I completed and attached the tatting to this Easter egg today. The egg color is close but the tatting around the center is a variegated light blue though the photo doesn't show that. For the caps I used the following edging:
R5-5-5-5. RW. *Ch 3-3-3-3. RW. R5+5-5-5. RW. Ch 3-3(R 3-3-3-3)3-3. RW R5+5-5-5. RW.
Repeat from * until desired length connecting last ring to first ring.
The center is an edging from Tatted Doilies & Edgings edited by Rita Weiss page 32 #3. I was able to tat this edging in one piece by using 2 shuttles of thread and using the technique of split rings.
For the tatting on this egg I used #70 tatting thread - variegated blue and white.
This is the first egg I've decorated with tatting. Now I want to do some more.
