CupCake Square

I am obsessed with the CupCake Stitch 🧁 and I’ve already made several items! Including a cute little square. The color options are endless; it looks amazing in any color. You can use this square for many different projects, such as baby blankets, crochet tops, cardigans, bags.. Scroll down for my free pattern and step by step video tutorial. 🧁

About this cupcake square

This cupcake square is worked flat and bottom up. You can weave in the ends as you go or at the end. I personally weaved in all ends at the end. It’s a very simple and repetitive pattern. Personally I combined crocheting these squares with binging Netflix.

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CupCake Square

Materials:
– Weight 3/light, Schachenmayr Bravo 145yds/1.75oz, 133m/50g)
7g color 08206 light pink (square base)
1g color 08267 light brown (cake)
1g color 08366 teal or 08305 pink (glazing)
1g color 08224 white (topping)
– Crochet hook 6mm
– Darning needle
– Scissors

Abbreviations:
ch: chain
ch-sp: chain space
sl st: slip stitch
sc: single crochet
sc flo: single crochet front loop only
hdc: half double crochet
hdc blo: half double crochet back loop only
dc: double crochet
dc5tog: double crochet 5 together (also called 5 dc cluster) *Yarn over (yo), insert hook into next st, yo, pull up a loop, yo, pull through 2 loops * repeat in next 4 stitches. You’ll now have 6 loops on your hook. Yo, pull through all 6 loops.

Gauge:
12 dc x 8 rows = 4” square / 10 x 10 cm

Measurements:
When lying flat:
5 x 5″ / 13 x 13 cm

Notes:
– This pattern is written in US terms
– This square is worked bottom up
– Ch 1 at the end of every row (even in dc rows, this will make the holes smaller)
– Turning chains do not count as a stitch

Video tutorial

To make it easier, I’ve made a video tutorial showing you how to make this cupcake square. You can find my free written pattern below.

* Click here to watch the video on YouTube

Pattern

With hook size 6mm and color light pink:

Chain 16

Row 1
1sc in 2nd ch from hook and each ch across, turn <15 sc total>

Row 2
ch 1, 1 dc in each st across, turn <15 dc total>

Row 3
ch 1, 1 sc in each st across, turn <15 sc total>

Row 4
Repeat row 2 

Row 5
Repeat row 3

CupCake Stitch

Row 6 – cake
ch 1, 1 dc in first 5 st, change to light brown, ch 1, skip next st, 2 dc in next stitch, 1 dc in next st, 2 dc in next st, ch 1, skip next st, change back to light pink, 1 dc in last 5 st, turn <15 total>

Row 7 – glazing
ch 1, 1 sc in first 5 st, change to pink, 1 sc in next ch-sp, 1 sc flo in next 5 st, 1 sc in next ch-sp, change back to light pink, 1 sc in last 5 st, turn <17 total>

Row 8 – topping
ch 1, 1 dc in first 5 st, ch 3, change to white, skip 1 st, dc5tog, change back to light pink, ch 3, skip 1 st, 1 dc in next 5 st, turn <11 total = 10 dc + 1 dc5tog>

Row 9
ch 1, 1 sc in first 5 st, 2 sc in next ch-sp, bpsc in next dc5tog, 2 sc in next ch-sp, 1 sc in last 5 st, turn <15 total>

Row 10
Repeat row 2

Row 11
Repeat row 3

Row 12
Repeat row 2

Row 13
Repeat row 3

Fasten off , weave in all ends.

Photo tutorial

1. row 6, cake
2. row 7, glazing
3. row 8, topping

4. row 9
5. row 13
6. cupcake square!

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