So pretty! :)
Posted by Christine at April 4, 2010 9:58 AMAha! Love the shapes!
Posted by Katie at April 4, 2010 10:05 AMHappy Easter!
Happy Easter to all. Have a wonderful day!
Posted by Robin at April 4, 2010 10:13 AMLove the patterning! I know you've done a picture tutorial in the past on your egg decorating technique, I'd love to see how you do this as well.
Posted by Rachel at April 4, 2010 10:13 AMBeautiful!
Posted by Jude F at April 4, 2010 10:14 AMThe prettiest Easter eggs I have ever seen. Thanks for this bright bit of spring sunshine.
Posted by Elizabeth at April 4, 2010 10:14 AMEggscellent. :-)
Posted by Debbie at April 4, 2010 10:19 AMHappy Easter to you. The eggs are beautiful.
Posted by Sarah at April 4, 2010 10:24 AMThe eggs are so pretty.
Posted by Suzy at April 4, 2010 10:29 AMbeautiful eggs :-)
Posted by jackie c at April 4, 2010 10:30 AMSo pretty, especially that plaid! And the chocolate is ...? Here's to spring.
Posted by Sue at April 4, 2010 10:35 AMBeautiful! I want to know how you do this....
Posted by Joyce at April 4, 2010 10:41 AMGorgeous eggs- I first viewed them on the twitter link. I think that a malware thingy came on board then, so possibly from there. Maybe you could take down the tweet link, just in case?
Happy Easter! And your eggs are GORGEOUS!
Posted by Glenda at April 4, 2010 10:47 AMHappy Easter to you!
Posted by Dorothy at April 4, 2010 10:49 AMAbsolutely gorgeous. New to this blog and am enjoying every day I read! Thank you and Happy Easter.
Posted by Appaloosa at April 4, 2010 10:51 AMGorgeous eggs! Happy Easter back at ya ;)
Posted by Barbara S. at April 4, 2010 10:55 AMHappy Easter! Those eggs are beautiful! The girls rock when it comes to egg coloration. I think Tina has rubbed off on them. Camp is fast approaching. Can't wait!
Posted by linda in oregon at April 4, 2010 11:00 AMBeautiful! Happy Easter!
Posted by Meredith at April 4, 2010 11:03 AMOMB. Now I want to make socks that look like your beautiful eggs.
Posted by Leslie at April 4, 2010 11:03 AMVery pretty, Happy Easter to you too!
Posted by Stephanie at April 4, 2010 11:07 AMVery pretty. Now you need the yarn to match.
Posted by DebbieT at April 4, 2010 11:13 AMWow!! Great looking eggs!
Posted by Jakki Mitch at April 4, 2010 11:14 AMI love Easter and all the Sprng colors..brings back memories of children..
Posted by Pat Dixon at April 4, 2010 11:20 AMMm-mmm egg salad with curry and relish. I love Easter!
Posted by Meg at April 4, 2010 11:46 AMBeautiful Easter egg colorways, Steph! Happy Easter and thank you for being a bright spot in our world.
Posted by Melinda at April 4, 2010 11:50 AMHow lovely! We used to make them like this when my kids were younger. Fond memories.
Posted by skeindalous at April 4, 2010 11:50 AMThose eggs are beautiful! Joyful Spring to you and yours.
Posted by Clare at April 4, 2010 11:57 AMBeautiful! Your creativity surpasses your knitting talent...you never cease to be amazing!!
Posted by Ruth in NJ at April 4, 2010 12:00 PMHappy Easter right back at you. Looks like the Easter Bunny had lots of fun with the eggs at your house. Enjoy the day.
Posted by Alice in the Heartland at April 4, 2010 12:02 PMWhat absolutley gorgeous Easter eggs!!!
Posted by DJNL at April 4, 2010 12:06 PMLovely. Thanks, and happy day to you, as well.
Posted by Marina Stern at April 4, 2010 12:20 PMHappy Easter Stephanie - love the pictures! Makes me wanna go dye some yarn!
Posted by Linda-Kaye at April 4, 2010 12:21 PMAfter reading the weekend's "Never Not Knitting" calendar I fully expected that you would have a butt load of hand knitted Easter eggs. :-) The ones in the pictures are very nice and a much easier alternative. They are my kind of Easter eggs with a lot less effort (compared to hand knit ones).
Happy Easter Stephanie and family
Ohh, how pretty. Happy Easter to all. Springtime too.
Posted by galfaye at April 4, 2010 12:27 PMBeautiful eggs -- have you been hanging around Martha Stewart's site again? Oh, wait, I bet she has been hanging around YOURS. Happy egg day!
Posted by kmkat at April 4, 2010 12:34 PMBeautiful! Happy Easter!!
Posted by Cate at April 4, 2010 12:35 PMBeautiful eggs! They are the essence of Spring -- fresh, bright and a delight for our senses. Thank you!
Posted by Rhonda from Baddeck at April 4, 2010 12:43 PMMarvelous eggs!
Posted by P J Evans at April 4, 2010 12:54 PMSo pretty! I never thought to use easter egg dyes like that!
Happy Easter. :)
Posted by noricum at April 4, 2010 1:01 PMI came over here straight from Ravelry, saw the beautiful eggs, and found myself searching for the love(1) button!!!! Oops! Laughing at myself now! Happy Easter!
Posted by Debbie S at April 4, 2010 1:15 PMLooks like Tina's been dying your eggs!
(whoops - somebody already said that.)
Looks like your girls are following in Tina's footsteps!
(whoops. again.)
Ummmm...... you have a very talented family.
(again. whoops.)
Giving up now. Just gonna revel in the picture.
Did Tina help you dye those? They're beautiful. Also nice to see some green grass in the background. Has Spring finally come to Toronto?
Posted by Diane at April 4, 2010 1:20 PMThose eggs are so beautiful! I already commented on Twitter, but I'm afraid they're so pretty I have to say it again. So beautiful. Good job Girls!
Posted by Kylie at April 4, 2010 1:23 PMSo pretty! Wish they were balls of yarn, wouldn't they make fab-u-lous socks?
Posted by Liz at April 4, 2010 1:28 PMawww i miss my family.
Posted by Steven A. at April 4, 2010 1:30 PMThey remind of the March STR sock club yarn. I cast on last night!
Posted by Barbara A,M. at April 4, 2010 1:36 PMEggshellent job, Stephanie! Please share with us your dyeing wizardry. Happy, happy to you and your dear ones.
Posted by Sue at April 4, 2010 1:42 PMVery art deco, for some reason. Nice!
Posted by Mildawg at April 4, 2010 1:44 PMOh, my. Lovely lovely eggs. is the pic really in your yard in Toronto? I'm afraid there are no green shoots showing here in the wilds of northern Alberta. Sigh.
Posted by Penny Art at April 4, 2010 1:57 PMLovely, lovely dyeing technique!
Happy Eostre to you and yours. Spring is on the way up to you, I promise! Crowds of birds, green buds and flowers arrived all at once last week here in Louisiana.
Posted by Dez at April 4, 2010 2:12 PMSome fine day, when I no longer have a toddler, I hope to have beautiful Easter eggs like yours.
Posted by Laura H at April 4, 2010 2:17 PMOh. So. Pretty!
Gorgeous eggs - I hope you will tell us how they were made. :)
Happy Easter to you, too.
Posted by Amy at April 4, 2010 2:28 PMAnd a Happy Easter to you too!
See you in a couple of weeks.
ana
Posted by ana Petrova at April 4, 2010 2:37 PMMan, those beat my egg dyeing experiments! Lovely!
Posted by kelly at April 4, 2010 2:37 PMBeautiful! Thank you! And Happy Easter to you, too (while I wish for yarn in a mixture in all those colors to go play with).
Posted by AlisonH at April 4, 2010 2:39 PMLovely! Thank you! Happy Easter and Happy Spring!
Posted by Jennifer Brooks at April 4, 2010 2:46 PMHow beautiful! However, I am now having feelings of inadequacy. :-)
Posted by romanknitter at April 4, 2010 2:59 PMBeautiful!
Posted by Stephanie at April 4, 2010 3:13 PMThanks for sharing these photos. The eggs look beautiful, and it really brought a smile to my face.
Posted by Kelly at April 4, 2010 3:19 PMGorgeous! They make me think of the eggs I used to colour at my grandmother's kitchen table so long ago. I've lived in the UK for more than 8 years now and all the eggs (one can buy at the store) are brown here...so I haven't coloured eggs in ages. Thanks for waking up such nice memories!
Posted by susan in dulwich at April 4, 2010 3:29 PMThese eggs need Easter bonnets and high heels, what stylish eggs! What about socks? Great idea for sock color ways, but I think someone else mentioned that notion. Happy Spring to all!
Eve from Carlisle.
Posted by Eve Linn at April 4, 2010 3:34 PMBeautiful! Beautiful! Thank you. Hope you have a wonderful Easter!
Posted by Melinda at April 4, 2010 3:39 PMHi! What lovely colors! No one around my house cares to dye eggs or to eat them, so we don't do it any more. I miss it just the same.
Happy Spring!
Posted by Karen Viglione Lauterwasser at April 4, 2010 3:48 PMHappy Easter to you and great job on the coloured Easter eggs by your girls. Don't you just love this fantastic Spring/summer-like weather - what an Easter gift!
Posted by Debbie in sunny southern Ontario on the shores of Lake Erie at April 4, 2010 3:54 PMWow you have flowers?
Posted by Christian Stoll at April 4, 2010 4:00 PMThose are gorgeous eggs!
Posted by Betsie at April 4, 2010 4:43 PMThose pix made me smile. thank you!
Posted by Karen at April 4, 2010 4:54 PMA Happy Easter to you -- and is dying eggs good practice for someday dying yarn? If so, those eggs bode well for great yarn colors.
Posted by Shel at April 4, 2010 5:30 PMWe need a tutorial by your girls on how they dyed those extravagantly beautiful eggs!
Posted by geniaknitz at April 4, 2010 5:33 PMThose are the prettiest eggs I've ever seen! (I second everyone who'd love a tutorial). Happy Easter!
xxx
Posted by Philippa at April 4, 2010 5:36 PMOoh, I love the swirls and patterns on those Easter eggs!
Posted by crazycrafter at April 4, 2010 5:50 PMI love the patterns on those eggs!
Posted by crazycrafter at April 4, 2010 5:51 PMwonderful !!!!!!!!! thanks for sharing
Posted by debbi at April 4, 2010 6:20 PMThanks for the eggs - I'm too lazy this year. Happy Easter!
Posted by Jeanne at April 4, 2010 6:40 PMLove your eggs makes me think about knitting up something in similar colors, They are beautiful
Posted by Traci at April 4, 2010 6:48 PMThey are gorgeous! Please share how to do them. Happy Easter to you and yours.
Posted by Leah at April 4, 2010 6:50 PMOur eggs always turn out like some funky, putrid colored, squished sort of sad artwork. I guess yours weren't done by a four year old boy! ;-)
Posted by Erica at April 4, 2010 7:32 PMWhat lovely eggs! Makes me wish we had dyed some this year! (Except, I'm sure mine wouldn't be nearly that pretty!)
Posted by Mandy at April 4, 2010 7:49 PMThose eggs are BEE-YOU-TEA-FULL! I had a roommate who loved to do holiday crafts. I was convinced he just wanted to show the rest of us up 'cause he was soooo good at them.... Happy Holiday!
Posted by stephanie at April 4, 2010 7:52 PMHappy Easter! He is Risen!!!!
Posted by Wanda at April 4, 2010 7:52 PMGorgeous. Happy Easter!
Posted by Meredith from Penelope Loves Lists at April 4, 2010 7:56 PMGreat eggs!!! What color were your fingers when you were done?
Happy Easter, Happy Spring
I love the eggs--they make me smile and think of when my 3 girls dyed eggs. Happy Easter to you and your family.
Posted by Groovy Granny at April 4, 2010 8:07 PMEaster, the promise of new life! And what better way to say it than with an egg! Happy Easter, Stephanie!
Posted by KateinIowa at April 4, 2010 8:15 PMHowever did you do those eggs? They are gorgeous!
Posted by Kate/Massachusetts at April 4, 2010 8:24 PMSimply beautiful!
Posted by Barb Moff at April 4, 2010 8:28 PMAmazing Easter pictures! Hope you're having a great one!
Posted by Maryse at April 4, 2010 9:08 PMGorgeous eggs, Steph!!! And Happy Easter to you and yours!
Posted by Kat the Knitter/Crocheter at April 4, 2010 9:10 PMand the crocus and the violets...spring is here. a rebirth for all.
Posted by Ruth F in Pgh at April 4, 2010 9:10 PMOh, very nice! Much more attractive than my "plague eggs". Happy Easter!
Posted by silfert at April 4, 2010 9:43 PMVery pretty!!! Would make an excellent sock colorway!!!
Posted by tnackehill at April 4, 2010 9:44 PMVery pretty! Way too pretty to eat or turn into egg salad!
Posted by CyndiG at April 4, 2010 10:05 PMAs a Jewish girl from the city, I never thought I'd marvel at the beauty of Easter eggs, but you've done it! (I love your post and follow it regularly.) Someday I'll post a shadow knitting sweater, Kimono from Vivian Hoxbro, that I'm attempting to complete. I'll try to get some, leftover Olympic fever for it.
Posted by Louise Snitz at April 4, 2010 10:07 PMAwwww they are just beautiful. Hope you and yours had a LOVELY day.
Posted by JoanH at April 4, 2010 10:38 PMTHANK YOU!
Your eggs rival the little crocus.
And that is hard to beat after the winter we had.
Again, many thanks.
I have 4 daughters and 6 grandbabies,we would love to know how to dye eggs like you. please show us? They are beautiful!
Posted by mimakelly at April 4, 2010 11:50 PMHappy Easter! I just saw your tweet about needing a nice dpn storage method. I have been using the DPN cases from http://www.etsy.com/shop/CrippenWorks for over a year, and love them. This case sorts my DPNs and is very portable. The circular needle case is also nice, but I adore the DPN case.
Posted by Megan at April 4, 2010 11:59 PMHoly cow, those eggs are AMAZING! It's enough to make me wish I had an excuse* to dye eggs and go find them...
*Note to self: must not have children just for the sake of dying eggs, no matter how much you may want to.
Posted by G. Knerd at April 5, 2010 1:02 AMHow pretty!! And that is just the colours.
Posted by rosie at April 5, 2010 3:48 AMyay! Spingtime! And I'm loving waking up to the sounds of birdies tweeting in the trees! Those eggs are sooo pretty.. making me wanna knit some pastel socks...
Posted by Dina at April 5, 2010 5:30 AMHappy Easter! (One day late, but who's counting?)
Those are quite possibly the prettiest eggs I've ever seen. I love the colors and patterns! I'm with everyone else, could you please do a "how to" post about your technique? Or at least post the link if you've done one in the past?
Pretty pretty pretty!
I love the pictures. I'm glad to see that Spring has arrived for you. I hope you have a wonderful Spring filled with knitting and no house repairs.
Posted by Meg at April 5, 2010 8:13 AMit looks like you placed an Easter egg in a patch of hepatica which made me homesick for our large patch in Honey Harbour, On on the shores of Georgian Bay. Thanks so much.
Posted by Mary Lou Justason at April 5, 2010 8:37 AMBeautiful Easter eggs!!
Posted by Marie at April 5, 2010 9:21 AMSo pretty and so Springy! Happy Easter.
Posted by Gina at April 5, 2010 10:14 AMBeautiful eggs, crosus' and photos. Happy Easter, one day late. I do so love these photos!
~firefly
Posted by firefly8868 at April 5, 2010 10:26 AM30 years ago, my three sons(sounds like an old tv program) and their friends used to dye eggs at my kitchen table. Their eggs NEVER turned out as beautifully as yours. However, I must admit, that while dyeing the eggs, they also managed to dye themselves, the table, the floor, and anything else within striking distance. We were colourful for a LONG time. At their age (and at mine), it didn't seem to bother us-we just enjoyed the experience. Have fun at sock camp!! Cheers and red wine, Hazel.
Posted by Hazel Smith at April 5, 2010 11:18 AMPretty, pretty eggs - Happy Easter!
Posted by Liz at April 5, 2010 11:48 AMIt's very nice to know that someone in the world had the energy to really do eggs! They're gorgeous. It's swell just to see them.
Posted by Shelda at April 5, 2010 11:52 AMA day late, but Happy Beaster Bunny Day!
Posted by Kathy at April 5, 2010 12:19 PMThank you for sharing those lovely pictures. Now I want to find yarn that is dyed just as pretty. :-)
Posted by Mandy at April 5, 2010 12:34 PMgreat art, keep bringing beauty onto the world
Posted by Maureen at April 5, 2010 12:45 PMjust goes to prove you are an overachiever! Very pretty....
Posted by Helle "Gracie" Berry at April 5, 2010 12:53 PMThose just make me want to dye more eggs and have a grand time being creative with color. Now I wish I'd saved the leftover dye from our egg adventures yesterday instead of using it to make tie-dye t-shirts with my kids. Must go find a clearance rack and buy some more dye.
PS Happy Easter, hope yours was as fun as mine was. :)
hmmm.... i've been admiring/examining the eggs in your photos and i'm just wondering what technic you used. i know i've seen similar before but cannot recall how it is done. could you link to a tutorial? :)
Posted by christine m. east of toronto at April 5, 2010 1:32 PMI'm guessing that you didn't have a 4 year old helping with your eggs....
Posted by Sara in WI at April 5, 2010 1:53 PMWow, those are pretty eggs!
Posted by Samina at April 5, 2010 3:17 PMThank you for the pics, they are lovely.
Posted by kathy at April 5, 2010 4:19 PMWOW! Nice work!
Posted by NMJewel at April 5, 2010 4:34 PMI also follow you on Twitter and would like/love the name of the good beer that's low alcohol. I just discovered a great beer here in Kelowna from our local Tree Brewing Company. Raspberry porter, 5% alcohol and delicious.
Thanks
Ann
Those are beautiful!
Posted by Doris at April 5, 2010 4:48 PMthe lost blog post is the one where you announce you have completed your entire 12 month collection of sock of the month socks by April??????
Posted by pam at April 5, 2010 5:39 PMShow-off! :-D
Posted by New England Girl at April 5, 2010 6:37 PMBeautiful eggs! Love the colors and the unique patterns. I was going to dye eggs with my daughter for the first time this year and then changed my mind. Having her around dye when she loves to play with anything liquid is probably not a great idea... I'll just enjoy yours instead. :)
Posted by Danielle at April 5, 2010 6:50 PMIs there nothing you can't do?
Posted by Sarah at April 5, 2010 7:20 PMThese may just be the prettiest Easter eggs I have ever seen. Marvelous!
Posted by Brenda at April 5, 2010 7:24 PMThis is also a response to a tweet. (No, I don't tweet, I only follow you, my dear! No, that isn't stalking...I hope....)
You say you are unhappy with your DPN storage. I like my Ashland Sky sacks. I use them for my DPNs and my circulars. (My hooks and needles, which get much less use, are in different length zippered pouches that I found at a stationary store.)
They come in a variety of configurations, and a nice assortment of color trims. (I chose Ocean.) Here they are on a website for a very nice store (Angelika's) from which I have ordered in the past, and whom I would like to support. (She was extremely helpful, responded quickly and answered my unusual questions very patiently, which says a lot.) http://www.yarn-store.com/tote-bags-tool-holders.html (I am sorry, I don't know how to create a hyperlink. Is there a blog comment lesson sheet?) Scroll down about halfway for the Knitting Needle Storage Sacks, which, for some reason, are what they call the DPN sacks. Most of them do, but these don't have a tie, so I just roll and rubber band mine. Doesn't take up much room, and works nicely for me.
And, yes, proud mama, those are gorgeous eggs!
They're beautiful! Makes me miss coloring eggs when my boys were small!
Thanks again..
Hope you had a Happy Easter! Those pictures have brightened my day no end! And I needed it. Today it finally rained in my town. 30+ mm in a couple of hours. Result. Flooding. It took me 2 hours to travel by public transport the 9 or so miles from my home to my workplace. And my feet were in wet socks and sneakers the whole time. And while I am truly grateful for the rain, I would prefer if we didn't get the whole month's worth in one hit! Oh well, this is the land of "droughts and flooding rains". Happy Easter to all from those in autumnal Oz.
Posted by AlisoninOz at April 5, 2010 9:33 PMI don't know how to Twitter. But here is my DPN storage method. Travel tooth brush cases. With tape of some sort over the "drain" holes. And magic marker numbers on both pieces of the t.b. cases. They'll hold several sets in one case. The cases are really inexpensive and ya can find 'em nearly every where! Mine are all in a basket. How about buying another gravy boat???
Paula in Iowa
Looks like 5000 words' worth of pictures - lovely photos and I love the crocus and the greenery. Can Winter really be over? 8-)
Irene in MI
Posted by Irene in MI at April 5, 2010 9:53 PMLovely! (How do you do that???!!!)
Happy Easter! :)
Posted by Boo at April 5, 2010 10:27 PMThose are great looking eggs!
Posted by Stephanie at April 5, 2010 10:39 PMYou tease! Can you link to somewhere that shows us how to do that?
Posted by suburbancorrespondent at April 5, 2010 11:51 PMWow! terrific photo layout! Did you just learn how to do that?
Posted by Elaine at April 6, 2010 2:26 AMSo beautiful! I love that technique. You can get carried away with the color combinations and then you've run out of eggs. Miss that, getting brown eggs, now. So I'm enjoying this vicariously. Thank you.
Posted by Juliet in Grand Rapids at April 6, 2010 2:53 AMOMG, they are beautiful! Happy belated Easter to you too. Spring is sprung for you, long days are returning.
Posted by lynne s of oz at April 6, 2010 5:28 AMThis would make nice patterns for intarsia.
Pretty!
Posted by Cath at April 6, 2010 8:21 AMWow you do get creative with the eggs in your house!
Posted by Sarah (potterknitter) at April 6, 2010 9:22 AMI'm reading your calendar entry for today, on putting in zippers (have a drycleaner do it).
The easy way I have to do it is to make two crochet chains. Hand sew that chain to the zipper tape, along the line there, with machine sewing thread, with a backstitch, (Use the back of the chain to sew through, so that you can get a yarn needle through the loops on the front for the second step). Then sew that chain to your knitting, through the front loops, with yarn and a yarn needle.
This is invisible from the right side, no puckering, because there is no machine work.
This can be done in the middle of the night, easily and quickly, with one try, when it needs to be given away the next day, when the dry cleaners are closed. It looks better, I think, too, than the machined in ones.
Posted by Colleen at April 6, 2010 10:52 AMThese are the prettiest eggs I've ever seen! Simply elegant and delightful. I don't miss the lost blog post one bit--these photos completely make up for it. Happy spring--
Posted by gretcheng at April 6, 2010 11:30 AMEven your eggs are ART! Most of us are lucky if we even get them done, get them dry, get them found before they spoil. Yours are like spring time colors, all dried softly on fabric. Purrr-fect.
Posted by Lynne at April 6, 2010 12:05 PMSuitable for framing!
Posted by Linda at April 6, 2010 1:51 PMAh!! Someone else who does Rainbow Eggs!
Posted by melissa at April 6, 2010 9:08 PMCool eggs!
Posted by fibercrone at April 6, 2010 9:28 PMObviously the Canadian Easter Bunny is more artistically inclined than the Californian Easter Bunny because our Bunny uses the sort of eggs which come apart so treats can be stuffed inside! These are delivered only to parents and grandparents of young children who really do not need sugary treats. Larger ones which will hold coinage are delivered to parents and grandparents of older, but still young children-- who have figured out that money is worth more than treats.
I personally like the Canadian Easter Bunny better...much better eggs!!
Crocuses...
Posted by Gail at April 7, 2010 12:17 AMLovely!
Posted by Katy at April 7, 2010 7:59 PMThose are possibly the most beautiful eggs I have seen! How did you do that dear Harlot?
Posted by alison at April 8, 2010 1:23 AMHow beautiful are thee eggs. My congratulations to the dyer. Spring already!
Julie
(dragondotr.livejournal.com)
love the eggs. here's the downfall to having teenage boys only at home. nobody wanted to dye eggs. not even ahint of "mom, when are you buying eggs" or "that would look cool on an egg."
it was a sad year.
Posted by minnie at April 10, 2010 10:46 PM