Category: pysanky

Nine more pysanky and now it’s all put away til next year!

I had seven quail eggs and two XS eggs cleaned and ready to go last week but had to put them all away because work intruded. Our family stuff was on Friday and Saturday, so on Easter Sunday and Monday, I dragged out the pysanky dyes and kistkas again, listened to music and wrote nine more pysanky. I like doing mini versions of designs I’ve already become familiar with. It’s fun doing two-toned pysanky as well, especially on the littlest eggs.

First pysanka of 2025

Here are the steps for making this pysanka:

1.

after first dye dip: everything that will be white is covered with dark wax.

2.

I waxed over everything that I wanted to stay pink, washed back the pink with a dye neutralizer, then dipped in blue.

3.

Waxed over everything I wanted to be blue, then dipped into black dye. I drilled a hole into the bottom of the egg and blew the guts out, then stuck the waxy dyed hollow egg into the microwave for 10 seconds, then buffed off the melted wax.