Easter Egg Cozies

Spring has finally arrived here in New England. All of the snow and ice has melted -- blooming crocuses and daffodils have taken their place.  Each day more and more greenery emerges- every morning the transformation is refreshing and uplifting.  The hope of life is in the air!

With Spring comes the joy of celebrating Easter and taking part in all of its wonderful family traditions.  We love to decorate Easter eggs.  I have some great memories of decorating eggs with my siblings while growing up and then hanging our creations on an egg tree made by my mom.

This Egg Cozy design can be found in the current issue of Crochet Today!(April/May 2014)  I used Aunt Lydia's Size 10 Cotton Crochet Thread and a steel crochet hook. The egg bases that you see in the photo were egg forms I found at Hobby Lobby.  They are similar in look and feel to plaster and come in more than one size.  They are intended to be painted and decorated but we decided to keep them their original soft white color shown here so that the crochet stitches and details could be seen.

Each cozy is made up of 3 crocheted pieces - when it comes time to sew them together, I recommend gluing each piece in its place on the egg (with a small amount of hot glue) so it is easier to keep all the thread lengths and spaces even as you sew.

Happy Easter - Happy Resurrection Day!

Crochetville Blog Tour is here!

Welcome to Celtic Knot Crochet for the 2014 Crochetville National Crochet Month Blog Tour! 

I hope you have had  time to visit all the blogs included so far.  There are many beautiful projects and designs to see with a wide variety of neat offers, too! You can see all the posts here at: http://crochetville.com/blog/ in case you missed any.

I have met many of the designers on this tour at the annual Crochet Guild of America's annual conferences.  CGOA is a wonderful organization that provides great resources and opportunities for those who love crochet. I highly recommend joining to receive the many benefits.  (www.crochet.org) Number one benefit = Getting to meet and befriend the many talented crocheters.


In honor of the tour I am offering a this new FREE Celtic Knot crochet pattern that can be downloaded on Ravelry here - Celtic Knot Bracelet.

 

This bracelet is similar to another one of my designs, the Celtic Knot Belt, that can be found for FREE on Red Heart's website  here.

 

(Click on the page to the left, "List and Photos of Published Designs", to see other Celtic Knot Designs and where to find the patterns)

 

**For tips and a step-by-step photo tutorial of how to weave this knot, see the page to the left called, "Celtic Knot Belt and Bracelet Tips and Photos"**

 

St. Patrick's Day is in 12 days so you have time to make both quick projects in green and wear as a celebration of all that's Irish!

 

 

Speaking of quick projects, we invite you to make an animal hat to be given to Halos of Hope - the charity that Crochetville has chosen this year to promote.  Halos of Hope accepts donations of crocheted, knitted and sewn hats that are then given to hundreds of cancer treatment centers around the US. Visit this page to read more about this month's project, see links to free animal hat patterns and know where to send your hat.

Many thanks to Amy Shelton and Donna Hulka for all of their work to put this year's blog tour together! Make sure to check out tomorrow's 2 stops - Jennifer Cirka and Annette Stewart.