Cupcake Giveaway

I hope you’re all having a lovely Easter! I can’t believe a quarter of the year has gone already. This post is about the crochet cupcake giveaway currently taking place on my Instagram. Below are just the technical bits to cover the outline of the giveaway.

Cake Details

·         The cupcakes are crocheted with double knitting yarn, in a smoke and pet free environment. They are filled with standard toy stuffing.

·         The eyes on the cupcakes are safety eyes but these are not recommended for children. If requested, felt eyes can be sewn on instead.

·         Cupcakes are just under 3 inches tall and just under 1.5 inches wide.

·         Cupcakes are made up of a cake base (usually light brown but you can request a different colour) and then 2 colours for the top (one for the main base and one for the icing “swirl”) and these are up to you.

·         If you would like a zombie/bunny cake you can request one (if you do not state a colour for the bunny ears they will be white).

Competition Details

·         The giveaway is limited to residents of the UK only (due to postage)

·         The giveaway will run from the time the photo was posted on Instagram ( 12:00 05/04/2015) until 12noon on Sunday 11^th April 2015. Any entries after this will not be included.

·         Entry is limited to one per Instagram account.

·         There will be 3 cupcakes to win, so 3 winners will be picked using a random number generator.

·         Winners will be contacted via Instagram on Sunday 11^th April 2015, if one of the winners fails to provide the details needed to send the cupcake within 1 week (18/04/2015) another winner will be chosen at random.

·         Cupcakes will be posted to the address provided as soon as possible by second class royal mail post (this also depends on how quick a response I receive following the winners announcement).

·         To enter the giveaway you need to follow me on Instagram (handle @craftycharlotte) and share the giveaway photo (ensure to include the hashtag #ccgiveaway so I can find the photos), if only one of these is done your entry will be disregarded.

Any questions please contact me, either on here or on Instagram.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend

xx

Happy Bank Holiday!

I hope everyone is enjoying the extra day off work. I've been signed off work for what feels like forever so I'm just appreciating getting to spend an extra day with Dave. We've spent a lot of time with my parents this week with my sister being ill so its been nice today to just have the day with the two of us. (This was written at 13:00, by 16:00 it had somehow been decided that my parents were coming to ours for dinner and I ended up cooking for four?!?)

I thought today I would post the first pattern I came up with...kind of. I don't really class it as a proper pattern because its very basic but it's one of the first things I started making when I picked up Amigurumi.

Its a pattern for a little octopus with springy dangly legs. The picture below is the octopus I made for Dave a while ago  he's called Steve and sits on his phone at work. After he took it in I then had requests off 2 of his work friends for their own octopi (octopuses?)

I use a 3.5mm (E) hook for most of my amigurumi unless is states otherwise

Head/Body

Round 1    6sc in a magic circle (6)

Round 2    increase around (12)

Round 3    (increase, sc) x6 (18)

Round 4    (increase, 2sc) x6 (24)

Round 5    (increase, 3sc) x6 (30)

Round 6-9 sc around (30)

Round 10  (decrease, 3sc) x6 (24)

Round 11  (decrease, 2sc) x6 (18)

Round 12  (decrease, sc) x6 (12)

Round 13  decrease to close

Before finishing I added safety eyes and a crescent of felt for a mouth before stuffing. I usually add the stuffing after finishing round 10

Legs - Make 8 (I know 8 is a lot and by number 5 you will hate them but they look so good in the end!

Chain 21

Then starting in second chain from hook sc 3 times in each chain until the end. This will make the chain spiral like in the picture. You might have to re-curl it once finished if you get a kink but once you do it, it will stay in place. Then just sew them on to the bottom of the body and find a place to pop your new octopus. I find they look especially good if you can find somewhere where their legs can dangle.

This octopus is only very little but its very easy to make bigger. It's a lovely project for someone who is new to amigurumi and wants to make something that looks good without to many confusing instructions.

Hope you all enjoy this pattern and I would love to see some photos if anyone makes their own.

Please do not sell this pattern or any octopus made from it. Please also do  not copy this pattern onto your own site. Thanks