curiouspapayacute & quirky crochet creations

FREE Chunky Bao Crochet Pattern Attention all foodies! Here's a new pattern for ya! Baozi (pronounced BAO-dzi), or bao for short, is a popular Chinese bun stuffed with all kinds of deliciousness! They usually have savory meat fillings but you can also find vegetarian options too. I have many fond childhood memories of my Amah (or grandma) [...]

FREE Butter Crochet Pattern Where my BTS fans at?! I gotta admit, I was pretty late to the party. My students would SQUEEL over this K-pop boy band and come to class all decked out in BTS gear. I figured that my days of being a K-pop fan girl were over (Big Bang, Super Junior, [...]

FREE Boba Crochet Pattern I’m excited to share a very special treat with you. This popular dessert drink comes all the way from Taiwan, where my roots are from. Traditional Milk Tea consists of sweetened black tea mixed with milk and chewy tapioca balls, or what we call pearls.   Nowadays, the flavors and toppings [...]

FREE Sea Otters Crochet Pattern Have you seen anything more adorable than a pair of cuties OTTERLY in love? Of course not! 😉 This is a perfect project for crocheters of all levels.     Note: Please do not copy/redistribute any part of this pattern as your own. Feel free to sell your finished products [...]

FREE Among Us Crochet Pattern You must be here because you (or a human in your life) is a big fan of the game, Among Us! This mafia-type game gained a ton of popularity during 2020, and I have a feeling that lock-down during Covid had something to do with it. I wrote this free [...]

FREE Gertrude the Grumpy Chick Crochet Pattern Ahh... Spring is in the air and all the cute little chicks and bunnies are making their way here for Easter! But this isn't your average chick. She's spunky, grumpy, and she may kimchi-slap you if you push her buttons (did anyone get that reference? If not, Google [...]

How to Make Eye Indentations Eye indentations are a neat technique you can use when making amigurumi! My favorite part about using this trick is that it makes the cheeks of my plushies more puffy and cute. Follow this simple tutorial below to learn how.   MATERIALS:  -Yarn needle -Yarn (preferably the excess tail of [...]

Invisible Finish The invisible finish is an amigurumi technique used when fastening off a piece with an open edge (such as a circle or a bowl-shape). I use it in several of my patterns and so I created this guide to help you learn how to do it - and - why it's important! Because we are [...]