Monday, March 21, 2011

Cuteness Overload

Thanks to my new favorite book by Twinkie Chan (What a name right?), my head might just explode. Never have I seen more original, adorable crocheted little trinkets as I have in the book "Crochet Goodies for Fashion Foodies." I decided I must make EVERYTHING in this book, but first I had to make this adorable cuppycake scarf shown below by the Author herself, Twinkie Chan.



It was a lot easier than I expected, however I found myself having to improvise as I had this gorgeous yarn I was dying to use and knew it wouldn't be enough to make a full, normal scarf. So instead of making the scarf with all pink cupcakes as the pattern suggested, I alternated making the rainbow cupcakes out of my bad ass, cool yarn I got from The Bead and Yarn Studio, and pink cupcakes out of a really soft cottony pink yarn I found. I am so excited and actually in disbelief that I actually made something so damn cute! It's definitely not perfect as I kind of had to guess on a few parts, not knowing, and too lazy to look up what a "whip stitch" was, etc; but overall I think it looks great! The beauty of crochet is that you can easily hide most of your mistakes. The instructions are pretty easy to follow for this pattern, especially for those like me who are just learning to read patterns.


The only bad thing I have noticed about me learning to crochet is my good intentions slowly start to unravel as my project draws to an end and then my greedy nature begins to take hold. As a result, the scarf I start making for a friend or family member quickly becomes mine. I think I really have a problem. I'm starting to feel like Gollum from Lord Of The Rings...all of my creations thus far have become "The Precious." Maybe if I make a dozen more I will finally be able to let one go, haha! What a selfish bitch, huh?

The Precious


13 comments:

  1. Ok, you know my avatar is a pink iced cupcake, right???? I have NEVER wanted anything as bad as I want the pink cupcake set. I neeeeeed that set. You are my idol! *sigh* I am in love with that set!

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  2. Quite possibly the cutest thing I've ever seen!

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  3. Haha, I know the feeling of "The Precious." It's not often that I do something artsy, but sometimes I get inspired to make something for a friend for their birthday or something. If I'm actually proud of it, I have a very hard time letting it go. :/

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  4. I found your blog a few days ago! A cupcake scarf...so cute!

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  5. I LOOOOOVE the scarf! My mom has made a cupcake hat, but I will have to show her the scarf.

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  6. SOOOOOO cute! I wanna learn how to make that!

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  7. Your Cupcakes are sooo cute! I love that rainbow yarn!! I need to go to that store but I am afraid I will get lost. LoL! I live in Buttonwillow...
    I made a garland out of the cupcakes last week soo cute! Next project is the carrot scarf from her book!!

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  8. Borderline: I totally thought of you when I posted this! haha. Do you know how to crochet? You should totally get this book and make a cupcake scarf!

    Adrian: you should totally buy Twinkie Chan's book! And if you don't know how to crochet, start out with "The Happy Hooker," you will be making cupcakes in no time

    Kitty: You should definitely go! It's right off of District across the street from the Dreyers plant, in that little shopping district. Lulu will totally hook you up!

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  9. @Kitty: Don't you just love her book?? I'm making the sushi scarf next!

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  10. Candice, sadly I am craft-challenged. Any chance you want to sell it to me? I would willingly have a child just to give you my first born in exchange.... ;)

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  11. Oh Border! Is it sad that I actually considered your first born for a second? haha. Unfortunately, this particular scarf is bethrothed to my sister for her birthday. Check Ebay, you might just find some there! This came from a pattern in the Twinkie Chan book, so I'm sure there are people selling them somewhere! The thing is, the scarf takes about 8 hours to complete, and since I've been working 50+ hr work weeks, I just don't have time to make another one any time soon. :(

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  12. Yes! I love her book its soo cute!

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