Friday, April 22, 2011

Golden Eggs of the Angry Easter Bird


My niece continues to be in love with Angry Birds. She sings the tune non-stop, obsesses about unlocking golden eggs and demos the latest holiday flavor of the game. So guess what she asked me to knit for her Easter holiday.. 2 golden eggs. Ofcourse!





Recipe
CO 6 stitches over 3 DPNs, with 2 stitches per DPN. Join, making sure there is no twist. Place marker to identify start of row.
Next 2 rows: Kfb in every stitch - 24 stitches
Next 3 rows: Inc 1 once at beginning and again at end of stitches on each needle - 42 stitches
Next 3 rows: knit even
Next row: dec 1 once at beginning and again at end of stitches on each needle - 36 stitches
Next row: knit even
Next row: dec 1 once at beginning and again at end of stitches on each needle - 30 stitches
Next row: knit even
Next 3 rows: dec 1 once at beginning and again at end of stitches on each needle - 12 stitches
Stuff with cotton fill
Next row: dec 1 once at beginning and again at end of stitches on each needle - 6 stitches
Leave a length of yarn, snip it and thread a tapestry needle with it. Run this yarn through the 6 live stitches using the tapestry needle and pull out the knitting needle. Pull tight and weave in the ends.

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