Christmas Cupcakes
Crochet pattern
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Designed by: @pinky_pinky_blue
The heigh of finished cupcakes is about 10-11 cm.
You will need:
Yarn Yarn Art Jeans ( 55% cotton, 45% acrylic, 160m/50g) 07, 40, 26 or 90, 01 or
62, 52, 53, 23, 70, 73, 35.
Yarn Alize Cotton Baby Soft (50% cotton, 50% acrylic, 270m/100g) 321,
Gazzal Baby Cotton (60% cotton, 40% acrylic, 165 m/50g) 3443, 3448.
2.25 mm crochet hook and a little bit smaller size, 2 mm crochet hook (hook size may
vary depending on your dencity)
Synthetic fiberfill, hard plastic from table place mat or paper folder, wooden manicure
sticks, 8 mm safety eyes (2 pairs). Big eyed needle, hot glue gun, pink and red oil
pastel for tinting, stiff brush, 1/5-2 cm white synthetic pompom.
Stitch key:
AR – Adjustable Ring (Magic Ring)
ch – chain
sc – single crochet
htr – half treble crochet
dc – double crochet
sl st – slip stitch
dec – decrease
inc – increase
( )*n - repeat combination in brackets n times.
By default, all the details from Yarn Art Jeans and Alize Cotton Baby are crocheted
with 2.25 mm hook, and the details from Gazzal Baby Cotton are crocheted with
2 mm hook.
By default, all spiral rounds are crocheted without turning ch. All back and forth
rows are crocheted with turning chain, unless otherwise noted.
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Christmas pudding cupcake.
Yarn YAJ 40, 01/62, 26/90,
GBC 3443, 3448.
Start crocheting the cupcake’s bottom
with brown yarn:
1. 6 sc in AR.
2. inc*6=12 sc
3. (1 sc, inc)*6=18 sc
4. 1 sc, inc, (2 sc, inc)*5,
1 sc=24 sc
5. (3 sc, inc)*6=30 sc
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6. 2 sc, inc, (4 sc, inc)*5,
2 sc=36 sc.
Finish with a sl st, do not fasten off.
Cut a circle out of plastic with a diameter
slightly smaller than the crocheted one and
glue it with hot glue on the wrong side.
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7. 36 sc through back loops.
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8. 36 sc through both loops.
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9. (5 sc, inc)*6=42 sc.
10-12. 3 rounds straight (42 sc)
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13. (6 sc, inc)*6=48 sc.
14-16. 3 rounds straight (48 sc).
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17. Crochet through back loops:
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18-20. 3 rounds straight (60 sc).
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21. (8 sc, dec)*6=54 sc
22. (7 sc, dec)*6=48 sc
23. (6 sc, dec)*6=42 sc
24. (5 sc, dec)*6=36 sc
25. (4 sc, dec)*6=30 sc,
stuff while crocheting.
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26. (3 sc, dec)*6=24 sc
27. (2 sc, dec)*6=18 sc
28. (1 sc, dec)*6=12 sc
29. Dec every st untill the hole closes,
fasten off and fix the end.
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Crochet the icing with white yarn:
1. 6 sc in AR.
2. inc*6=12 sc
3. (1 sc, inc)*6=18 sc
4. (2 sc, inc)*6=24 sc
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5. (3 sc, inc)*6=30 sc
6. (4 sc, inc)*5=36 sc,
do not fasten off.
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Crochet drips: 3 ch, 2 sc down the chain, one more sc through side loop of the sc.
Continue crocheting along the circle 2-3 sc and make another drip from longer chain.
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You can also make shell shaped drips:
skip 1 sc, 6 dc in 1 st, skip 1 st, 1 sc.
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Make different length and shapes drips
around.
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Glue or sew the icing on the top
of the cupcake.
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Crochet the cupcake liner with red and white
yarn. Start with red:
1. 6 sc in AR.
2. inc*6=12 sc
3. (1 sc, inc)*6=18 sc
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5. (3 sc, inc)*6=30 sc
6. 2 sc, inc, (4 sc, inc)*5, 2 sc=36 sc,
finish with sl st, do not fasten off.
Chain 11.
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Crochet 10 sc along the chain, change yarn to
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the white when crocheting the last sc. That is,
crochet two red loops with white yarn.
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Continue crocheting with white yarn, but do
not cut the red one.
1 sl st in the next st of the circle.
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Turn to the wrong side and crochet 10 sc
through back loops without turning ch.
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Crochet from the edge to the center through
back loops 10 sc (with turning ch), finish last
sc with red yarn.
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Continue with red yarn: 1 sl st not in the
next st, but in the second one (skip 1 st).
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On the wrong side crochet 10 sc without
turning ch.
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10 sc with red, change yarn to the white at
the end of the row. Sl st in the next st of the
circle.
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Thus, all rows are crocheted through back loops
only. When crocheting from the edge to the
center, make turning ch. When crocheting from
the center to the edge, turning ch is not
needed. When returning to the center, the
method of moving to the next row alternates: @pinky_pinky_blue
in the red row sl st to the next loop, and in the
white rows skip one loop of the base. The last
should be the red row, leave a long end.
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Thread the needle and sew the last and the
first rows together.
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Crochet the holly berries with
Gazzal Baby Cotton.
Chain 11, crochet:
1 sl st, 1 sc, 1 htr, 4 dc, 1 htr, 1 sc, 1 sl st.
1 turning ch and crochet along the second
side of the chain:
1 sl st, 1 sc, 1 htr, 4 dc, 1 htr, 1 sc, 1 sl st.
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Now crochet along the leaf edge: 1 sc, 3 ch. @pinky_pinky_blue
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Sl st in the first ch, 2 sc along
the leaf.
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Repeat on both sides of the leaf.
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Make 2.
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Crochet berries with red yarn (3 pcs):
1. 6 sc in AR.
2. inc*6=12 sc.
3-4. 2 rounds straight, stuff.
5. Dec every st until the hole closes.
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Sew or glue the leaves and then the berries
on them on the top of the cupcake.
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Insert the cupcake into the liner. You can fix it
or leave it removable.
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Snowman Cupcake.
Yarn YAJ 07, 01/62, 23, 26/90, 53, 52.
Crochet the base with beige yarn according @pinky_pinky_blue
to the first cupcake’s description up to the 16th
round. Finish with sl st.
Do not forget to reinforce the bottom with a piece
of plastic.
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Change yarn to the white:
17. Crochet through back loops:
(3 sc, inc)*12=60 sc.
Stuff while crocheting.
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18-22. Crochet 5 rounds straight
(60 sc in a round).
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Insert the safety eyes between the 5th and
the 6th white rounds, 7 sc between the eyes.
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23. (8 sc, dec)*6=54 sc
24. (7 sc, dec)*6=48 sc
25. (6 sc, dec)*6=42 sc
26. (5 sc, dec)*6=36 sc
27. (4 sc, dec)*6=30 sc
28. (3 sc, dec)*6=24 sc
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30. (1 sc, dec)*6=12 sc
31. Dec every st until the hole closes, fasten
off and fix the end.
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Join the white yarn to the 16th round and
crochet arches through front loops: (3 ch,
sl st) in every st.
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Crochet the carrot nose with an orange yarn:
1. 3 sc in AR. Tighten the ring, move to the
next row with turning ch. Work back and forth
rows, not spiral rounds.
2. inc*3=6 sc
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3. (1 sc, inc)*3=9 sc
4. (2 sc, inc)*3=12 sc, leave a long end.
Twist a semicircle into a tight cone
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Sew the nose on it’s place.
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Tint the cheeks with a pink oil pastel. To do
this, you need to thickly paint the paper with
pastel, then take the pastel from the paper
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snowman.
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Crochet the hat with black yarn:
1. 6 sc in AR.
2. inc*6=12 sc
3. (1 sc, sc)*6=18 sc
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1 sc=24 sc
5. (3 sc, inc)*6=30 sc
6. 2 sc, inc, (4 sc, inc)*5,
2 sc=36 sc, finish with sl st, do not
fasten off.
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7. 36 sc through back loops.
8-10. 3 rounds of 36 sc through both loops.
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11-12. Change yarn to the red and
sc 2 rounds of 36 sc.
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13. Change yarn to the black and crochet
through front loops:
(5 sc, inc)*6=42 sc.
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14. Then crochet as usually through
both loops: 3 sc, inc,
(6 sc, inc)*5, 3 sc=48 sc
15. (7 sc, inc)*6=54 sc,
finish with sl st, fasten off and fix the end.
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Crochet one more black circle of 6 rounds.
Stuff the crown of the hat not too tightly
and sew the circle on the inside.
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Crochet the cupcake liner with green yarn
according to the red-white liner description.
There is no need to change the color of the
thread here, but it is imperative to follow the
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algorithm for moving to the next row when
returning to the center.
Embroider a smile for a snowman with black
yarn, bring the thread to the top of the head
and fasten.
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Glue or sew the hat on the side.
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Rudolf Cupcake.
Yarn YAJ 07, 70, 26/90,
Alize Cotton Baby 321.
Crochet the cupcake base with beige yarn
as for the Snowman.
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At 17th round change yarn to the brown
and crochet following the Snowman
description.
Insert safety eyes between the 6th and the
7th brown rounds, 7 sc between the eyes.
In theory, there should have been 8 mm eyes,
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but they suddenly ended. Therefore, the eyes
of a deer are 6 mm.
Continue crocheting according to the
Snowman description. Make chain ruffles
around the cupcake.
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Crochet the muzzle with beige yarn: @pinky_pinky_blue
1. 3 ch, 3 sc in the second ch from the hook,
3 sc in the third ch.
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2. inc*6=12 sc
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3. (1 sc, inc)*6=18 sc.
Finish with sl st, fasten off.
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Crochet the nose with red yarn:
1. 6 sc in AR
2. inc*6=12 sc
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3-4. 2 rounds straight of 12 sc, finish with sl st,
leave a long end.
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Stuff, thread the needle and go through every
second front loop.
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Tighten and fix the end.
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Glue or sew the nose onto the beige oval.
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Glue or sew the muzzle onto the cupcake.
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Embroider specks on the forehead with
beige yarn.
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Tint the cheeks with a red oil pastel.
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Cut the manicure wood stick in half and
insert sharp ends in the places, where the
horns should be placed.
The sticks should protrude about 2.5 cm.
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Crochet the horns with dark brown yarn:
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7 sc in AR, and then sc spiral rounds without
inc as high as the protruding sticks are.
Finish with sl st, leave a long end.
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Put the crocheted piece on the stick and sew
to the head with the end of the yarn.
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Crochet a similar piece about 1.5 cm,
insert a piece of stick inside.
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Sew the short piece on the side.
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Make the second horn in the same way.
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Crochet ears with brown yarn:
1. Chain 7, 6 sc.
2. For dec do not make the turning ch and
skip the first st, 5 sc in this row. Make dec
in the same way in all the next rows.
3. 4 sc
4. 3 sc
5. 2 sc
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Sc around the triangle, crochet 3 sc in 1 st on
angles. Leave a long end.
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Make 2 pieces. Fold in half one side of the @pinky_pinky_blue
triangle and sew side to side.
Glue or sew the ears near to the horns.
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Crochet green and white liner for this cupcake.
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Santa Cupcake
Yarn YAJ 07, 73, 26/90, 01/62.
Crochet the base with beige yarn and the top
with the light peach yarn following the
Snowman description. But do not make
chain ruffle around.
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Crochet the nose with a light peach yarn as
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Crochet the hat with red yarn:
1. 6 sc in AR
2. (1 sc, inc)*3=9 sc
3. 9 sc
4. (2 sc, inc)*3=12 sc
5. 12 sc
6. (3 sc, inc)*3=15 sc
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8. (4 sc, inc)*3=18 sc
9. 18 sc
10. (5 sc, inc)*3=21 sc
11. 21 sc
12. (6 sc, inc)*3=24 sc
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14. (7 sc, inc)*3=27 sc
15. 27 sc
16. (8 sc, inc)*3=30 sc
17. 30 sc
18. (9 sc, inc)*3=33 sc
19. 33 sc
20. (10 sc, inc)*3=36 sc
21. 36 sc
22. (11 sc, inc)*3=39 sc
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24. (13 sc, inc)*3=45 sc
25. (14 sc, inc)*3=48 sc
26. (15 sc, inc)*3=51 sc
27. (16 sc, inc)*3=54 sc
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28-30. 3 rounds of 54 sc
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31-32. Change yarn to the white, crochet 2
rounds of 54 sc. Finish with sl st, fasten off.
Crochet a beard with white yarn:
Chain 42, sl st in the 1st loop.
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1. Crochet around: (6 sc, inc)*6=48 sc
2. 3 sc, inc, (7 sc, inc)*5, 4 sc=54 sc.
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3. Crochet shells: skip 1 st, 6 dc in 1 st,
skip 1 st, 1 sc.
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Make total 7 shell in this way.
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Assembly: Sew or glue the nose so that
2 light peach-colored rounds remain
below it.
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Attach the beard with pins so that the bottom
edge of the beard hole runs along the line of
the base color change.
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Fix the beard with a needle or glue only
to the light peach part, because a liner
should go under the beard from below. By
the way, crochet it completely in red.
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Mustache: 1. 7 ch, 6 sc
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2. Crochet 2 shells like on the beard.
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Turn the mustache wrong side out and sew
under the nose, tighting the center.
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Embroider eyes with black thread.
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Tint the cheeks and the nose with a pink
oil pastel.
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Pull the hat in front almost to the eyes.
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And from behind to the line of color change
of the base.
Sew on or glue on.
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Bend the tip of the hat, fix it and glue a small
white pompom to the end. If you didn’t find a
pompom you can crochet a small white ball.
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So we have just to add a red liner and Santa
Cupcake is ready!
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Fir-tree Cupcake.
Yarn YAJ 07, 52, 35, GBC 3443
Crochet the base with beige yarn as usually
up to the 16th round. Sl st, fasten off.
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17. Join green yarn and crochet through
the back loops:
1 sc, 1 htr and 46 dc around.
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All the next rounds also crochet through
the back loops. Stuff while crocheting.
18. (4 dc, dec)*8=40 dc
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19. (3 dc, dec)*8=32 dc
20. (2 dc, dec)*8=24 dc
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21. (1 dc, dec )*8=16 dc
22. 6 dc dec, 1 htr dc, 1 sc dec.
Do not fasten off.
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Crochet through the remaining front loops
4 dc in every st.
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Crochet in this way about 3 rounds and then
crochet 3 dc in every st till the end.
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Here is such a lush tree should turn
out. Cut the thread and fix the end.
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Crochet the star with yellow yarn:
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5 sc in AR, sl st in the 1st sc.
4 ch, 1 sl st, 2 sc,
1 htr, sl st in the next st of the round.
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Repeat 4 times, total 5 rays.
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Crochet one more star, leave a long end.
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Put 2 stars together and sew over the edge.
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Sew the star on the top for the lower rays.
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Crochet 6 red ball as for holly berry.
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Glue or sew berries evenly on the tree
between the ruffles.
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Crochet the liner in red color.
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Festive cupcakes are ready!
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