{"id":644,"date":"2011-06-09T11:05:12","date_gmt":"2011-06-09T08:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/?p=644"},"modified":"2011-06-09T00:27:57","modified_gmt":"2011-06-08T21:27:57","slug":"crochet-cuties-pin-cushions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/2011\/06\/crochet-cuties-pin-cushions\/","title":{"rendered":"Crochet Cuties: Pin Cushions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The standard crochet pin cushion is that hat one, no offense to it, it is cute and all but these are way cuter.\u00a0 Pin cushions are a utilitarian item, if you own pins you have to stick them somewhere (unless of course you only use them on your voodoo dolls or something).\u00a0 I actually love them, I&#8217;ve sewn three (one of them is almost 20 years old and was hand sewn by me) and a crochet one, but I definitely want more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/amigurumi-tea-cup-pincushion\">Tea cup pin cushion<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/amigurumi-tea-cup-pincushion\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-645\" title=\"Tea cup pin cushion\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/80219ada_medium-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/80219ada_medium-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/80219ada_medium-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/80219ada_medium.jpg 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is perfect for tea lovers.\u00a0 You could also leave out the tea bag label and pretend it is coffee.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/a-pincushion-to-make-in-irish-crochet\">Irish Crochet Pin Cushion<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/a-pincushion-to-make-in-irish-crochet\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-646\" title=\"Irish Crochet Pin Cushion\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/pincushion_medium2-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/pincushion_medium2-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/pincushion_medium2-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/pincushion_medium2-400x321.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/pincushion_medium2.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve always thought Irish crochet was so pretty, a pin cushion would be small enough to get me started.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/tomato-and-strawberry-pincushion\">Tomato and Strawberry Pin Cushion<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/tomato-and-strawberry-pincushion\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-647\" title=\"Tomato and Strawberry Pin Cushion\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/TSP01_medium-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/TSP01_medium-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/TSP01_medium-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/TSP01_medium-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/TSP01_medium.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you sew then you will probably know why I threw this one in too.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/dahlia-pin-cushion\">Dahlia Pin Cushion<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Dahlia Pin Cushion by The Patchwork Orange, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/patchworkorange\/4862148403\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4117\/4862148403_2f744ce0f7.jpg\" alt=\"Dahlia Pin Cushion\" width=\"500\" height=\"392\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I think the colors appealed to me the most, but I still like the ruffles and the detail s like the different stitches.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/naalepuder\">Naalepuder<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"N\u00e5lepute by fabel-fabel, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/37788398@N06\/4803573307\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4095\/4803573307_69ed534e82.jpg\" alt=\"N\u00e5lepute\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have the fabric equivalent of this one which I can&#8217;t even pronounce its name in my head, but it is so cute.<\/p>\n<p>And yes spelling cushion always confuses me<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The standard crochet pin cushion is that hat one, no offense to it, it is cute and all but these are way cuter.\u00a0 Pin cushions are a utilitarian item, if you own pins you have to stick them somewhere (unless of course you only use 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