Growing up one of five children, I learned plenty about creativity and resourcefulness from my mother; she was a stay-at-home mom who was always cooking up something in an effort to save our family a buck, stretch a dollar and make something out of nothing so that we always had everything we needed. For Easter one year, she took a crochet pattern that appeared in Woman’s Day magazine on March 27, 1978 and not only made all of the children in our family unique Easter basket gifts, she crocheted and sold hundreds of these Easter chicks and eggs, custom made to-order!
My mom’s cleverness served our family well then and the lessons I learned from her craftiness and cleverness remain with me today. When I shared this photo of the crocheted chicks inside eggs on my Facebook page, there was an immediate demand for the pattern, but I figured folks were out of luck- who saves these things for over 30 years? Imagine my shock when my mother called to say she had actually saved the original crochet pattern! Please feel free to download the pattern and make some memories for the little ones in your life, courtesy of Grandma Chicken Chick. ♥
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Growing up one of five children, I learned plenty about creativity and resourcefulness from my mother; she was a stay-at-home mom who was always cooking up something in an effort to save our family a buck, stretch a dollar and make something out of nothing so that we always had everything we needed. For Easter one year, she took a crochet pattern that appeared in Woman’s Day magazine on March 27, 1978 and not only made all of the children in our family unique Easter basket gifts, she crocheted and sold hundreds of these Easter chicks and eggs, custom made to-order!
My mom’s cleverness served our family well then and the lessons I learned from her craftiness and cleverness remain with me today. When I shared this photo of the crocheted chicks inside eggs on my Facebook page, there was an immediate demand for the pattern, but I figured folks were out of luck- who saves these things for over 30 years? Imagine my shock when my mother called to say she had actually saved the original crochet pattern! Please feel free to download the pattern and make some memories for the little ones in your life, courtesy of Grandma Chicken Chick. ♥
So, spring has finally come to NWPA, so I have been wearing a hoodie to the coop the last few days. The ladies are finally in full swing laying, so I loaded my front pocket up with 10 eggs. Alas, since it is spring, it also means mucky muddy mess on the way to the coop, and since I didn’t want to wear my boots today and wore slippers, I had next to nothing for traction when I hit a particularly slick mud spot. I’m sure you can imagine the rest. Pretty sure I even heard Levi the hen launging… Read more »
Egg basket! Yes, I could use one!
I love this and I could use one
I can just see our local children collecting eggs with this basket, I know we would love using it too
Awesome basket. I love the crochet chicks and eggs. They are adorable. I don’t have time these days but use to make stuffed animals. You have so much good info. Everyone shares it. We love what you do!