The wintery dark may be getting me down but looking ahead and thinking of the warm and fragrant days of spring is a good way to get through this gloomy bit of the year! So I’ve been looking ahead to Easter and have written up a free pattern for my knitted easter eggs.
You can find it alongside some new charts for knitted letters and some older free patterns. If you knit up the eggs, drop me a line and let me know how you get on.
It’s funny how out of sync my knitting is these days. Back in the summer when the sun shone and there were green and glossy leaves on the trees, I sat in the garden and knitted little nordic
jumpers and christmas stockings. Now in the dark and dingy days of
January I’m snuggled up here busy with egg cosies and knitted easter eggs! Maybe it will help to bring spring early – I better get cracking!
little cotton rabbits 
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“Maybe it will help to bring spring early – I better get cracking!” – Arf arf 😀 Gotta love the egg jokes 🙂
The eggs are gorgeous. They would look great hung up on a branch or a piece of driftwood – perhaps this requires an ‘Easter tree’?
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The Easter eggs look gorgeous. Thanks for the free pattern, I’m definitely going to give it a go. It’s only a couple of months to Easter, and I, for one, can’t wait.
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Those eggs look lovely! And I love the fact that you are so out of sync with your knitting – I think it is to do with hope and anticipation – anticipating Christmas and hoping for Spring and so on! Lucyx
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Beautiful! I’ll definitely be knitting these. They could be stuffed with a little lavender bag….
Knitting girls coming around this afternoon: I’ll direct them to the pattern too. Thanks for sharing!
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The eggs are soo cute!
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Just the brightness I needed as I sit here listening to the rain lashing the window, with the light on as it’s so blummin dark at luchtime. Lovely!
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Thanks Julie, the eggs are fabulous! You never can have enough Easter-eggs! Spring is in the air!
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these are super cool!
I can just see my husband’s face when I sit and knit ‘eggs’… I don’t think he will get it!!!
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What a cute pattern Julie! I ordered a spring craft book from Amazon thinking that I could get ahead and plan to make something, only to find that part of my order is out of stock and could take up to 8 weeks to arrive! Maybe I will have to make some of these eggs instead…
Marie x
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They look wonderful. Thank you so much for the pattern !!
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these are adorable, my favourite is the last one! i’m off to dig out the needles!
xx
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Oh my! Those eggs are too wonderful! I wish I could knit! So lovely!
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Thanks for the free pattern – I will definitely give them a go just as soon as my g*?%&flammit printer gets going again! (get cracking- haha…….)
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Thank you so very much for the instruction! I am loving your easter eggs already for some time and now, when I saw this post, I immediately had to save them. Your colours and patterns reminded me of painted eggs in the Childhood Treasures book by C.Zoob and they were always my favorits. But I am very bad in painting. So with your generosity I could knit them, how absolutely lovely!
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Hi Julie, thank you so much for sharing your beautiful easter egg pattern. I am definately going to have ago !!
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Thanks so much for the free pattern(s), your gingham eggs will be the first fair isle work I ever attempt… I hope I won’t be too embarrassed to show you the finished product!
Spring is on it’s way, thanks for the gentle push.
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Ooooooooh! So cute! I’m really into knitting right now, so I may just have to make a couple of these.
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These eggs are wonderful!
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Adorable! Thank you for the pattern. I’m hoping to start your little Christmas stockings this spring so I’ll be ready for Christmas next year!
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BEAUTIFUL EGGS!! Wish I could knit, those would look adorable with the bunnies i just made.
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Julie you honey. Your little eggs have cheered me right up. They are just stupendous and you are a sweetie for sharing it so freely.
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Thanks for sharing, Julie, the eggs …. although sadly not chocolate …. are still gorgeous, and I love the letters too.
I hope spring comes early for all of us in this gloomy WINDY country!
🙂
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These look lovely! Thanks for sharing the pattern. Can’t wait to try it out.
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Oh how cute!! and a free pattern too? you’re so kind!!
I do hope all’s well with you and your family!
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These eggs are so adorable, like all the other things you make! Thank you for sharing your pattern. I hope that I will be able to find the time to make at least one.
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These are darling! Thanks so much for the free pattern. I am going to give these a go even though, I am very NEW to knitting. You have inspired me Julie!!! 🙂 Thank you! I just love your work!
Debbie in Alaska
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Oooh, yey! Thank you very much! The colours you’ve used (as always) are so pretty. I made two of your Christmas stockings before Christmas and they came out perfectly 🙂
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Hiya – your stuff is fantastic – would you like to put a link on my blogs page:
http://www.auntysforum.com/links.html
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These look wonderful, just the thing to cheer up yet another wild and windy day! Thanks for making the pattern available.
Liz
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So pretty!
Now I can add the letter pattern onto the eggs pattern and spell out S.P.R.I.N.G.!
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Wow – the eggs are beautiful. I’ll definitely have a go at some of those, thank you for the free pattern.
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For the life of me I JUST CAN’T KNIT. I come here every day because you can and I LOVE to see what you do. The fact that you give it away free has me trawling the internet to try and learn to knit so that I can use your patterns!
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Thank you sooooooo much!I think it is so great and generous that you take the time from your busy life to give us such a great gift!hugs Dees
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Oh how sweet, your are just so clever…I adore these…Might try and make a few…
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I just found your site today! I’m so glad because I just love the toys you’ve made. So cute!
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Thank you so much for posting this free pattern, those little eggs are so adorable!
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Hello, I love your blog! I found you through a series of blogs in the U.S. and I am so glad that I did. Your little easter eggs are precious and so is everything about your blog. You are very talented and thank you for sharing your creations with us. I have been toying with taking up knitting, but now that I have visited your site I know now that I simply must!
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Oh they’re scrumptious! Last year I made needle felted eggs for Easter, and I can see I’ll need to make a batch of these pastel lovelies to go with them for this year.
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Thanks for your free patterns. Very generous. I’m going to use the holly leaves on top of a plum pudding tea cosy that I’m making. I’ve knitted christmas decorations – so I guess easter is next. Enjoy your blog.
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Those are adorable! I wish I could knit. Alas, I can only crochet.
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thanks your for your free pattern! I really enjoy reading your blog. Love the knitted bears!
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These are just the cutest! Thank you so much for the free pattern. I will have to give them a go although I’m sure they will be no-where near as good as yours as I’m not a very good knitter but I would love to have a go at these!
Love
Alison x
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They are absolutely wonderful!
Hugs to you and the lovely cucumber lady
Gallinavecchia from cold Italy
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Oh Julie, thank you so much for doing this. I fiddled around last year trying to knit an egg and nothing was quite right. Your pattern looks wonderful. Thanks so much.
love Jenny
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Oh, your blog makes me wish that I could knit! I love these eggs (and what beautiful light you’ve managed to get for these photos, despite the gloominess of the weather!).
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sweet little eggs!
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Your blog with all these cute stuff is one of my favorites! Thank you for sharing it!
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They are really cool!
Very cute and pretty!
A really nice idea for Easter.
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Hello, some news from Belgium, you make lovely things, and I especially love your eggs – they look wonderful! I’m looking for somebody who can knit them for me, as I’m more into cross stitch!
Well done!
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The eggs are so cute! Are you aware that they’re featured under “Great Ideas” on page 11 of issue 39 of “Simply Knitting”? They refer to the free pattern and have given the link to your blog.
Well done you!
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I love your Easter egg pattern! I made a bunch and put them in an old antique basket. They look stunning!
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