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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