Egg shaped goody bags

I don't know about you, but I am a SUCKER for Easter candy.  It is my absolute favorite candy.  So, every year I just sprinkle jelly beans and m&m's into my kids' Easter baskets.  Of course, every year we end up with a huge jelly bean mess.  Either the kids drop them around the house, or they somehow spill out.

This year, I decided to make them something to place the jelly beans in.  I made a little egg shaped goody bag.  It is absolutely PERFECT!  I may have to make one for myself, too.  I am a sucker for Easter colored M&M's.  ;)

Easter goody bag

The bags work up fast enough, that you could easily make enough for a whole classroom of kiddos.  You could fill them with stickers, erasers, candy, pencils (though they would stick out the top), stamps, gift cards...the possibilities are endless. 

In the picture I am showing one laid flat and the other is lightly stuffed, just to try to show the shape a bit better.

Egg shaped goody  bags

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What you will need:


I hook
Worsted weight yarn
Scissors
Yarn needle

Abbreviations:
Ch-chain
Hdc-half double crochet
st/st's-stitch/stitches
hdcdec-half double crochet decrease

+Stitch note: Half double crochet decrease can be worked as follows: Yarn over, insert hook into next st, draw up a loop, insert hook into next stitch, draw up a loop, yarn over and draw through all loops on hook.

++Pattern Note: For Rounds 9-13 (decrease rounds) The pattern repeat may not make it all the way to the end of the round.  Just continue the pattern until you run out of stitches for the round.  I tried to put down how many stitches would be in the last 1 or 2 stitches for each round. 

Magic ring
Round 1: Ch 1, 10 hdc into ring.
Round 2: Ch 1, 2 hdc in each st around.  Join with first hdc.  20 hdc
Round 3: Ch 1, *2 hdc in first st, 1 hdc in next st*  Repeat around.  Join with first hdc.  30 hdc
Round 4: Ch 1, 1 hdc in each st around.  Join with first hdc.  30 hdc
Round 5:  Ch 1, *2 hdc in first st, 1 hdc in next 7 st’s*  Repeat around ending with 1 hdc in last st.  Join with first hdc.  35 hdc 
Round 6:  Ch 1, 1 hdc in each st around.  Join with first hdc.  35 hdc
Round 7:  Ch 1, *2 hdc in first st, 1 hdc in next 8 st’s*  Repeat around.  Join with first hdc.  39 hdc 
Round 8:  Ch 1, 1 hdc in each st around.  Join with first hdc.  39 hdc
Round 9:  Ch 1, *1 hdc-dec over first 2 st’s, 1 hdc in next 8 st’s*  Repeat around.  Join with first hdc.  35 hdc
Round 10:  Ch 1, *1 hdc-dec over first 2 st’s, 1 hdc in next 7 st’s*  Repeat around ending with 1 hdc-dec over last 2 st‘s.  Join with first hdc.  30 hdc
Round 11: Ch 1, *1 hdc-dec over first 2 st’s, 1 hdc in next 5 st’s*  Repeat around ending with 1 hdc in last st.  Join with first hdc.  26 hdc
Round 12:  Ch 1, *1 hdc-dec over first 2 st’s, 1 hdc in next 4 st’s*  Repeat around ending with 1 hdc in last 2 st’s.  Join with first hdc.  22 hdc
Round 13:  Ch 1, 1 hdc-dec over first 2 st’s, 1 hdc in next 3 st’s*  Repeat around ending with 1 hdc-dec over last 2 st’s.  Join with first hdc.  17 hdc
Round 14-15:  Ch 1, 1 hdc in each st around.  Join with first hdc.  17 hdc
Fasten off and weave in ends

Ch 41  sl-st in 2nd ch from hook and each ch across.  Fasten off and weave in ends. 
 
Weave drawstring through row 14

Easter goody bag