochet hook
- Medium (4) weight yarn in 1+ color(s); see list below
- Polyester fiberfill
- Yarn needle
- Scissors
- Stitch markers
For exact replicas, the crochet Easter eggs shown in the example photos use the following yarn colors:
- Pink egg with stripes — Red Heart Super Saver: Baby Pink (embroidered with Big Twist Value: Watermelon)
- Yellow egg with spots — Red Heart Super Saver: Pale Yellow (embroidered with Big Twist Value: Varsity Yellow)
- Blue egg with waves — Red Heart Super Saver: Minty (embroidered with Big Twist Value: Teal)
- Purple egg with zig zags — Red Heart Super Saver: Light Jasmine (embroidered with Red Heart Super Saver: Lavender)
- White egg with flowers — Red Heart Super Saver: Soft White (embroidered with Big Twist Value: Varsity Yellow, Big Twist Value: Watermelon, Red Heart Super Saver: Lavender, and Big Twist Value: Forest Green)
- Light blue-green egg with stripe, spots, and zig-zag (tutorial egg) — Caron One Pound: Pale Green (embroidered with Big Twist Value: Watermelon, Big Twist Value: Teal, and Red Heart Super Saver: Lavender)
Terminology:
This free crochet Easter eggs amigurumi pattern uses English (US) terminology:
- st (sts) = stitch (stitches)
- ch = chain stitch
- sl st = slip stitch
- sc = single crochet
- sc2tog = single crochet 2 together (over the span of 2 stitches), also known as a decrease
Please note that this pattern is written so that each crochet stitch abbreviation is attached to a number, such as 1sc, 2sc, etc. This number denotes how many of that stitch is to be worked into the same stitch.
In other words, 1sc = one single crochet, whereas 2sc = two single crochet worked into one stitch, also known as an increase.
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- First published: April 2025
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