I picked these 9 Easter egg knitting patterns because they represent different ways of knitting them up, different knit textures, and colour combinations.
Section 1 – Knit Flat
Knitting an easter egg flat mean seaming up later. For people who find double-pointed needles fiddly, this is a good alternative.
1. Peach Unicorn Easter Eggs
This pattern offers 4 designs: eyelets, textured heart, two-coloured stripe, and plain.
The free pattern is available at https://peachunicorndesigns.com/blogs/knitting-blog/free-easter-knitting-patterns-eggs.
2. Gina Michele’s Easy Easter Egg Knitting Pattern
Gina’s easter eggs are knitted flat and the sides seamed.
Use variegated colour yarns or yarns in different colours for simple stripes.
The free pattern at https://gina-michele.com/2019/04/07/easy-easter-eggs-knitting-pattern/
Gina made a video of her knitting an easter egg from start to finish.
3. Julie William’s Easter Eggs
Julie offers 6 different centre panels for her easter eggs. She provided written instructions and coloured charts for the panel designs.
Finally, she also provided instructions for knitting them flat and in the round. This should have been a paid pattern but Julie has made it free for personal and non-commercial use.
Download the free pattern at https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/easter-eggs-32
Section 2 – Knit In the Round
4. Auntie Em’s Striped Easter Egg
Changing colour while knitting in the round is not difficult and the ends can be hidden inside the eggs.
Free pattern at https://auntieemsstudio.blogspot.com/2014/04/easter-egg-pattern.html
5. Kristen McDonnell’s Softie Easter Egg
Free pattern is available at https://www.studioknitsf.com/how-to-knit-an-easter-egg/
I like Kristen’s video tutorial. She keeps the written instructions on the screen so that I can follow along.
6. Fair Isle Easter Eggs
This pattern offers 5 different fair isle charts for a knit in the round easter egg.
Free pdf pattern at https://theguywiththehook.com/2018/03/23/free-pattern-for-knitting-some-easter-eggs/
Watch this video tutorial by Arne and Carlos to learn how to read the fair isle chart for the knitted easter egg.
7. Purl Soho’s Duplicate Stitch Easter Eggs
Not up to changing yarns while knitting? Try doing duplicate stitching.
Purl Soho provides a step-by-step pictorial tutorial for their basic egg knitting pattern. The designs of the egg is created using duplicate stitch after the basic egg has been knitted.
Free pattern at https://www.purlsoho.com/create/2008/03/16/whits-knits-knitted-easter-egg-ornaments/
8. Chris de Longpre’s EggKins
Eggs pretending to be a chick, an owlet, a duckling, a lamb, and a bunny.
Free pattern at https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/eggkins
9. Loom Knitted Easter Egg
Loom knitting is great for people who cannot do hand knitting. Here is a video tutorial on how to loom knit an easter egg.
