Muse Breaks

Bonjour!

In an effort to teach a friend how to crochet, I shrunk a pattern by Ana Paula (I HIGHLY recommend checking out her awesome blog here) to teach her to make a tiny amigurumi cupcake.  I would have made the full version, but I needed the project to be a little quicker to complete.  I've also made the full size one, following the pattern listed at the link above, and I highly recommend it!  Very cute!

I'll post up a cuter picture when she stuffs hers and makes a little cupcake platter, but until then you'll have to imagine my little grey-sprinkled cupcake is as cute as a smiling little army of them:

Here's the pattern I used, which is just a shortened version of Ana Paula's and for which I take absolutely no credit.

- two colors of worsted weight yarn - one for the bottom of the cupcake and one for the frosting

- beads if you want to use them for sprinkles

- 5 mm hook (really any that works for you, though)

- needle

- fiberfill or other stuffing

Pattern:

Bottom
Ch 2, sc 6 in second ch from hook
R2: inc in each sc around (12 sts)
R2: *1 sc, inc*, rep. (18 sts)
R3-5: 18 sc
Bind off, leave loooong end (for sewing together)

Top
Ch 2, sc 6 in second ch from hook
R2: inc in each sc around (12sts)
R2: *1 sc, inc*, rep. around (18 sts)
R3: *3 sc, inc*, rep. around, 3 sc (21 sts)
R4-5: 21 sc
R6: *3 hdc in 1 sc, sk 1, sl st 1* rep. around - makes the frilly edge
Bind off

Sprinkles:  beads, French knots, little lines, whatever floats your boat

Sew 3/4ths around (attaching the row before the frilly edge on the top, to the last row of the bottom), stuff with fiberfill, cotton balls, or your stuffing of choice. Finish sewing up.  Tuck in ends.  Sew in a little face if you'd like.