I love Easter- it’s the holiday with the best chocolate, and I love all the adorable baby animals and bright colours and flowers that suddenly pop up in every store you enter. After a long Canadian winter, even though we don’t yet have any buds on the trees where I live, those Easter things become such a welcome sign of spring.
 Since I’ve been loving the toy knits lately,  I went looking for some ideas on Ravelry and was blown away by all the super cute patterns that came up. I’ve put together a little round up of my favourite Easter knitting ideas for bunnies, chicks, lambs, egg ornaments, and spring flowers. Most of the patterns are free, too!
  Bunny Patterns
I had no idea there were so many adorable bunny knitting patterns available, the numbers staggering, and all in a variety of styles- and when you consider knitting the bunnies in pastels or bright spring colours, they get even more fun! Â Here are the 4 that I liked best:
 Top Left:  Henry’s Bunny Top Right: Mini Bunny
Bottom Left: Easter Bunny  Bottom Right: Bunny Knit PatternÂ
 Easter Chicks
Perfect for tiny hands or a very quick way to use up smalls craps of yarn, these little chicks would be an awesome find on an Easter egg hunt:
Top Left: Spring Chick  Top Right: Chick-in-an-Egg
Bottom Left: Chubby Chirps Bottom Right: Chick and Egg
Lamb Patterns
Ah, spring lambs. Is there any animal more knitterly than the wonderfully wooly sheep and lambs?
Top Left: Moss the Sheep Top Right: Lamb Knit Pattern
Bottom Left: Knit Little Lamb Bottom Right: Fuzzy Mitten Lamb
 Egg Ornament Patterns
I have not personally embraced the indoor Easter ornaments on branches yet, but seeing how lovely they look on branches of forsythia (bottom right), I’m beginning to think that maybe I should. If nothing else, my cats will enjoy the challenge of trying to bat them off the branches!
Far Left: Easter Egg OrnamentsÂ
Top Right: Easter Chickens in Alpaca Bottom Right: Easter Eggs by Drops
Spring Flower Patterns
I’ve been secretly obsessed with the idea of knitting flowers for a while now, but just haven’t taken the plunge. But when I do, that pretty daffodil (below, top right) is first on my list.
Top Left: Spring Tulip Pattern Top Right: DaffodilÂ
Bottom Left: Woodland Wreath Bluebells  Bottom Right: Daisy
 What about you- are you planning on doing any Easter/spring themed knitting?
Oh… I love all those cute toys that you have found for us!
I have knitted some really cute bunnies a couple of years ago (actually I just noticed that most toys I have knitted in the past were bunnies…!?!)
I wonder what Mr. Freud would say about that?
Well, whatever… now you made me crave knitting a new one…
🙂
So funny…today I made a similar post.! We are both channeling Easter knitting! I hope you are having fun with your little Lila!
I love that daffodil! Excited for you to knit it. My birthday is in April so growing up I always associated Easter with my birthday and all those bright pastel shades… all lovely and wonderful!
oh! I’d forgotten until now, but a little stuffed bunny is what taught me to knit in the round a few years ago. These are all so cute, especially those alpaca chicks!
I made crochet bunnies the other year, they were cute. You’ve picked some lovely patterns here, I love the bunny with the scarf on, and those tulips with smiley faces are so fun.
My favourite has to be the Mini Bunny pattern – it looks so wonderful and straightforward enough that it will work up quickly and be a delightful addition to any room in Spring. I wasn’t planning on any Easter themed knits (too busy eating the chocolate yumyum) but I might give a bunny a go! jenny xx
No, I’m not into theme knitting too much. Your selection is lovely. The bunny on the bottom left totally looks out of the Peter Rabbit book. So cute!
Toys and flowers are some of my favorite things to knit. Although the finished product isn’t always as useful as, say, mittens or a sweater, you can’t beat the fun of watching the personality come off your needles. I’ve already knit some colorful bunnies this month, and I love the beautiful daffodil and daisy you’ve put up too.
So many adorable patterns!
Those pretty flowers reminded me of my cousin, who knit and crocheted her entire wedding bouquet! (She’s also one of my awesome test-knitters). Flowers look like a great project for learning and trying out some fun techniques.
You should have labeled this post … “and now allow me to enable you!” I love all these patterns … which to cast on first?
Those alpaca chicken ornaments are a hoot. Great post – lots of patterns I didn’t know about.
What a great collection! Thanks for spending the time on that black hole we joyfully jump into known as Ravelry.
I’m sure you came across Easter Bunny in a Carrot Cozy by Tatyana Korobkova. Perfect for kindergarten age to adult 🙂
Could be modified with a zipper down the side and bunny firmly sewn inside for the younger tots.
Wow that is a really good collection of patterns you’ve put together for us. I want to make about 7 of those, but no time or yarn that would be good for it sadly. I think just about everything would make for lovely hostess gifts or gifts for children.
You’ve got to add this to next years list but go look now-the pics are just adorable!
practical and eady-A pullover hood with floppy bunny ears & its free until Easter Monday!
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/funny-bunny-hat-3
All of those are adorable!! I have been thinking about knitting some colourwork eggs… hmm… lots of ideas!
They all look like fun knits. Unfortunately I won’t be doing any Easter knitting.. Not this year at least. Free time is a luxury around here these days…
sooo cute!! i’m saving all the bunnies & lambs for future baby gifts 🙂
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