veganuary egg v-egg-anuary

veganuary egg  

(neatly laid out pdf available on ravelry)

 

 

celebrate vegan-uary with a vegan egg
any colour you like!

it’s worked in one piece
short rows give the yolk its shape : no stuffing required
the “white” is worked outwards in the round
there’s a choice of 3 cast-off edges

i’ve used double knitting wool and 3.25mm needles (10uk / 3us)
but feel free to use thicker wool and bigger needles

i’ve used less than 3m (5g) d.k. wool for the yolk
and 20g for the white

i’ve used 7 double pointed needles,
but there’s no reason why you can’t use a circular needle ( add six markers for the increases )

 

the giant egg is approx 12" across 

uses 4 strands of  double knitting wool held together 

and is worked on 6.5mm needles 

approx. 100g of white wool, and 30g of yellow

yolk

cast-on 16 stitches in yellow

row 1 s1 k13 w&t (2)

row 2 s1 p11 w&t (2)

row 3 s1 k9 w&t (4)

row 4 s1 p7 w&t (4)

row 5 s1 k to end, knitting wraps with stitches

row 6 s1 p to end, purling wraps with stitches.

row 7 s1 k13 w&t (2)

row 8 s1 p11 w&t (2)

row 9 s1 k9 w&t (4)

row 10 s1 p7 w&t (4)

row 11 s1 k to end, knitting wraps with stitches.

row 12 s1 p to end, purling wraps with stitches.

row 13 s1 k13 w&t (2)

row 14 s1 p11 w&t (2)

row 15 s1 k9 w&t (4)

row 16 s1 p7 w&t (4)

row 17 s1 k to end, knitting wraps with stitches.

row 18 s1 p to end, purling wraps with stitches.

row 19 s1 k13 w&t (2)

row 20 s1 p11 w&t (2)

row 21 s1 k9 w&t (4)

row 22 s1 p7 w&t (4)

row 23 s1 k to end, knitting wraps with stitches.

cast-off 16 sts purlwise

cut yellow wool and continue in white wool

with knit side up

pick-up 30 stitches

15 stitches around cast-on edge

15 stitches around cast-off edge

pull wool tight across row edges

divide amongst 6 dpn

(5 stitches per needle)

continue knitting in the round

 

 

(stitches/needle)

round 1 k30 (5)

place marker here (beginning of rounds)

round 2 * m1r k5 * repeat on each needle (6)

round 3 * k2 m1r k4 * repeat on each needle (7)

round 4 * k4 m1r k3 * repeat on each needle (8)

round 5 * k6 m1r k2 * repeat on each needle (9)

round 6 * k8 m1r k1 * repeat on each needle (10)

round 7 k60 (10)

round 8 * m1r k10 * repeat on each needle (11)

round 9 k66

round 10 * m1r k11 * repeat on each needle (12)

round 11 k72

round 12 * m1r k12 * repeat on each needle (13)

round 13 k78

[ work to here for all 3 versions ]

plain cast-off

round 14 * k3 m1r k7 m1L k3 * repeat on each needle (15)

round 15 k90

round 16 * k4 m1r k7 m1L k4 * repeat on each needle (17)

cast-off 102 sts

finishing

weave in loose ends

 

pattern 2 : picot edge (purple/pink)

 

 

work as version 1 to round 13

round 14 * m1r k13 * repeat on each needle (14)

round 15 k84

round 16 * m1r k14 * repeat on each needle (15)

 

 

picot cast-off

* cast-on 2 sts using cco.

cast-off 4 stitches

pass remaining stitch back to Lhn

repeat from * to end of row

cut wool and pass through remaining stitch

finishing

weave in loose ends

 

 

 

pattern 3 : i-cord edge (orange/blue)

 

work as version 1 to round 13

round 14 * m1r k13 * repeat on each needle (14)

round 15 k84

round 16 * m1r k14 * repeat on each needle (15)

round 17 * k1 m1r k2 * repeat to end (20)

i-cord cast-off

cast-on 3 stitches using cco.

* k2 s1 k1 psso.

slide 3 stitches to rh end of rhn

repeat from * to end of round

cut wool and pass through remaining stitch

finishing

weave in loose ends