Chicken Nests and Eggs by Cheryl Andrews

Chicken Nests and Eggs

Knitting
March 2025
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
16 stitches and 24 rows = 4 inches
in Knitting in the round
US 6 - 4.0 mm
US 7 - 4.5 mm
US 6 - 4.0 mm
3.75 mm (F)
8 - 140 yards (7 - 128 m)
Nest sizes: Small - center diameter 4.75”, outer diameter 8.5”; Large - center diameter 5.5”, outer diameter 10.5” Egg sizes: Regular 2.75” long, 5.5” circumference; Jumbo 3.5” long, 7” circumference
English
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Make some Chicken Nests and Eggs to match your knitted chicks and chickens! Instructions include two sizes of nests and two sizes of eggs.

Nest sizes: Small - center diameter 4.75”, outer diameter 8.5”; Large - center diameter 5.5”, outer diameter 10.5”
Egg sizes: Regular 2.75” long, 5.5” circumference; Jumbo 3.5” long, 7” circumference
Materials needed:
Worsted weight yarn: Small nest, approx. 95 yds; Large nest, approx. 140 yds; Regular egg, approx. 8.5 yds; Jumbo egg, approx. 13 yds
Eyelash yarn: Small nest, approx. 11 yds; Large nest, approx. 17 yds
Needles, hooks and notions:
Nests: Sz 7 US needles – set of double points and 24” circular (small nest can be made without the circular), crochet hook sz F or G, clip on marker, 6 other markers, yarn needle
Eggs: Sz 6 US set of double points, crochet hook sz F, clip on marker, yarn needle
Polyfil stuffing