Now, cupcake hats are not new but I only just jumped on the bandwagon. I tried making a few from other patterns but I ended up making my own.
So most of you who follow the blog or know me know I am a cupcake snob. Why waste money on a cheap grocery store cupcake when you can hit up a bakery or cupcakery for a work of culinary perfection. While my favorite cupcake spot did not win their battle on cupcake wars they are still #1 with me.
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| simple perfection, moist chocolate cake and vanilla bean frosting |
What you need:
Aran weight yarn
(frosting, cake, and cherry)
Size I (5.5 mm) hook
Small amount of fiber fill
Yarn needle
Scissors
Cupcake (optional, for motivation)
Frosting:
chain 3 at start of each row, slip stitch to join each row
- 12 dc in a magic loop, pull loop tight
- Round 2: 2 dc in each st around
- Round 3: dc around
- Round 4: 2 dc in first st, * dc in next st, 2 dc in next st repeat from * around
- Round 5: dc around
- Round 6: 2 dc in first st, * dc in next 2 st, 2 dc in next st repeat from * around
- Round 7: dc around
- Round 8: 2 dc in first st, * dc in next 3 st, 2 dc in next st repeat from * around
- Round 9: dc around
- Round 10: 2 dc in first st, * dc in next 4 st, 2 dc in next st repeat from * around
- Rounds 11-12: dc around
- Round 13: start with chain one, *sc, skip 2, 6 tr (in one stitch) skip 2 repeat from * around
- break yarn leaving long tail for sewing
Cake:
worked in a strip then sew together to form hat bottom
Chain 14
hdc across chain, chain 1 turn -13st
Work in blo work till strip is long enough to go around your head
Sew ends together to create a circle
Break yarn and weave in ends
Tuck cake under the frosting and sew on
Weave in ends.
Cherry:
You have options here. You could make a nice red pom pom or crochet a cherry.
Working in continuous rounds:
- Chain 2
- Round 1: work 6 sc in first chain
- Round 2: work 2 sc in each sc around - 12 st
- Round 3: sc 12
- Round 4: sc2tog around -6 st
- stuff
- sew up end , break yarn leaving about 5 inches
- thread tail up the middle of the cherry and out the top, cut to desired stem length
I do crochet tightly so if you have problems with the size go down a hook size.
Enjoy your hat and your cupcake.
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