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Pattern Sheets
These are step-by-step designs for making pysanky. I use them for teaching classes, to give students design ideas and to help them understand how to plot eggs and how color sequences work. They are available in two formats: jpg and pdf (low and high resolution). The pdf version generally prints out better, but you may wish to download both versions, and see which works better for you.
These are probably simple diasporan (rather than definitely traditional Ukrainian) patterns, but they are good for learning. My nephew Nick makes the “Star” pysanka every year so that he can gauge his progress.
Simple Eggs: Three (3) simple traditional pysanka patterns. Good for beginners.
JPG 144 KB
PDF 483 KB
Spiral Pysanka: Rooster and pine branches pattern. A fairly easy pattern.
JPG 112 KB
PDF 374 KB
Star Pysanka: Another fairly easy pattern with a traditional 8-pointed red star.
JPG 98 KB
PDF 501 KB
Advanced Pysanka: A more advanced pattern featuring a windmill motif.
JPG 136 KB
PDF 563 KB
Traditional Patterns: On the next page are a set of these are also step-by-step designs for making pysanky, but of traditional patterns from various regions of Ukraine. I created them for teaching classes in Ukraine, but have used them here in the States as well, to give my students some idea of what sorts of pysanky their ancestors used to make.
There are 19 of them altogether, from all regions of Ukraine.
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