Category Archives: Cupcake

How to crochet: a Pie

It’s March 14th (1/14) aka pie day, or π day!

To celebrate here’s a free video pattern for a miniature pie!

Materials
-Lion Brand’s Vanna’s Choice (Maroon, Beige, and Grey)
-Size US-G/4.00 mm Crochet Hook
-Needle to sew in ends
-Stuffing

Abbreviations
-Sc : Single Crochet
-Sl.st : Slip Stitch

-Hps : Half puff stitch (yo, insert hook yo and pull through, yo, insert hook yo and pull through, yo and pull through all 5 loops on the hook)
-Dec/Inc : Decrease/Increase
-St : Stitch or stitches
Gauge : 5 Rnds and 4 stitches per 1”
Finished piece is about 4” tall
Worked in the round

Pattern:
Ch 2
(1:20) Rnd 1: sc 6 in 2nd ch from the hook (6)
(2:30) Rnd 2: sc and hps (half puff stitch), repeat 6 times (12)
(5:15) Rnd 3: sc in first, hps and sc in next, repeat 6 times (18)
(9:30) Rnd 4: using beige, working in bottom loops only, sl.st in first, sc and sl.st in next, repeat 9 times (27)
Cut and sew in the beige
(10:45) Rnd 5: using grey, working in top loops only, sc in each st around (18)
(13:20) Rnd 6: sc in each st around (18)
(14:15) For criss cross pie, create four pieces of ch 8, and four of ch 4, sew them on to the top of the pie here. Make sure to weave the second half of chs around the first half.
(17:15) Rnd 7: working in top loops only, sc in first, dec in next, repeat 6 times (12)
(18:45) Rnd 8: dec in each (6)
Cut, stuff and sew together

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How to Crochet Cupcake Coasters: Re-do

So if you can’t tell yet, I’m going through some of my old patterns and redoing them and making videos for them. This week I re-did one of my favorite patterns ever, Cupcake Coasters. Hope you guys like it!

Materials:

Lion Brand Cotton/Lily Sugar’n Cream

/Lion Brand Cotton-Ease

(basically any 100% cotton works)

–Crochet Hook-Size G6 4.00mm

–Needle to sew in ends with

Abbreviations:

-SC = Single Crochet

-Ch = Chain

-Rnd = Round

In color A (brown) Ch 9

Rnd 1: Starting in 2nd ch from the hook, sc one in each ch. (8)

Rnd 2: ch 1, sc 8 in back loops only

Rnd 3 – 14: Repeat x 12 (14 Rnds total)

Change to color B

Rnd 15: ch 1, Sc 1 in the sides of each row made, turn. [Don’t cut, Leave color B attached] (14)

Change to color C

Rnd 16: ch 1, sc 2 in first, sc 1 in next 12, sc 2 in next, turn. (16)

Rnd 17: Don’t ch, skip first st, sc 1 in next 14, stop one early, turn. (14)

Rnd 18: ch 1, sc 1 in each, turn. (14)

Rnd 19: Don’t ch, skip first st, sc 1 in next 12, stop one early, turn. (12)

Rnd 20: ch 1, sc 1 in each, turn. (12)

Rnd 21: Repeat (12)

Rnd 22: Don’t ch, skip first st, sc 1 in each, turn. (11)

Rnd 23: Repeat (10)

Rnd 24: Repeat, cut and tie off. (9)

*For Cherry, count in three stitches from top, pull through in the fourth st from end on Rnd 24…

Rnd 25: sc 1 in fourth from the end and next two, turn. (3)

Rnd 26: Don’t ch, skip first st, sc 1 in next 2, turn. (2)

Rnd 27: Don’t ch, skip first st, sc 1 in the last st, cut and tie off. (1)

*For lining

Rnd 28: Using the color B left off and uncut from Rnd 15, pull one through the end of Rnd 15 and sc 1 in each Rnd and st around the piece, cut and tie off, sew the remainders into the piece. (≈59)

Fat-free and calorie-free cupcakes!

I know what you’re thinking… “Haven’t I seen this before on sweetsimplestuff.com?” The answer is totally yah, but some people haven’t yet so here it is yet again, a free pattern for some really quick and easy Crocheted Cupcake Coasters (I sure to love alliterations).

These cupcakes are for sale in my Etsy store here!

Here are some photo’s: