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Egg Cozy
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Bev Qualheim 1997-All Rights Reserved
When I was a child in England, we always had egg cozies to cover our boiled eggs which sat in a little egg cup. It would keep the eggs warm till we were ready to cut off the top and eat them. My mom used to knit them and I have finally figured out how she did it and thought I would share that with you. Plus, I discovered by changing the pattern a little, this makes a cute, cuddly toy for a baby!
Chicken
Toy
Any color 4 ply, worsted
weight yarn. Use up your scraps. Only need a few yards for the chicken.
Small amount of batting.
Knitting needles size
8
Cast on 30 sts
Row 1: Increase 1 st, K2,
P2 across and increase 1 st in last st. (32 sts)
Rows 2: K2, P2 across.
Rows 3-5: Repeat row 2.
Rows 6-18: Knit.
Row 19: Cast off 10 sts,
place 12 sts on holder, and cast off remaining 10 sts.
Row 20: Put the holder sts
back onto your needles and knit.
Rows 21-31: Knit across.
Row 32: Cast off leaving
a 12" tail of yarn.
Fold chicken in half width
wise and stitch around seam . Stuff lightly with batting and stitch
across bottom to close seams.
Use black yarn and stitch
an eye on each side of head, then use a small piece of orange yarn and
stitch a tiny beak on the front of the face.. I also use red yarn and make
loops of yarn on top of the head. Any colors will do though.
Any color 4 ply, worsted weight
yarn. Use up your scraps. Only need a few yards for the chicken.
Knitting needles size
5
Cast on 30 sts
Row 1: Increase 1 st, K2,
P2 across and increase 1 st in last st. (32 sts)
Rows 2: K2, P2 across.
Rows 3-5: Repeat row 2.
Rows 6-22: Knit.
Row 23: Cast off 10 sts,
place 12 sts on holder, and cast off remaining 10 sts.
Row 24: Put the holder sts
back onto your needles and knit.
Rows 25-35: Knit across.
Row 36: Cast off leaving
a 12" tail of yarn.
Fold chicken in half width
wise and stitch around seam to form egg-cozy.
Use black yarn and stitch
an eye on each side of head, then use a small piece of orange yarn and
stitch a tiny beak on the front of the face.. I also use red yarn and make
loops of yarn on top of the head. Any colors will do though.