Hey y’all!
I love a good food-animal crochet pattern. That’s why I make so many, because you can never have enough of them. I thought it would be really cute to put a curled up snake as icing on top of a cupcake. In my personal opinion, I think I was right. This is one of my favorite crochet patterns that I’ve made!
This free crochet pattern is easy to make, and a slightly more advanced beginner would be able to make it easily. I’ll walk you through all the steps with photos along the way.
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Read on for this free Cupcake Snake (Cupsnake) Crochet Pattern!
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Yarn and Materials
Yarn
You can really use any type of yarn that you want, but different yarn will have a different effect. I used weight 4 acrylic yarn because it’s cheap and I like acrylic yarn. If you use a different weight, the project will either be bigger or smaller.
Stitches Used (US Terminology)
Slip Knot: tutorial by SarahMaker
Here’s a helpful video tutorial.
Cupcake Snake (Cupsnake) Crochet Pattern/Tutorial
Skill Level: Beginner/Intermediate
Materials and Tools
How to Crochet a Cupcake Snake (Cupsnake) Steps
**Be sure to lightly stuff as you go**
Snake:
R1: MR 6 (6)
R2-4: SC x 6 (6)
R5: (SC x 2, inc) x 2 (8)
R6-7: SC x 8 (8)
R8: (SC x 3, inc) x 2 (10)
R9-12: SC x 10 (10)
R13: (SC x 4, inc ) x 2 (12)
R14-25: SC x 12 (12)
R26: (SC x 5, inc) x 2 (14)
R27-39: SC x 14 (14)
R40: (SC x 5, dec) x 2 (12)
R41-53: SC x 12 (12)
R54: (SC x 4, dec) x 2 (10)
R55-59: SC x 10 (10)
R60: (SC x 3, dec) x 2 (8)
R61-62: SC x 8 (8)
R63: (SC x 2, dec) x 2 (6)
R64-76: SC x 6 (6)
R77: inc x 6 (12)
R78: (SC, inc) x 6 (18)
R79-80: SC x 18 (18)
R81: (SC, dec) x 6 (12)
R82: SC x 2, dec, SC x 4, dec, SC x 2
R83-85: SC x 11 (11)
Insert eyes in row 82
Stuff
R86: dec x 5
Sew closed
Twist snake into cupcake icing shape
The base will be about 3 inches diameter
The middle will be about 2 1/2 inches diameter
The top will be about 2 inches diameter
Then fold the head in a way that closes the gaps. It should be about where the tail starts
Take a long string of white yarn and sew the body together. Be sure to sew the
bottom of the head to be facing more downwards.
Cherry:
R1: MR 6 (6)
R2: inc x 6 (12)
R3: SC x 12 (12)
R4: dec x 6 (6)
Stuff
Sew closed
Stem:
R1: CH 3, sew onto top of cherry
Sew cherry to top of snake’s head
Sew different color sprinkles onto the snake
Cupcake liner:
(Be sure to chain 1 at the end of each round)
R1: CH 8
R2: SC x 8 (8)
R3-29: SC in back loops only x 8 (8)
Sew together and then to the underneath of the snake
Stuff
Bottom of cupcake liner:
R1: MR 6 (6)
R2 inc x 6 (12)
R3: (SC, inc) x 6 (18), sl st
Sew onto the bottom of the cupcake liner. This should condense the bottom some so that it slopes inward.
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And that’s all folks!
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