Thursday, February 28

Crochet-Along: Hey Cupcake

There were three patterns to choose from for The Curious Pug's February Crochet-Along: a cupcake, an envelope, and a "danish heart." I initially chose to make the danish heart, but after seeing how cute everyone's cupcakes turned out, I had to give that a try too! 
I whipped up this little cupcake last night in less than two hours, easy. I had read that using different types of yarn made matching up the base with the "frosting" tricky, but what can I say? I'm a rebel. I used Lily Sugar n' Cream yarn in Natural Ombre for the base, and Loops & Threads Impeccable in Aqua for the frosting. While both are medium weight yarns, they worked up differently in terms of thickness. 
Because I can't leave well enough alone, I altered the pattern a bit. At round 8, rather than during a third row of 30 sts, I increased to 36 {*sc in next 4 sts, 2 sc in next st* around}, then again to 40 in round 9 {*sc in next 8 sts, 2 sc in next st* around}. Then, for the scallop, rather than 5 dc, I did 5 hdc. The double crochet was a bit too much for me.
I love Erica's super cute cupcake with bugle beads for sprinkles, and Alycia added an adorable "cherry!" Unfortunately  I didn't have any cute beads for sprinkles, so I embroidered some simple sprinkles on top with contrasting yarn, aww. Looks good enough to eat, right? But I mean, don't. Because it's full of stuffing... I'll be back tomorrow with photos and details on my danish heart project, too!
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8 comments:

  1. Lovely! The only thing missing was licking the batter right?

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    1. EXACLTY, Claudia! Now I have to make real cupcakes ASAP... ;)

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  2. Monica, this cupcake turned out so cute. Congrats! :D

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    1. Thanks Jen! It turned out cuter than I expected, I will say... Have you ever made a cupcake? ♥♥

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  3. I love the light bottom.... I am such a "rule follower" I made mine with a "chocolate" bottom, just like the picture from the directions.... I'm happy with mine, but intrigued with the "vanilla" cake. I may have to make some more.
    (love your frosting choice!)

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  4. dude, seriously i love this! the row of white looks like a layer of icing :)

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  5. YUM! It turned out great. Good job. :)

    I made the envelope because I thought it would be a cute way to wrap up a little gift for my friend in Korea. Now I'm thinking I need to make a cupcake as well.

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  6. You added so many cute details. I love the stitched sprinkles. :)

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