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If you’re a beginner looking to get your needles into the world of Easter knitting patterns, you are in the right place.
There are so many easy, adorable and colourful patterns out there that are perfect for both new knitters and those with a more experienced level. From cute and cuddly bunnies, colourful knitted Easter eggs, various themed creme egg covers, as well as soft knitted animal toys to remind us all that it’s Spring time again.
Contents
- 1 Basic Knitting Skills
- 2 Use Up Left Over Yarn
- 3 Free Knitting Pattern for Bunny Chocolate Egg Covers
- 4 Egg Cosy Easter Bunnies
- 5 Make an Easter Bunny from a Knitted Square
- 6 Make this Floppy-Eared Easter Bunny as a Gift
- 7 Knitting Pattern – 2 Easter Bunny Chocolate Egg Covers
- 8 Make LaLa a Knitted Bunny in an Egg Shell
- 9 Tiny Knitted Easter Bunny Keyring Gift
Basic Knitting Skills
In this post, we’ll explore some of the best things to knit for Easter that are suited to those who have just learned the foundational skills of knitting. They will, I am sure, bring a smile to your face, delight young children and remind us all of the true meaning of Easter’s resurrection and renewal.
Use Up Left Over Yarn
Many of these knitting projects can be created from very small amounts of yarn that you may already have lying around from previous things you have made. If you do have to buy yarn chances are that you’ll be asked to make more so that purchase is not likely to be wasted. I find that whenever I knit something friends and family who see it always ask for one so left over yarn always comes in handy.
Now it’s time to choose which project you want to make.
Free Knitting Pattern for Bunny Chocolate Egg Covers
Take a look at this pattern to make knitted bunnies that cover chocolate Easter eggs. After the eggs have been eaten they can be used as finger and hand puppets or as egg cosies over boiled eggs.
The skills you need for this project are to be able to cast on and off, knit and purl and decrease via the knit 2 stitches together (k2tog) method.
Click the image to download the pattern for the chocolate egg covers
Egg Cosy Easter Bunnies
Get this pattern from Marianna’s Lazy Daisy Days blog To make these delightful little characters you’ll need to know how to cast on and bind off, how to knit and purl, what stocking stitch means (purl wrong side row, knit the right side) and how to do the knit 2 stitches together to make a decrease.
Make an Easter Bunny from a Knitted Square
Watch the video below to find out the exact easy steps to making this well-loved Easter creature.
Make this Floppy-Eared Easter Bunny as a Gift
Make up this cuddly little chap and gift it as an Easter toy along with a chocolate egg. Get the instructions from the webpage at Handy Little Me HERE
The post there says it is for advanced beginners and the skills you need are cast on and bind off, knit and purl, decrease by way of knitting 2 stitches together (k2tog) and increase using the knitting into the front and back of a stitch (kfb)
Knitting Pattern – 2 Easter Bunny Chocolate Egg Covers
A tiny amount of toy filling is used to fill out the head and the chocolate egg rounds out the body. It is all done on 2 single-point needles and is worked flat.
Needles and Pins the designers have set this one to a beginner level. To get the pattern and start this Easter project for a small investment click HERE
Make LaLa a Knitted Bunny in an Egg Shell
This design from Cheryx is available to use at no cost and comes with detailed photos and instructions so you’ll know exactly what to do at each stage.
The knitting knowledge needed is at the beginner level.
Tiny Knitted Easter Bunny Keyring Gift
Knitted keyring ornaments like this tiny Easter bunny make thoughtful little gifts. Knitted fobs help to locate your keys more easily as they stand out. They’re also a very good way to make use of little bits of stash yarn and they are light so don’t add to the weight of your keys.
As always, you’ll get very detailed instructions and photos from Cheryx so you’re assured of getting the project done.
So there you have some knitting patterns that new knitters can make up this Easter. Over time I will continue to add to this collection as it’s something that gets searched often each year. If you need to brush up on your skills I have added some links below that I am sure will help you out.
To brush up on your knitting skills visit the Learn to Knit category
Find more Easter Knitting Patterns HERE
