Carrot Bed - Easter Egg décor

Materials:

- orange colour acrylic or cotton yarn (I used 100% acrylic 100g / 450 m) - about 7 g

- green colour acrylic or cotton yarn (I used 100% acrylic 100g / 450 m) - about 3 g

- green colour fluffy eyelash type yarn (I used Travka 100g/ 150 m) – about 25 g

- crochet hooks of various sizes (I used 1.25 for acrylic and 1.5 for Travka)

- a sewing needle

 - black colour embroidery yarn/thread

Face: a piece of white colour cardboard, black and red gel ink pens, transparent varnish, a pair of scissors,  glue

A cardboard egg box

Abbreviations:
ch – chain
sl st – slip stitch
sc – single crochet 
inc – increase (2 sc in 1 st)
 (...) x N times – repeat instructions in brackets N times

Carrot Cosy 
Crochet with orange colour yarn.
Rnd 1. 6 in a Magic Ring
Rnd 2. 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3. (1 sc, inc)х 6 times (18)
Rnd 4. (1 sc, inc, 1 sc)х 6 times (24)
Rnd 5. (3 sc, inc)х 6 times (30)
Rnd 6. (2 sc, inc, 2 sc)х 6 times (36)
Rnd 7. (5 sc, inc)х 6 times (42)

Rnd 8. 42 sc
Rnd 9. (3 sc, inc, 3 sc)х 6 times (48)
Rnd 10-11. 48 sc
Rnd 12. (7 sc, inc)х 6 times (54)
Rnd 13-16. 54 sc
Rnd 17. 52 sc, 2 sl st (54)
Cut off yarn, fasten off.
The height of the cosy takes half the height of an egg 

  
Carrot tops
Crochet with green colour yarn.
Ch 19 
Row 1. Starting from 2nd ch from hook: 18 sc, turn (18)
Row 2. (ch 12, starting from 2nd ch from hook: 5 sl st, ch 7, starting from 2nd ch from hook: 6 sl st, ch 6, starting from 2nd ch from hook: 5 sl st, continue along the loops at the beginning of a chain: 6 sl st, continue along the loops of Rnd 1: 2 sl st)х 9 times
Cut off yarn, fasten off. Leave the tip for sewing.

 
Roll the part, sew through Rnd 1 a few times, make sure you pierce through all layers of the part. Sew the carrot top to the cosy. 
  

Embroider some horizontal stripes with a black colour yarn/thread. 

Your Easter egg cosies are completed! 
Face (optional) 
Should you decide to make a face, draw the eyes and smile on a piece of white cardboard. Make a draft with a pencil and then draw it around with gel ink pens. Leave to dry and cover it with some transparent varnish. Leave to dry. Cut the parts out. Glue them onto the cosy. Embroider the eyebrows. You may also choose to embroider a winking eye. 
 

 
Grass
Take a cardboard egg box, cut out as many egg cells as required. It’s 4 in my case. Cut off any protruding parts. You will need to make a square piece of ‘grass’ as follows:
Measure the width and the length of the box, I received 10cm х 10cm. Measure the height. I had 3cm. Now multiply the height you received by 2. 
3cm × 2 = 6 cm in my case.

Add this result to each side of the square. It’s 16cm × 16cm in my case.   
Work in rows, crochet loosely, so that you could cover the egg box with the ‘grass’ without any effort. 
Make as many chains as required. I had 41 ch. 
Row 1. Starting from 2nd ch from hook: 40 sc, ch, turn
Row 2-40. 40 sc, ch, turn.
Cut off yarn, fasten off.

Work a wide needle forward stitch around the edge of the square. See the photo for guidance. Tighten it slightly and put the square onto the egg box same as you do when you put a hat onto the head. Make a knot and hide the ends of thread inside. 

Place the eggs into the cells, dress them as carrots. 

Your Easter décor is completed!