SOUVENIR EASTER EGG

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The main symbol of Easter is an egg, which is customary to paint and give to friends and acquaintances for the holiday. The traditional color of the Easter egg is red, which has a basis. The fact is that according to the Bible, Mary Magdalene, after the Resurrection of Christ, came to the emperor of the Roman Empire, Tiberius, and, giving him an egg, told the good news, exclaiming "Christ is risen!" The emperor doubted: it is not possible, as it is impossible that the egg turns red. At this moment, a gift from Maria Magdalena began to change color. Thus, the Easter egg became a symbol of the Resurrection of Christ, a symbol of rebirth, renewal and hope.
Nowadays, a painted or decorated egg is not only a symbol of the Easter holiday, but also a wonderful souvenir in which you can embody creative ideas and show your artistic taste, not limited to just color. Here is an example of such a souvenir.

To complete the work you will need:
1. a wooden egg;
2. hook 1.3 mm;
3. yarn of gold color (GAMMA, Iris M-09);
4. Acrylic paints (Ladoga, shade 2204507 "Turquoise", shade 2204704 "Chromium oxide");
5. beads (Zlatka GR152-11 (light, cream), GR21A-3-11 (light turquoise), GR21A-4-11 (rich turquoise).
6. Canvas for embroidery (GAMMA, 100% polyethylene, 10 cm - 55 cells).
Starting work, you need to prepare the basis: cover a wooden egg (or any other workpiece that is suitable in shape) with a layer of paint and let dry. If necessary, you can mix several shades, getting a unique or just more suitable shade for the color scheme of the interior. So, to obtain a rich turquoise hue, you can mix the shade 2204507 "Turquoise" and the shade 2204704 "Oxide of chromium." The proportional ratio is 2: 1. The drying time of acrylic paint is short enough, about 1-2 hours. If you want the acrylic paint to get shine, then you can use a special varnish applied to an already dried color layer. The lacquer coating in addition to shine extends the durability of the color layer, protecting it from damage.

It is worth noting that the wooden base used is slightly larger than an ordinary egg (it exceeds its size by about 2 times).

The next step will be the manufacture of half a knitted cover. The complete product will consist of 2 identical parts, which at the end of the work will need to be sewn together.
Description of the knitting pattern:
Recruit 30 v.p., combine them into a ring s.p. Each knitted row is also necessary to knit a sp, closing the circle.
1 circle: 2 vp, 39 tbsp. without n to the center of the circle.
2 circle: 4 vp, * 1 vp, 1 pico, 1 vp, ct / 2 n. 3 loop of the previous row, 2 vp, 1 pico, 2 vp, ct / 2 n. in each 3 loop of the previous row *, s.p.
3 circle: 4 vp, * 2 vp, 1 pico, 2 vp, ct / 2 n., 3 vp, 1 pico, 3 vp, st / 2 n . *, s.p.
4 circle: 5 vp, * 3 vp, 1 pico, 3 vp, ct / 3 n., 4 vp, 1 pico, 4 vp, ct / 3 n. *, s.p.
5 circle: 3 C.P., 5 V.P., Art. non-cash to the top of the picot of the previous row, * 10 vp, art. without n to the top of the picot of the previous row *, 5 vp, s.p.
The pattern in each row from * to * is repeated as many times as necessary.
Half of the product is ready.

Similarly, the second half of the cover. Two separate halves can be set aside.
Next, we carry out the frame for bead embroidery.

Description of the knitting pattern:
Recruit 35 vp, combine them into a ring vp
We knit the starting row so 2 vp lifting, 42 tbsp n. to the center of the circle.
Putting down the knitted details, you can begin to perform bead embroidery. To do this, from an entire piece of canvas, you need to cut an oval that matches the diameter of the embroidery frame + 0.5 cm, necessary so that it is possible to sew the frame onto the embroidery. The light shade of the beads will serve as the background basis for the picture (the designation is marked with "C"), dark turquoise will serve as the main color of the picture (marked with "TM"), light turquoise is needed to create the shadow (in the diagram - "St. Petersburg"). On the stencil you can put an embroidery pattern, it is best to do this with a special marker, then during the work you can not worry that it will be erased or smeared.

Description of the embroidery pattern:
1 row: C, C, C, C, C, C.
2 row: C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C.
3 row: С, С, С, С, С, С, С, С, С, С, С, С.
4 row: C, C, C, TM, SvB, C, C, C, TM, C, C, C, C, C.
5 row: C, C, C, C, TM, SvB, S, TM, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C.
6 row: C, C, C, C, C, C, TM, TM, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C.
7 row: C, C, C, C, C, TM, C, TM, SvB, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C.
8 row: C, C, C, C, TM, C, C, C, TM, SvB, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C.
9 row: repeat the pattern of the previous row
10 row: C, C, C, C, TM, TM, TM, TM, SvB, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C.
11 row: C, C, C, C, TM, C, C, TM, SvB, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C.
12 row: C, C, C, TM, TM, TM, TM, TM, SvB, C, C, C, C, C, C, C.
13 row: C, C, C, TM, C, C, C, TM, SvB, C, C, C, C, C.
14 row: C, C, C, TM, C, C, C, TM, SvB, S, C, C.
15 row: S, TM, TM, TM, TM, TM, SvB, S.
16 row: C, C, C, C, C, C.
17 row: C, C, C, C.
After completing the embroidery, you can sew a frame on it.

It is best to sew the bead jewelry after 2 halves of the knitted cover are connected to the egg. The halves of the cover are sewn with thread, which was used to work along the edge of the last row of loops.