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Free pattern for a nice little Easter knit for children...

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Witzend Mon 09-Mar-20 23:26:41

...in case anybody’s interested.
A little chick with its egg in two halves. Quite small, chick about 3”, egg about 5”.
I found it on the Alan Dart website, free to download.
Going to make one each for Gdcs, will probably add some mini chocolate eggs inside.

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Firecracker123 Tue 10-Mar-20 08:46:00

Thanks Witzend lovely pattern have just down loaded it. Will make for my grand daughter.

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Grammaretto Tue 10-Mar-20 08:56:37

Thanks. Me too!
www.alandart.co.uk/product/all-patterns/chick-egg-free/

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Callistemon Tue 10-Mar-20 09:32:03

That is lovely!!

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Witzend Thu 12-Mar-20 08:51:01

I’ve finished the first egg - it’s definitely going to need stiffening with hairspray, which is optional according to the pattern. Otherwise it’s going to be a very floppy egg! I’ve done the hairspray-stiffening thing before with a couple of his patterns, it works very well.

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Callistemon Thu 12-Mar-20 12:42:46

I'm not sure what yarn you're using, Witzend and you probably have a good supply, but I wondered if Paton's Smoothie would be a bit less floppy.

It does tend to split and is not the easiest to work with but the result is firmer.

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Callistemon Thu 12-Mar-20 12:44:50

There are some lovely patterns in that link, thanks Grammaretto

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