Which came first … the chicken or the egg? With this reversible toy you can have both. The egg fits inside the chicken, turn it inside out and the chicken’s in the egg.

The chicken is about 11 cm tall and, as well as the knitted egg, it can hold a real egg or a chocolate one of the same size.

You can also use 4 ply yarn and smaller needles to knit a small chicken which, when folded into its egg, will fit in the big chicken …

All my ravelry patterns are free to download but, if you enjoy them, please consider making a donation to the Children’s Liver Disease Foundation, a charity which funds research and supports the families of children with a liver disease. You can do this easily by going to my fundraising page www.justgiving.com/frankiesknittedstuff

Happy Knitting!