Hiya guys! Happy Easter Sunday! Hope you are all having a relaxing day!
I thought I’d do an Easter special post on the blog today, so this week I
have been busy making Easter eggy-type projects!
I did some more crocheting - a little bit different this time as I had a
go at Amigurumi which is a Japanese
art of crocheting and knitting teeny stuffed animals! And, as well as the crocheting, I did a little
bit of baking too and I made some Easter egg truffles (with lots of chocolate,
obviously!).
So, on that note, here is what I made this week…
Crocheted Easter Eggs
I’ve been seeing loads of crocheted stuffed animals
and toys on Pinterest and Instagram since I’ve got into the whole
crochet/knitting thing, and I’ve been wanting to try it because they look quite
cool. I had looked at loads of videos of
how they were done, but they always looked too complicated and tricky because
of the whole increase/decrease of the stitches...however, I’ve realised it’s actually
quite easy! So, I decided to give it a
go and make these little Easter eggs!
As I’m new to Amigurumi, obviously I needed a bit of
help with how to crochet the eggs so, as usual, I have shown the links to the
videos and websites I looked at at the end of the post!
For the eggs, I used a 100% cotton yarn with a 3.00 mm crochet hook, and used
scrap yarn for the stuffing.
The eggs ended up being all different sizes, even though I used the same
size hook and 4-ply yarn…maybe it was the way I stuffed them, I’m not sure. However, it gave a more organic look to them,
which is good because eggs aren’t all the same size anyway.
Crocheted Bunny Rabbit
I decided to make a little bunny rabbit too! I just basically made an egg like the ones
above and added ears and other little details – eyes, nose, whiskers and fluffy
tail.
Easter egg Oreo truffles
I saw this recipe on Pinterest and really had to make it as Oreos are the
best!
Basically this is a really easy recipe as there are only four ingredients:
Oreos, cream cheese, milk chocolate and white chocolate. I also added hundreds and thousands on top of
the white chocolate, while it was still wet, to add a wee bit of colour!
Unfortunately, I had a wee bit of a fail with the toppings and only
managed to get three good looking ones L
However, these are the good ones! But
let me tell you that these truffles are AH-MAY-ZING!! If you get a chance, definitely make them!
(Wee tip: double the recipe so you’ll have loooads…because they disappear
quickly!)
Well, I hope you guys enjoyed this post, and as always thank you SO much for reading!
I have to say the most enjoyable project was making the little bunny rabbit…it’s just so cute!! If I had more time I would have made wee chick too, just to add to the Easter-inspired crochet projects…maybe next time? J
I’ll catch you all next week for my weekly Sunday post!
Have a fab week and take care guys! Xxx
YouTube sources:
How to crochet Easter eggs – Crocheted Easter eggs tutorial by Crouton Crafts
[For the bunny rabbit ears]
(Crochet) How to – crocheggimals – no1 rabbit egg cover by HappyBerry Crochet
4 - Ingredient Easter egg Oreo truffles by Gimme Some Oven
