The So Eggstra Blanket

Crochet Patterns
Written By Nichola Griffiths

Our beautiful Easter egg-themed blanket crochet pattern makes an adorable baby blanket - perfect for gifting at your next baby shower 😊. This baby-sized afghan will keep your gorgeous bundle of joy feeling safe and warm.

This pattern was the last Elimee Designs pattern that I managed to crochet before the wee Miss arrived. I knew that colourwork would be challenging to manage with both a baby resting on me and a sleep-deprived brain lol. I loved crocheting this pattern because it allowed me to combine two of my favourite crochet techniques - filet crochet and colourwork.

My childhood memories inspired this Easter design. Some of my family live in Germany. I have many fond memories of visiting them and decorating boiled eggs prior to the family’s Easter celebrations. Oma (my great-grandmother) would boil vast quantities of eggs. The extended family would then all sit around her kitchen table and use various dyes and paints to decorate the eggs. On Easter Sunday all of the children would then hunt for the eggs in the communal garden. It was always a fun event… and It didn’t hurt that we’d also be gifted little wicker baskets full of Easter treats too!

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Once I finished designing this crochet pattern I had no idea what to name it. Fortunately, a good excuse for a giveaway arose and my lovely followers provided me with some excellent suggestions. The winning name of ‘So Eggstra’ was thought up by @hollands.creations - thank you!

If you’re short on crochet time right now, why not pin the image below for later or favourite it on Ravelry.

This pattern is available on Ravelry, Etsy and LoveCrafts.

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The featured So Eggstra blanket above was crocheted using DK weight yarn and a 4mm/G-6 crochet hook (affiliate link to Amazon). However, it can be made with any weight of yarn or crochet hook size - it will simply affect the final size of the blanket.

Materials List

You may find these handy YouTube tutorials useful when crocheting this pattern:

Additionally, if you need any assistance in reading the crochet pattern I recommend checking out our 5 day pattern reading challenge.

All of our patterns are fully tested to iron out any kinks before we share them with you - we hugely appreciate all of the hard work that our testers put in to helping our patterns be amazing.

Check out the fabulous So Eggstra blankets made by our testers below. You can check out their project pages on Ravelry for further information. These were crocheted by:

  • Jayde Hartwell

  • Bronwyn Bellwood

  • Kris Steinbauer

If you’d like to know more about pattern testing you can check out our blog post here, or if you’d like to be notified about our future tester calls you can register your interest below.

If you crochet a So Eggstra blanket and share a photo of it on social media we’d be over the moon if you’d tag us (@elimee_designs on Instagram or @elimeedesigns on Facebook) or use the hashtag #soeggstrablanket so that we can celebrate your magnificent creation.

If you enjoy crocheting the So Eggstra blanket you might also like our Waggle Dance Bee Blanket 😀.

Happy crocheting!

Nichola Griffiths
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