crochet egg baby!!

okay okay, so I know this is probably the oddest thing I have ever posted on my blog, but let me explain.
My fabulous local yarn shop, Baa Ram Ewe, are having an easter competion. (if you go to their website, my mug cosy is currently on the home page) We have been provided with a polystyrene egg to decorate however we see fit, with yarn, of course. I thought of bunnies and chicks and humpty dumpty and even a ballerina mrs humptydumpty (I knew my brain was starting to go out at weird tangents at this point). But then I started thinking about what easter and spring were really about, new life, and as I started to look at the egg, which I had been fondly carrying around I started to see it as a baby.
my only fear now, is that it's going to end up on the "what not to crochet" site (I love that site).

on a technical note, the egg was covered with amigurumi style double crochet (single crochet if you are american), crocheted straight onto the egg to ensure a good fit.


The blanket is simple made with a series of dc's and spaces, with a crab stitch border on 3 edges.
The eyes and tuft of hair are sewn on, and the cheeks are coloured with marker pen.


On a more normal knitting note. I have made my favourite cardi pattern for a friend who has just announced that she is pregnant. I have made this pattern sew many times that the pattern is falling apart and I am contemplating buying a new one (the pattern is teddy 7177)
(I know my raglan seams are "well dodgy" but I know what I did wrong so please ignore them)

The yarn is sirdar snuggly in "wobble" colour, which is far nicer in real life than the photos make it look. I bought two balls but only just broke into the second ball so I had plenty left, so I decided to make these "snugg" boots. I got the pattern from Knitting magazine, but it is in this sublime pattern book if you are looking for the pattern