{"id":6293,"date":"2016-03-14T16:38:24","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T21:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/?p=6293"},"modified":"2016-03-14T16:38:24","modified_gmt":"2016-03-14T21:38:24","slug":"crochet-amigurumi-bunny-food-eggs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/14\/crochet-amigurumi-bunny-food-eggs\/","title":{"rendered":"Crochet: Amigurumi Bunny Food Eggs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Last Easter, I made a fluffle of amigurumi bunny eggs<\/a> for my favorite kiddos. This year, I’m branching out into bunny food–carrots and strawberries! They’re little amigurumi crocheted and glued onto Easter eggs. You can fill them with whatever treats your tiny humans might want. <\/p>\n

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The perfect eggs for these amigurumi are from Target. The plastic feels a little thicker, so I feel like they’ll last longer, and they’re a great size! They’re large Spritz brand eggs and come in a pack of three. I may have a bag full of them under my desk, right now. <\/p>\n

My favorite orange for carrots are bulky yarns from Lion Brand, specifically Hometown USA in “Syracuse Orange”<\/a> and Wool-Ease Thick & Quick in “pumpkin”<\/a>. For the strawberry, I used Wool-Ease T&Q in “cranberry”. My hook for both was a 6 mm (US J). The green tops on both is worsted weight cotton held double. Use your favorite shade!<\/p>\n

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The “body” of the egg for both is pretty much the same. Start with a magic loop<\/a> and do NOT connect at the end of the rounds. Place the cover on the egg part as you go, to ensure the fit. Add a stitch or two, if it’s too small. If it’s too big, skip an increase. Remember you will be gluing, at the end, so it doesn’t have to be perfect, but it should be able to cover the egg with minimal stretch or scrunch. Here’s the pattern I use:<\/p>\n

Work in the back loops only for the carrot.<\/b>
\nEgg Top<\/i>
\nRound 1:<\/b> 6 SC into ring
\nRound 2:<\/b> 2 SC into each st (12 SC)
\nRound 3:<\/b> [SC into 3, 2 SC into next] 3 times (15 SC)
\nRound 4:<\/b> [SC into 2, 2 SC into next] 5 times (20 SC)
\nRound 5:<\/b> [SC into 4, 2 SC into next] 4 times (24 SC)
\nRound 6: <\/b>[SC into 3, 2 SC into next] 6 times (30 SC)
\nRound 7-9:<\/b> SC into each st (30 SC)
\nRound 10:<\/b> slst into each st (30 slst)
\nFasten off.
\nIf working the strawberry, you may need to make round 10 SC instead of slst.<\/b><\/p>\n

Egg Bottom<\/i>
\nRound 1:<\/b> 6 SC into ring
\nRound 2:<\/b> 2 SC into each st (12 SC)
\nRound 3:<\/b> [SC into next, 2 SC into next] 6 times (18 SC)
\nRound 4:<\/b> SC into each st (18 SC)
\nRound 5:<\/b> [SC into 2, 2 SC into next] 6 times (24 SC)
\nRound 6:<\/b> [SC into 3, 2 SC into next] 6 times (30 SC)
\nRound 7-8:<\/b> SC into each st (30 SC)<\/p>\n

Fruit tops<\/i>
\nUsing 2 strands of worsted, or a single of bulky
\nRound 1:<\/b> Ch 1, 8 HDC into ring, slst to top of first HDC
\nRound 2:<\/b> [Ch 8, slst into third ch from hook, Ch 4, slst into same HDC], *slst into next HDC, rep from [ to ]; repeat from * for 8 chain loops total, slst to first st. Fasten off, leaving long tail for sewing.<\/p>\n

If making a carrot top, weave tail through the loops, and cinch it together, so the loops stand up. Sew onto egg bottom<\/i>. For strawberry, sew the solid hdc circle onto egg bottom<\/i>, leaving leaves free.<\/p>\n

Use the green yarn to embroider strawberry seeds all over, before gluing. <\/p>\n

Use hot glue to attach your pieces to your eggs. Start with the tips and work your way around and down. Be careful and don’t sacrifice any finger tips for perfection!<\/p>\n

Fill eggs to your heart’s desire. <\/p>\n

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If you want to make a bunny with this thicker yarn, use the same pattern for the strawberry body and then add some ears. Mine were super simple, start with 5 SC in a ring, increase to 10, then to 15 and work for however long you like. Fasten off, leaving a longish tail to sew onto your egg top. Sew the ears and embroider the face before you glue! Let me know if you make any!<\/p>\nPin It<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"Crochet:<\/center><\/p>\n

Last Easter, I made a fluffle of amigurumi bunny eggs for my favorite kiddos. This year, I’m branching out into bunny food–carrots and strawberries! They’re little amigurumi crocheted and glued onto Easter eggs. You can fill them with whatever treats your tiny humans might want. <\/p>\n

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The perfect eggs for these amigurumi are from Target. The plastic [Read More…]<\/p>\nPin It<\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,115],"tags":[40,228,127,64,137],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6293"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6293"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6306,"href":"https:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6293\/revisions\/6306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}