Crochet Easter Eggs | Free Pattern

Dyed into this free crochet Easter eggs amigurumi pattern are all the pastel prizes of Easter events—backyards dotted with colorful hidden treasures, baskets overflowing with stashes of sweets, and jelly beans pinched between dye-stained fingers.

While you wait for your freshly painted eggs to dry, there’s no better way to celebrate Easter than with this free crochet Easter eggs amigurumi pattern!

Choose from six unique designs, or mix-and-match multiple techniques for your own custom egg!

Combine several for a colorful holiday display, or make a bunch for a Easter egg hunting set that you can use year-after-year!

Pattern Information | Free Crochet Easter Eggs

This free crochet Easter eggs amigurumi pattern has a difficulty rating of easy.

The finished dimensions of each egg are 2.5 inches (height) by 2 inches (width) by 2 inches (depth).*

You may also make your pieces larger or smaller by increasing or decreasing your yarn weight and/or hook size, respectively.

*Finished dimensions are calculated from a model using medium weight yarn, a size H-8 (5 mm) crochet hook, the YU/YO method and the following gauge: 18 sc x 21 rows = 4 inches.

Supplies:

• Size H-8 (5 mm) crochet hook
• Medium (4) weight yarn in 1+ color(s); see list below
• Polyester fiberfill
• Yarn needle
• Scissors
• Stitch markers

For exact replicas, the crochet Easter eggs shown in the example photos use the following yarn colors:

• Pink egg with stripes — Red Heart Super Saver: Baby Pink (embroidered with Big Twist Value: Watermelon)
• Yellow egg with spots — Red Heart Super Saver: Pale Yellow (embroidered with Big Twist Value: Varsity Yellow)
• Blue egg with waves — Red Heart Super Saver: Minty (embroidered with Big Twist Value: Teal)
• Purple egg with zig zags — Red Heart Super Saver: Light Jasmine (embroidered with Red Heart Super Saver: Lavender)
• White egg with flowers — Red Heart Super Saver: Soft White (embroidered with Big Twist Value: Varsity Yellow, Big Twist Value: Watermelon, Red Heart Super Saver: Lavender, and Big Twist Value: Forest Green)
• Light blue-green egg with stripe, spots, and zig-zag (tutorial egg) — Caron One Pound: Pale Green (embroidered with Big Twist Value: Watermelon, Big Twist Value: Teal, and Red Heart Super Saver: Lavender)

Terminology:

This free crochet Easter eggs amigurumi pattern uses English (US) terminology:

• st (sts) = stitch (stitches)
• ch = chain stitch
• sl st = slip stitch
• sc = single crochet
• sc2tog = single crochet 2 together (over the span of 2 stitches), also known as a decrease

Please note that this pattern is written so that each crochet stitch abbreviation is attached to a number, such as 1sc, 2sc, etc. This number denotes how many of that stitch is to be worked into the same stitch.

In other words, 1sc = one single crochet, whereas 2sc = two single crochet worked into one stitch, also known as an increase.

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Special Stitch Instructions:

Please review our special stitch instructions on our Stitch Tutorials FAQ page before beginning, as some techniques may be unique to this pattern.

This free crochet Easter eggs pattern uses the following special stitch tutorials:

• Single Crochet (YU/YO Method)
• Invisible Decrease
• Joining Rounds

This pattern is worked in the round, with each round joined at the end with a slip stitch. Unless otherwise instructed, the first stitch of your next round will always be worked into the same stitch as your joining slip stitch has been worked into.

Be sure to always keep the ‘right side’ of your stitches facing outwards as you work. The right side is the front side of the stitch that is facing you as you are completing each stitch.

Pattern Instructions | Free Crochet Easter Eggs

Crochet Easter Egg – Rounds 1 to 13:

With your chosen yarn color, make a magic ring (or ch 2, work rnd 1 into 2nd ch from hook).

Rnd 1: 6sc into ring, sl st into 1st st to join, ch 1 (6).

Rnd 2: 2sc into each st around, join, ch 1 (12).

Rnd 3: [2sc into next st, 1sc into each of next 2 sts] 4 times, join, ch 1 (16).

Rnd 4: 1sc into each at around, join, ch 1 (16).

Rnd 5: [1sc into each of next 3 sts, 2sc into next st] 4 times, join, ch 1 (20).

Rnd 6: 1sc into each st around, join, ch 1 (20).

Rnd 7: [1sc into next st, 2sc into next st, 1sc into each of next 3 sts] 4 times, join, ch 1 (24).

Rnd 8: 1sc into each st around, join, ch 1 (24).

Rnd 9: 1sc into each st around, join, ch 1 (24).

Rnd 10: 1sc into each st around, join, ch 1 (24).

Rnd 11: 1sc into each st around, join, ch 1 (24).

Rnd 12: [sc2tog over next 2 sts, 1sc into each of next 6 sts] 3 times, join, ch 1 (21).

Rnd 13: [1sc into each of next 3 sts, sc2tog over next 2 sts, 1sc into each of next 2 sts] 3 times, join, ch 1 (18).

Secure your working loop with a stitch marker and follow the directions below for embroidering designs onto your crochet Easter egg before continuing to the next round.

Alternatively, for a solid colored egg without any overlay design, skip ahead to to round 14 of your Easter egg.

Embroidering Designs

Choose from any of the five unique embroidery techniques below to add a design onto the surface of your crochet Easter egg, or mix-and-match multiple methods for your own custom pattern!

The blue-green egg shown in the ongoing tutorial images will be combining the stripes, spots, and zig-zags instructions for a customized design.

For this design, as seen below, embroider one stripe between rounds 11 and 12, one row of spots—each spaced 4 stitches apart—over top of round 10, and one zig-zag over rounds 8 and 9, with the peaks of the zig-zag aligned vertically with the spots.

Adding Stripes

The pink egg with stripes below has a solid stripe embroidered between rounds 4 and 5, then 8 and 9, and finally 12 and 13.

Additionally, it has a dashed line embroidered between rounds 6 and 7, as well as between rounds 10 and 11.

To begin, cut a long length (~3 ft) of your chosen yarn color that you would like your embroidered design to be.

Then, with your needle, pass your yarn, from inside to outside, through the surface of your egg between any two rounds.

Leave a short tail on the interior of your egg for tying later.

Reinsert your needle one stitch over, staying between the same two rounds, then exit again one more stitch over in the same direction.

For a dashed line, repeat the last paragraph around the entire circumference of your egg, then skip ahead to the last step.

For a solid stripe, reinsert your needle one stitch backwards, in the opposite direction as before, and then exit two stitches forwards from where you’ve just inserted.

Repeat the previous paragraph until you’ve completed a solid stripe around the entire circumference of your egg.

For both stripe methods, do not exit again at the end of your last repetition.

Instead, finish off your embroidery by tying your beginning and end tails together on the inside of your piece, then trimming any excess length.

Adding Spots

The yellow egg with spots below has three rows of spots—with each spot spaced two stitches apart—over top of rounds 8, 10, and 12.

A fourth row of spots—spaced wider at three stitches apart—is embroidered over top of round 6.

Each row of spots is staggered with the rows directly above and beneath.

Cut a long length (~3 ft) of your chosen yarn color that you would like your embroidered design to be.

Then, with your needle, pass your yarn, from inside to outside, through the surface of your egg right underneath the round that you want your dots to be embroidered on top of.

Leave a short tail on the interior of your egg for tying later.

Next, reinsert your needle one round above where you’ve just exited from, then exit once more, 2 stitches to the right and 1 round down from where you last inserted.

Repeat the last paragraph around the entire circumference of your egg, over top of as many rounds as desired. You may also customize the distance between spots to your liking.

On the last repetition, do not exit. Instead, tie both ends of your yarn together on the interior of your egg, then trim any excess length.

Adding Waves

The blue egg with wavy lines below has one wave embroidered over rounds 10 and 11, and a second wave added over rounds 8 and 9

Both wavy lines are stacked parallel to each other. For best results, work your waves only over rounds with no increases or decreases.

Cut a long length (~3 ft) of your chosen yarn color that you would like your embroidered design to be.

Then, with your needle, pass your yarn, from inside to outside, through the surface of your egg where you want your wave design to begin (see point 1 in the reference photo below).

Leave a short tail on the interior of your egg for tying later.

Next, reinsert your needle, from outside to inside, one stitch diagonally up and to the right (point 2) from where you last exited from, then out again through the next space in the pattern (point 3).

Then, reinsert your needle one point backwards (point 2), and exit again two points forward (point 4).

Following along with the reference photo above, repeat the steps in the last paragraph around the entire circumference of your egg.

For example, your next repetition will reinsert into point 3, and exit again through point 5. Then, your third repetition will reinsert into point 4 and exit through point 6, and so on.

When you reach your last repetition, do not exit again. Instead, finish off your embroidery by tying your beginning and end tails together on the inside of your piece, then trimming any excess length.

Adding Zig-Zags

The purple egg with zig-zags below has one zig-zag embroidered over rounds 10 and 11, and a second zig-zag added over rounds 8 and 9.

Both zig-zag lines are stacked parallel to each other. For best results, work your zig-zags only over rounds with no increases or decreases.

Cut a long length (~3 ft) of your chosen yarn color that you would like your embroidered design to be.

Then, with your needle, pass your yarn, from inside to outside, through the surface of your egg where you want your zig-zag design to begin (see point 1 in the reference photo below).

Leave a short tail on the interior of your egg for tying later.

Next, reinsert your needle, from outside to inside, one stitch diagonally up and to the right (point 2) from where you last exited from, then out again through the next space in the pattern (point 3).

Then, reinsert your needle one point backwards (point 2), and exit again two points forward (point 4).

Following along with the reference photo above, repeat the steps in the last paragraph around the entire circumference of your egg.

For example, your next repetition will reinsert into point 3, and exit again through point 5. Then, your third repetition will reinsert into point 4 and exit through point 6, and so on.

When you reach your last repetition, do not exit again. Instead, finish off your embroidery by tying your beginning and end tails together on the inside of your piece, then trimming any excess length.

Adding Cross Stitch Designs

To add picture designs onto the surface of your crochet Easter egg, like the example white egg with flowers below, you may use the cross stitching technique.

Feel free to experiment with your own designs, or follow the chart below for an exact match to the example piece.

Take note, however, that the increases in rounds 1 to 7, as well as the decreases in rounds 12 to 15, will disrupt any designs that require a perfect grid, and may require some adjustments if you are choosing your own design.

The example white egg is cross stitched over top of rounds 6 to 12, on the opposite side from the joining seam.

For best results in the pattern below, locate one of your increases in round 7 and use that increase as a reference point for where to place the rest of the design, in order to avoid any issues with embroidering over increases.

To cross stitch onto the surface of your crochet, pretend that each individual stitch is a single square.

For the flower shapes, you will be embroidering through the holes located at the four corners of each square stitch to make an X-shape over top of the single crochet.

For the stem and leaf shapes, you will either be embroidering a vertical line between two stitches, or a diagonal line that crosses over the middle of a single crochet stitch.

Crochet Easter Egg – Rounds 14 to 15:

Once you are satisfied with any designs embroidered onto the surface of your crochet Easter egg, you may now stuff your piece until it is full.

Remove your stitch marker and move on to the next round. Continue to add more stuffing to fill out the bottom of your egg as you close your piece.

Rnd 14: [sc2tog over next 2 sts, 1sc into next st] 6 times, join, ch 1 (12).

Rnd 15: [sc2tog over next 2 sts] 6 times, join (6).

Sewing Closed:

To sew the bottom hole closed, pass the needle, from front to back, through the front loop only of each stitch around and then pull tight.

Secure your sewing with a knot, trim the tail, and sew in any remaining length.

Conclusion | Free Crochet Easter Eggs

And with that, you’re done the free crochet Easter Eggs pattern! If you enjoyed this pattern, be sure to check out some of our other Easter-themed patterns, such as our Chick Pocket Pet, Bunny Pocket Pet and Lamb Pocket Pet patterns!

You can also explore the Cutie Collections and the Pocket Pets archives for more original and free amigurumi patterns, or our Home Decor Patterns for other homemade household goodies!

If you’re looking to cozy up with a longer project, check out our Clothing Patterns, or assemble your own designs from one of our Granny Square Patterns!

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