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Yarn: I used about a 1/4 of a 5oz ball of Red Heart Soft Yarn Chocolate and about half a 3.5 oz ball of Red Heart Shimmer Yarn (DISCONTINUED) Snow. (For the cherries and leaf I used some scrap yarn, The red yarn used was Bernat Satin Yarn Crimson and the leaf was made with some Red Heart Soft Yarn -Guacamole)

Hook: US H8/5.00mmSupplies:

I used the lid of a sour cream container that measures approximately 4.625″ in diameter.

Special Stitches:

Puff St – 5 dc in same stitch, draw up a loop, remove hook, insert into first dc and back into working loop, draw up a loop.

Gauge:

Using one strand of Red Heart Soft 3.75 hdc = 1″
Using 2 strands of Red Heart Shimmer 3 hdc = 1″

Notes: It’s useful to use a stitch marker in the first stitch of each rnd. Do not join rnds unless specified.

Crochet Cupcake Purse with Cherries on Top Pattern..

Cupcake bottom..

Using brown start with a magic ring, ch 1, hdc 8 times in ring, tighten ring. (8 hdc)

Rnd 2: 2 hdc in each st around. (16 hdc)

Rnd 3: *hdc once, 2 hdc in next st, rep from * around. (24 hdc)

Rnd 4: *hdc in next 2 sts, 2 hdc in next st, rep from * around. (32 hdc)

Rnd 5: *2 hdc in next st, hdc in next 3, rep from * around. (40 hdc)

Rnd 6: *hdc in next 4 sts, 2 hdc in next st, , rep from * around. (48 hdc)

Rnd 7: sc in each st around. (48 sc)

Sl st in next st, fasten off weave in ends.

Again working with brown and same hook,

Start with a magic ring, ch 1, hdc 8 times in ring, tighten ring. (8 hdc)

Rnd 2: 2 hdc in each st around. (16 hdc)

Rnd 3: *hdc once, 2 hdc in next st, rep from * around. (24 hdc)

Rnd 4: *hdc in next 2 sts, 2 hdc in next st, rep from * around. (32 hdc)

Rnd 5: *2 hdc in next st, hdc in next 3, rep from * around. (40 hdc)

Rnd 6: *hdc in next 4 sts, 2 hdc in next st, rep from * around. (48 hdc)

Rnd 7: sc in each st around. (48 sc)

Take both pieces of work with wrong sides facing together, you will now work through both layers of work.

“When you are half way around make sure to insert plastic lid in between layers”

Rnd 8: hdc in each st around, when you are half way around make sure to insert plastic lid in between layers. (48 hdc)

Rnd 9: hdc in each st around. (48 hdc)

Rnd 10: *fpdc in next st, dc in next st, rep from * around. (48 sts)

Rnd 11 – 13: rep rnd 10, at end of row 13 fasten off, weave in ends.

Cupcake Icing..

**Using 2 strands of Red Heart Shimmer yarn**

Rnd 14: insert hook into a rnd 13 stitch (to the left of a fpdc) from outside of cupcake bottom into center, draw up a loop, ch 3, 4 dc in same st, draw up a loop, remove hook, insert hook into 3rd ch of beg ch3 and back into working loop, draw up a loop (this creates your first puff st), ch 1, dc in next st, *puff st in next st, ch 1, dc in next st, rep from * around, join with sl st to first ch 1. (24 puffs)

Rnd 15: ch 2 (counts as first hdc), *hdc in dc, hdc in ch1, rep from * around, do not join. (48 hdc)

Rnd 16: hdc in in beg ch2 and each stitch continuously around for 5 rows.

Rnd 17: *hdc in 6 sts, hdc-dec, rep from * 5 more times. (42 hdc)

Rnd 18: hdc, *ch 1, sk 1 st, hdc in next 2 sts, rep from * around 12 more times, ch 1, sk 1 st, hdc once, sl st into next st, fasten off, weave in ends. (14 ch1 sps)

Using a yarn needle I took a strand of yarn and sewed around from the inside coming out in the center of the puff stitches to pull them into the purse. (There is an example of how to do this on my crochet flower basket dearestdebi.com/crochet-flower-basket)

Tie..

Using a US H8/5.00mm and 2 strand of Red Heart Shimmer..

Ch 48, working in back ridge of chain, sc in second ch from hook and each ch across, fasten off, weave in tail but do not weave in beg tail, you will use it to attach the tie to the tie.

Leaf..

Using a US G6/4.00mm hook and red heart soft yarn guacamole..

Ch 8, sc in second ch from hook, hdc in next ch, dc in next 3 ch, hdc in next ch, sc 3 times in last ch, now working along the other side of the chain, hdc in next ch, dc in next 3

ch, hdc in next ch, sc in last ch, sl st to beg st, fasten off weave in end, do not weave in beg tail you will use it to attach the tie to the tie.

Cherries..

Using a US G6/4.00mm hook and Bernat Satin Crimson..

Ch 2, sc 6 times in beg ch, do not join. (6 sc)

Rnd 2: 2 sc in each sc around. (12 sc)

Rnd 3 & 4: sc in each sc around. (12 sc)

Rnd 5: sc-dec in each sc around. (6 sc)

Rnd 6: sc-dec once, fasten off leaving long tail for sewing, insert hook into inside of cherrie and out through the next st, draw up yarn (as shown below).

Attaching Cherries and Leaf..

Attach one cherry to the end of the tie with no tail, sew the cherries closed around the end of the tail, leave tail to tie to leaf, attach leaf to tie, tie a double knot with the red and green tails.

Weave the tail through the opening of the cupcake, then attach the other cherry to the other end of the tie sewing the cherry closed and tie a double knot with the white and red tails.