This delightful toy asks the age-old question: which came first, the dinosaur or the egg? In the end, it really doesn’t matter. Nestle your baby dino in the egg or let him run wild without it. Both options are just as cute!

KNITTED MEASUREMENTS
Dinosaur Approx 8”/20.5cm long and 5½“/14cm tall
Egg Approx 6”/15cm tall and 4½”/11.5cm wide

YARN
1 hank of 220 Superwash Aran in #1998 Aqua
1 ball of 220 Superwash in #887 Wasabi
Small amount each in #871 White, #815 Black, and #864 Christmas Green

Errata:
Waste yarn is suppose to be used to create the opening in the egg on rnd 45 (and not a BO rnd). The “egg” is worked as one whole piece while the bottom and top egg liners are worked separately. Please disregard the “Egg Top” in the book as the corrected “Egg” below includes this part.

I highly recommend this video from Rebecca Danger on working with waste yarn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YTYATKaoeY

EGG
Using A, CO 6. Work in the round.
Rnd 1: Kfb 6 times. (12 sts)
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Work as written in book.
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Rnd 44: Knit.
Cut 1 14” piece of contrasting yarn for egg opening waste yarn.
Rnd 45: K4, with waste yarn K40, sl waste yarn stitches back to left needle, with A K44. (48 sts)
Rnd 46: Knit.
Rnd 47: (K6, K2tog) 6 times. (42 sts)
Rnds 48-50: Knit.
Rnd 51: (K5, K2tog) 6 times. (36 sts)
Rnds 52-54: Knit.
Rnd 55: (K4, K2tog) 6 times. (30 sts)
Rnds 56-57: Knit.
Rnd 58: (K3, K2tog) 6 times. (24 sts)
Rnd 59: Knit.
Rnd 60: (K2, K2tog) 6 times. (18 sts)
Rnd 61: Knit.
Rnd 62: (K1, K2tog) 6 times. (12 sts)
Cut A and weave yarn through remaining 12 sts. Fasten off and weave in yarn tail.

EGG OPENING

With DPNs, pick up 40 sts above and 40 sts below the waste yarn for a total of 80 sts. Remove waste yarn.

Rnd 1: With A, PU 2 from side edge of egg opening and BO, then proceed to BO the next 40 sts, PU 2 from other side edge of egg opening and BO, then BO remaining 40 sts.

EGG LINERS

• Egg Bottom Liner: Using A, work egg pattern from beg to Rnd 44. BO all stitches.

• Egg Top Liner: Using A, CO 48. Work in the round. Work egg pattern from rnd 46 to the end.