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Grandma's Egg Cozy Chicken
Copyright Beverly Qualheim 1997-2013  All Rights Reserved (Pattern modified 3-17-2013)




When I was a child in England, we always had egg cozies to cover our boiled eggs which sat in a little egg cup. It would keep the eggs warm till we were ready to cut off the top and eat them. My mom used to knit them and I have finally figured out how she did it and thought I would share that with you.  Plus, I discovered by changing the pattern a little, this makes a cute, cuddly toy for a baby!  So, here is the toy first, and then grandma's egg cozy.


Chicken Toy Copyright Beverly Qualheim 1997-2013  All Rights Reserved
Any color 4 ply, worsted weight yarn. Use up your scraps. Only need a few yards for the chicken. Small amount of batting.
Knitting needles size 8
Cast on 28 sts
Row 1-5:
K2, P2 across.
Rows 6-18: Knit.
Row 19:
Cast off 9 sts. Leave yarn attached.  Place middle 10 sts on holder.  Using yarn from the other end of skein, cast off remaining 9 sts. Cut yarn tail.
Row 20: Put the holder sts back onto your needles and knit.
Rows 21-31: Knit across.
Row 32: Cast off leaving a 12" tail of yarn.
Fold chicken in half width wise and stitch around seam .  Stuff lightly with batting and stitch across bottom to close seams.
Use black yarn and stitch an eye on each side of head, then use a small piece of orange yarn and stitch a tiny beak on the front of the face.. I also use red yarn and make loops of yarn on top of the head.  Any colors will do though.



Egg Cozy (adapted pattern)
Copyright Beverly Qualheim 1997-2013  All Rights Reserved

photo courtesy of Mary-Alice Pomputius

Any color 4 ply, worsted weight yarn. Use up your scraps. Only need a few yards for the chicken.
Knitting needles size 5
Cast on 28 sts
Row 1-5 K2, P2 across.
Rows 6-22: Knit.  (8 ridges)
Row 23: Cast off 9 sts. Leave yarn attached.  Place middle 10 sts on holder.  Using yarn from the other end of skein, cast off remaining 9 sts. Cut yarn tail.
Row 24: Put the holder sts back onto your needles and knit.
Rows 25-35: Knit across.
Row 36: Cast off leaving a 12" tail of yarn.
Fold chicken in half width wise and stitch around seam to form egg-cozy.  Leave bottom open.
Use black yarn and stitch an eye on each side of head, then use a small piece of orange yarn and stitch a tiny beak on the front of the face.. I also use red yarn and make loops of yarn on top of the head.  Any colors will do though.





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