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How do you use yarn leftovers? This written FREE CROCHET PATTERN shows how to crochet Easter Eggs with pieces of bright yarn, or a create body of a Mouse by utilizing your dark yarn :).
What’s so special about small yarn leftovers?
I found approx. 11 meters = 12 yards of unknown SOFT vintage yarn where one ply was BRIGHT and another BLACK, both were twisted together, but not tightly.
The yarn piece looked awful – I really could not get who that yarn producer tried to impress with it – crafters who love bright yarn won’t choose it and people who opt for minimalistic black won’t love it either.
I unraveled dark and bright yarns and look what became of the piece! My cat Alice loves it: www.instagram.com/p/C5EkmZRr7FT
Sure, it’s very simple, but pets need entertainment – my cat always loves to play with something new! We too! :))
You can also crochet a few Easter eggs from your bright yarn leftovers or a Mouse toy for your REAL cat from darker yarn leftovers!
FREE Tutorial for CROCHET EASTER EGG or MOUSE with yarn leftovers
by www.ravelry.com/designers/conceptcreativestore
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SIZE: the height of egg or the length of the body of the mouse is 6 cm = 2.4”.
Instructions for adjusting the size are below.
STITCHES and ABBREVIATIONS
(in American crochet terms):
ch – chain
sc – single crochet
st (s) – stitch (es)
prev. – previous
* – repeat stitches from * to *
YARN: For each crochet item I have used 11 meters = 12 yards of soft gradient yarn with short colour sections (every 10-15 cm = 4-6’’ the colour should differ) DK or Worsted-weight = 3 or 4 = Medium or Light (USA) = 8-10 ply (UK) = 9-11 wpi (wraps per inch).
Your yarn should be very soft otherwise you will just hurt your fingers while working tight stitches with a small hook :). You can use soft acrylic, soft not mercerized cotton, bamboo etc.
Alas, I can’t name the brand as those yarn leftovers were bought many years ago in Switzerland by my mother-in-law who is not with us anymore.
HOOK: 3 mm (C or D in the USA).
GAUGE: Gauge becomes critical if you are crocheting garments for a specific size. In amigurumies it’s more important to crochet tight stitches. In this case, there will be fewer gaps between your stitches and stuffing won’t protrude through them.
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Please do not claim this crochet pattern as your own! Alice won’t like it!
NOTES:
- These samples were worked in the round, each round was joined by slip stitch in the first stitch in this round.
- If you wish to work in spirals, you can disregard all slip stitches and work sc across sts of the previous round.
- It’s convenient to mark last st of each round to keep track of stitch count.
Free video tutorial for the Crochet Easter Egg and for the Crochet Mouse: https://youtu.be/EIuKbfHf8gE
With a 3 mm hook chain 3, join with slip st into a ring, work in the round:
Round 1: 7 sc into the ring, join with slip st in 1st st.
Round 2 (photo): 2 sc in each sc of prev.round, join with slip st in 1st st (14 sc).
Round 3: *1 sc in each of 2 sc, 2 sc in 1 sc of prev. round*, repeat from * around, ending with 1 sc in each of last 2 sc, join with slip st in 1st st (18 sc).
The diameter of this round in each sample shown is 3.5 cm = 1.4’’ and is sufficient for an egg or body of a mouse.
- How to change the width: For a larger egg work additional Round 3 with increases in a similar manner. Next rounds will be with fewer increases:
Round 4 (photo): *2 sc in 1 sc, 1 sc in each of 4 sc of prev. round*, repeat from * around, ending with 1 sc in each of last 2 sc, join with slip st in 1st st (22 sc).
Round 5: *1 sc in each of 7 sc, 2 sc in 1 sc of prev. round*, repeat from * around, ending with 1 sc in each of last 6 sc, join with slip st in 1st st (24 sc).
Round 6: work 2 sc in 1 sc in 1 st in the beginning of this Round, 1 sc in each of next sc, join with slip st in 1st st (25 sc).
Round 7: 1 sc in each 1 sc, join with slip st in 1st st (25 sc).
Round 8: work as Round 7.
The height of your work reaches ½ of your finished crochet piece (photo):
Decrease sts in next rounds:
Round 10: *1 sc in each of 6 sc, 2‐sc‐cluster across 2 sc*, rep from * around, ending with 1 sc in last sc, join with slip st in 1st st (22 sc).
- 2‐sc‐cluster = sc2together is made as follows: insert hook in 1 st, draw yarn (= 2 loops on the hook), insert the hook in next st, draw yarn (= 3 loops on the hook), draw yarn though all loops on the hook.
Round 11: *2‐sc‐cluster across 2 sc, 1 sc in each of 3 sc*, rep from * around, ending with 1 sc in each of last 2 sc, join with slip st in 1st st (18 sc).
Round 12: *1 sc in each of 2 sc, 2‐sc‐cluster across 2 sc*, rep from * around, ending with 1 sc in each of last 2 sc, join with slip st in 1st st (14 sc).
Round 13: *2‐sc‐cluster across 2 sc, 1 sc in each of 2 sc*, rep from * around, ending with cluster, join with slip st in 1st st (10 sc).
You can fill it now with stuffing – small yarn pieces or polyester wadding (Sintepon).
Round 14: work 2‐sc‐clusters across every 2 sc, then draw thread through each stitch to secure, tighten and knot.
If you make a mouse – see customization for a mouse below.
For an Easter egg pull the tail though the egg to make this end of the egg rounded as well.
Customization for a mouse:
Pull the sts from last Round forward to form a nose, embroider last Round using a needle and pieces of pink or white yarn.
Embroider two eyes with a piece of blue yarn or thread and the needle.
Crochet ears above eyes: attach yarn approximately 1 cm = 0.4” above the eye; with yarn taken double work 3 sc in 1 st, leave a 10-cm = 4’’ long tail, cut and fasten off.
Tail: attach yarn to the bottom, work a chain 2.5 cm = 1’’ long, turn, and work 1 sc into each ch, leave a 10 cm = 4’’ long tail, cut and fasten off.
Hide all ends inside your mouse.
Finished! Congratulations!
Photo below shows mouse and egg on the ArtDeco scarf: Conceptcreative.store/artdeco-scarf
