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This week I’m happy to bring you one of my own patterns – Cupcake Pincushion!
I was asked earlier in the year to make a small present for my cousin Ruby. She likes girly, pretty
and cute things, and also likes to sew, so I made up a little cupcake she could use to keep her
pins in. I also wrote down the pattern, and thought I’d share it with you here :)
The pattern calls for Dk or light WW yarn in 2 colours – cake base and icing. I used scraps of
DK yarn I had laying around from blanket projects – the cupcakes only take about 25g of yarn in
total to make.
I also included a sturdy cardboard base in the pattern so the cupcake can stand up properly, and
filled it with poly beads to add weight, You can use anything that can weigh it down – rice,
beads, gravel, lentils – anything you have to hand.
Like with all my patterns, please feel free to make as many as you like, and even make them to
sell on. I only ask that you don’t pass the pattern off as your own or sell the pattern itself :)
Cupcake Pincushion
Abbreviations
Ch – Chain Stitch
Sc – Single Crochet
Hdc – Half Double Crochet
St/Sts – Stitch/Stitches
Slst – Slip Stitch
Inc (Increase) – 2 Sc into 1 St
BLO – Back Loop Only – Crochet into the back loop of the stitch only
** – Marks a group of stitches to be repeated until the round is completed
Gauge
No gauge, just keep your stitches nice and tight to avoid gaps in your work
Finished Size
Other Info
As this is amigurumi, work in continuous rounds; in a spiral. Don’t join at the end of a row; just
keep going
Use stitch markers or a piece of scrap yarn to mark the start of every round. Replace at the start
of the next round as you go along. This will help you keep track of where you started, and saves
a lot of time if things go wrong!
I write my patterns in American terms, so Sc means Single Crochet; Dc means Double Crochet
etc.
The number at the end of each round is the number of stitches you should now have
I strongly recommend using a small hook i.e.- 3.5mm (E), to keep the proportions of the toy as
they are in the pictures
Cake Base
Icing
12. Ch 2, HDC 2 in same stitch. *HDC 3 in next stitch* around (126 HDC)
Your HDC’s will look pretty flat when you start out the round…
… but should bunch up a little when you complete it. They will bunch up even more when you
have sewn them to the Cake Base part :)
Icing Complete!
Assembly
Attach 2x 7mm safety eyes to the front of the Cake Base piece and embroider a little smile with
black embroidery thread
Use pink eyeshadow/blush/chalk pastels to colour cheeks
Take a stiff piece of card and cut out a circle roughly the same size as the Cake Base bottom…
Place card in base of Cake Base and secure with a few stitches, using the same colour yarn you
made the Cake Base from…
Take Frosting and sew to Cake Base…
At about 3/4 of the way round, fill bottom of work with poly pellets/beads/rice to weigh it down.
Fill the rest of the cupcake up with stuffing and continue to sew closed…
Attach red pom pom to the top of the piece with a few stitches, or just glue it down…
I really hope you enjoyed the pattern and make lots of cupcakes yourself! Any questions at all or
tips/suggestions please don’t hesitate to leave a message below and I will be happy to help :)