Cupcake Pincushion

A pincushion made entirely of recycled sweaters that resembles a cupcake when complete (or at least it's suppose to!) I've used both knit and wool in these examples and feel that there is still room for improvement, but some clever crafter can "tweak" what I've done and share (I hope).

Step 1 Cut your sweater into strips

Next we cut our selected sweater into strips the width of the body of the sweater. I imagine that with a sweater whose kniting runs the opposing direction you would just cut top to bottom. The idea is to get the knit to run vertically around your cupcake.

For this I chose to cut them about 4" deep. Then I cut the seams appart and discarded them leaving me with two strips, front and back (which on this sweater didn't mater because it's exactly the same all the way around).

Comments

[ZaidLuniK]

nice and beautiful

[domino10]

These are AWESOME! i love the goodwill shops on dollar days - just for these kind of projects~ i see some calorie free goodies in my future! THANKS!

[cmcarol]

If you felt the sweater before rolling it will be much stiffer and stand better.

[Dawn B.]

Umm, they look cute and yummy :). A friend and I were thinking that you could put them in a "cupcake tin" aka a tuna can. Have you tried that?

[hethlee]

I love this-how CUTE!

[canida]

To solve the "slouchy sides" problem, a few suggestions: 1) add a rubber band under the fold at the top of the outer wrapper piece. This would cinch the top a bit tighter and contribute a neater look. 2) tack the top edge of the outer wrapper to the inner layers with a couple of stitches. Possibly not as even as the rubber band solution. 3) insert a structural piece under the outer wrapper. Thin cardboard would probably work well, but isn't very pin-friendly.

[vatosupreme]

How about some 3/8" thick foam. Some foam is pretty stiff but would still work well with pins.

[vaughanville]

Good suggestions. I did try to tack the outer edge on the smaller one, but it didn't seem to make much of a difference. I think I'll try a cardstock strip around the edge and see if that works. I don't want it to interfere with being able to put pins in though...I'll see how it works.

[T3h_Muffinator]

Hey! Pretty cool! now.... one question. Could you make muffins too?! *laughs out loud* I'll be sure to make one for me mum

[Tool Using Animal]

Sans pins they'd make cute dog toys as well.