Free Crochet Pattern by Junie - No Sew Cupcake Cuties
No-Sew Cupcake Cuties Bunny & Kitty Crochet Pattern
Make two adorable chunky cupcake friends from one pattern: a bunny cupcake and a kitty cupcake, complete with frosting, cupcake rim, ears, tails, cherry topper, and cute faces.
2-in-1 Bunny + Kitty
3.5 mm
No-sew / low-sew chenille
Bobble stitch + I-cord
Materials
Bunny
- Loops & Threads Petite Purl — Rhubarb
- Loops & Threads Petite Purl — Winter White
- Loops & Threads Petite Purl — Cappuccino
Kitty
- Loops & Threads Skinny Chenille — Flamingo
- Loops & Threads Petite Purl — Winter White
- Loops & Threads Petite Purl — Cappuccino
- Loops & Threads Petite Purl — Rhubarb
Tools
- 3.5 mm crochet hook
- Safety eyes
- Stuffing — cotton or polyester
- Thick embroidery thread (4 ply+)
- Black embroidery thread for the mouth
- Stitch marker
- Scissors
- Hot glue gun
Abbreviations
SC — Single crochet
INC — Increase
DEC — Decrease
SLST — Slip stitch
BOB — Bobble stitch: 3 double crochet before the last yarn over, all in one stitch.
This pattern also uses magic rings and I-cord.
How to Make a Bobble Stitch
- Yarn over, insert your hook into the next stitch, then yarn over.
- Pull yarn through the stitch, yarn over again, and pull through two stitches on the hook.
- Repeat into the same stitch two more times until four stitches remain on the hook.
- Yarn over and pull through all stitches on the hook.
How to Make I-Cord
- Make a knot in the middle of a strand of yarn about 4–5 times the length of the cord you want.
- Insert the hook into the loop of the knot.
- Keep one yarn strand in front and one in back. Loop the front yarn over the hook from front to back.
- Hold the bottom of the cord, yarn over with the back strand, and pull through the two stitches on your hook.
- Repeat to continue making the cord.
Free Cupcake Cuties Pattern
Bunny + Kitty Cupcake Body
Color A: Bunny — Rhubarb; Kitty — Flamingo
Color B: Bunny/Kitty — Winter White
Hook: 3.5 mm
Cupcake Rim
Use Color A and stitch directly into the front loops left from the body color-change round.
Bunny Ears
Winter White — 3.5 mm hook. Stitch directly into the head.
Bunny Tail
Find the lowest point in the middle back of the body, at the stitch closest to the rim, and insert directly.
Tie off, secure, trim, and hide the loose yarn in the body.
Kitty Ears
Winter White — 3.5 mm hook. Stitch directly into the head.
Kitty Tail
Attach at the lowest point in the middle back of the body, at the stitch closest to the rim. Hook one tail strand through the body, tie it to the other tail strand, secure, and hide the loose strands.
Cherry Topper
Cherry: Rhubarb Stem: Cappuccino Hook: 3.5 mm
Cherry
Pull to tighten and end.
Stem
After attaching the stem to the cherry, secure the cherry to the head with hot glue or tie it to the head using the cherry's loose strands.
How to Add the Mouth
- Choose three points for the smile. Starting from the right-side point, insert the hook/needle and exit at the left-side point. Pull the thread through.
- Insert again from the right-side point and exit at the middle point. Catch the loose thread and pull through loosely to form the right smile curve.
- Repeat from the left side to the middle to form the other curve.
- Adjust the smile until symmetrical. The source pattern uses a tiny curve of hot glue beneath the smile to hold it in place, then trims the loose ends.
How to Attach the Eyes
- Place the eyes where you want them.
- Remove an eye and squeeze a small amount of hot glue into the spot.
- Put the eye back in place, press, and secure.
