Crochet Easter eggs, spring and a little progress.....

     Spring is here, and this year it came a little earlier than usual for Norway. But we shan't complain, the winter is over and the spring bulbs are growing. Every spring I tip-top around the garden checking all the places where I hid bulbs the autumn before, hoping to see little green shoots....

IN THE BREAST OF A BULB

IS THE PROMISE OF SPRING;

IN THE LITTLE BLUE EGG

IS A BIRD THAT WILL SING;

IN THE SOUL OF A SEED

IS THE HOPE OF THE SOD;

IN THE HEART OF A CHILD

IS THE KINGDOM OF GOD.

                                                        WILLIAM L. STIDGER 

The first flowers of the year, some yellow crocuses.

    With Easter around the corner, I wanted to do a simple project, something that could use up some of my leftover yarn. I started by knitting a little Easter egg, but I felt it just looked  somewhat ' odd', so I decided to try some amigurumi eggs instead - crochet being so much more versatile for 3d objects.

    So here are my Easter eggs, they were so simple and took only about 10 minutes to crochet, and 5 more minutes to attach the ribbon and tuck in the threads.

   For those who are interested the pattern I used is here :  http://thecraftfrog.com/2010/06/28/eggs/

Amigurumi Easter eggs

A few twigs from the garden

   For those who love cross stitch, here is a photo of the progress made on ' Berlin posy'. I was missing some of the colors, and had to order threads so it is taking a little longer than planned to finish.

Berlin posy