Friday, March 13, 2009
SUZIE’S BERNAT SOFTEE BABY EASTER EGG COVER (C)
MATERIALS:
Small amount of Bernat Softee Baby
Size G (4.5mm) crochet hook
Plastic Easter egg
SIZE:
Fits plastic eggs that are about 2 ½ inches tall and 5 ½ inches in circumference
NOTES:1. Read pattern all the way through before beginning.
2. Pull your slipstitches tight, you want them to almost disappear.
Round 1: Ch 2, 5 sc in 2nd ch from hook. Join with a slipstitch in first sc. (Remember to pull that slipstitch tight.) (5 sts)
Round 2: Ch 1, 2 sc in same st as join. *Sc in next st, 2 sc in next st. Repeat from * once. Join with a slipstitch in first sc. (8 sts)
Round 3: Ch 1, 2 sc in same st as join. *Sc in next st, 2 sc in next st. Repeat from * twice. Sc in last st. Join with a slipstitch in first sc. (12 sts)
Round 4: Ch 1, sc in same st as join. Sc in next 2 sts, 2 sc in next st, *sc in next 3 sts, 2 sc in next st. Repeat from * once. Join with a slipstitch in first sc. (15 sts)
Round 5: Ch 1, sc in same st as join. Sc in next 3 sts, 2 sc in next st, *sc in next 4 sts, 2 sc in next st. Repeat from * twice. Join with a slipstitch in first sc. (18 sts)
Round 6: Ch 1, sc in same st as join. Sc in next 4 sts, 2 sc in next st, *sc in next 5 sts, 2 sc in next st. Repeat from * twice. Join with a slipstitch in first sc. (21 sts)
Round 7-12: Ch 1, sc in each st. Join with a slipstitch in first sc. (21 sts)
Round 13: Ch 1, sc in same st as join. *Sc in next 4 sts, sc dec over next 2 sts, sc in 5 sts, sc dec over next 2 sts, sc in 5 sts, sc dec over last 2 sts . Join with a slipstitch in first sc. (18 sts)
Fasten off, weave in ends.
Insert plastic egg small end first.
