I work on goose, turkey and chicken eggs. Measuring is important and I do enjoy measuring out a design, motif, or pattern. I exclusively use a narrow vinyl tape measure.
 A lathe is used for dividing an egg. From a recommendation on social media, a good beginner lathe is a plastic one; especially as it is a lower price point to other lathes on the market.
 Gene's Lathe Table works together with the plastic lathe. Having placed an egg in the lathe, lay a pencil on the lathe table to draw straight lines every time... with practice! · Formica top with rounded edges and PVC tube legs. Approx. 3” height · Only available at www.pysankyusa.com  Mark's photo demonstrates his use of both the plastic lathe and lathe table. Wolves Teeth denote loyalty and wisdom. It is one of my favorite patterns to write on an egg. This symbol had such a strong talismanic belief that amulets were given to both children and adults to help teething and prevent toothache.   
I found a penciling tip on www.learnpysanky.com: 
Recommedations
I started with using #3 the Staedtler Non-Photo Blue pencil and recommend having a good pencil sharpener on hand. It does not smudge and is erasable with a white eraser. However I prefer, The Pentel Blue 0.5 is the better lead, longer lasting, harder (rarely breaks) and best of all it's 0.5 my preferred size. The shade of blue is darker than the standard non-repro blue so it requires a lighter touch. The Pilot Color ENO Soft Blue 0.7 is the perfect shade of blue, but it is much softer (it easily and often breaks) and only comes in a 0.7 size. So the choice is yours - 0.7 / softer but great colour, or 0.5 / harder and a little dark.
A Visual Aid in PDF file for "Measuring Out a Double Star Motif"
 Complex Patterns to Print Out Here are nine separate complex patterns you can use on an egg. You can click on the image
to print it out. When you print the page out you can see that the complex image is made up of repeated small images, transcribed onto an individual square. I recommend that you use a large size egg to for complex patterns. First measure out the surface of the egg into squares(begin from a center band). Select one of the patterns, then look for the one square motif, that keeps getting repeated. Practice on a piece of graph paper or measure out four squares to practice your pattern before you draw it out on the egg. Do not be fooled into thinking these patterns are too difficult. It is simply “one square” repeated onto the square pre-measured out on you egg. Look for another example in this blog for the "Double Wedding Ring" pattern. |
 
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