I always need gifts at Easter and try and to come up with something different each year. This year I’ve gone for a egg theme and have made an egg with Easter rabbit ear details! I’ve got a few more egg themed ideas in the works too!

These little eggs are not stuffed and have a hidden compartment at their base so you can hide some mini eggs inside – or even a Creme egg. The hidden compartment also has a flap which covers the base so you won’t loose anything out of it, and rather than using a button to secure the flap when it a closed the rabbits pom pom tail is used instead.

Finished size (excluding ears):

• 8cm tall.

• 4.5cm at the eggs widest point.

Easter Rabbit Ear Eggs Crochet Pattern

Materials:

• 4mm crochet hook.

• 25g ball of DK wool in chosen colour for the rabbit body and ears, I used blue .

• 25g ball of DK wool in white for the tail.

• 25g ball of DK wool in pink for the inside ears.

• Darning needle.

• Piece of card to make the Pom Pom tail.

Rabbit Body:

Main body:

In chosen rabbit body colour:

Make a magic ring, ch1, 6sc into ring.

Round 1: 2sc into each stitch (12).

Round 2: sc around.

Round 3: *2sc into next sc, sc into next stitch. Repeat from * around (18).

Rounds 4-5: sc around.

Round 6: *2sc into next sc, sc into next two stitches. Repeat from * around (24).

Rounds 7-12: sc around.

Round 13: *sc2tog, sc into next two stitches. Repeat from * around (18).

Rounds 14-15: sc around.

Fasten off.

Body base:

In chosen rabbit body colour:

Make a magic ring, ch1, 6sc into ring.

Round 1: 2sc into each stitch (12).

Round 2: *2sc into next sc, sc into next stitch. Repeat from * around (18).

Ch9, ss into stitch at base.

Fasten off.

Rabbit Ears – Make 2:

Outer ear:

In chosen ear colour:

Ch5, sc into 2nd ch from hook, sc along rest of the row. (4).

Rows 1-6: ch1 (doesn’t count as a stitch) sc.

Row 7: ch1 (doesn’t count as a stitch) sc2tog, 2sc (3).

Rows 8-10: ch1 (doesn’t count as a stitch) sc along row.

Row 11: ch1 (doesn’t count as a stitch) sc2tog, sc (2).

Row 12: ch1 (doesn’t count as a stitch) sc along row.

Row 13: ch1 (doesn’t count as a stitch) sc2tog (1).

Round 1: ss around the edge of the ear.

Fasten off.

Inner ear:

In pink:

Ch7, sc into 2nd ch from hook, sc along rest of the row.

Fasten off.

Rabbit Tail:

• Cut a strip of card 1cm wide and 5cm long.

• Take the white wool and wrap around the 1cm wide part of the card 15 times.

• Remove wrapped wool from the card then tie a 10cm long strip of wool around the middle to secure.

• Cut the loops.

Rabbit Assembly:

• Take the bottom piece and sew onto the bottom row of main rabbit body, only sewing for 3cm and leaving the rest unsewn.

• Take the pink inner ears and sew onto the outer ears.

• Fold in the bottom side edges of the ears until the meet in the middle and sew to secure.

• Sew the ears on to the rabbit body.

• Sew the Pom Pom onto the back of the rabbit body, sewing up through the Pom Pom and back down to secure.

• The loop from the base piece will wrap over the Pom Pom tail to secure.