This Pattern is Retired…but you can (probably) get it in November

I have a lot of patterns! But I also get overwhelmed if I have to deal with them all at once. So I’ve picked 12 of my favorites (the Core Collection) to keep around. Then every few months, I decide on a theme or a technique and make a handful of related patterns (the Rotating Collection) available for a little while (then they go away again).

The other patterns are retired and are not generally available. However, because I know some folks will want them, I make many of the retired patterns available for a few weeks every November. If you want me to tell you when they’re back, subscribe to the mailing list or patreon, and I’ll let you know!

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You already know if you want this. I suspect you looked at the pictures and thought either “Oh…oh yes…I need that in my life…right this very minute” or “nope, not for me.”

If you’re camp nope, that’s totally cool, there are lots of other things to knit. But if you’re camp cupcake, oh wow are we going to have fun!

What to do with the sweet, silly little things:

• Add them to your favorite kiddo’s play kitchen (just make sure you’re only giving them to folks who won’t put them in their mouths!)
• Make them into a pincushion
• Use them as party favors or table decorations at your next birthday party
• Fill them with treats for a mother’s day or easter brunch
• Turn them into the cutest little secret hiding place ever

Your imagination is the limit here. I suspect you already have a whole host of ideas for exactly how you could use a few of these!

The pattern is tremendously detailed and gives you lots of options to make these your own. Make them in lots of different sizes. Attach the tops all the way around, hinge them (so you’ve got a little secret compartment inside) or leave them loose (so you can mix and match frosting and cupcake flavors). Leave the tops plain or add some beads or pins as sprinkles. Turn the whole thing into a pin cushion.

The knitting is easy (one little rectangle about the size of a decent swatch, one little circle with about as many stitches as are in the toe of one sock), and you can probably make one in an afternoon.

The only special equipment you’ll need is a little plastic condiment cup to go inside the cupcake. They’re easy to find, and you can almost certainly get a few free with lunch or dozens of them for a few bucks. I’ve got a blog post over here with lots more info on where you can find them (and the pattern has lots of suggestions too). And if you want to stuff the frosting bit so it’s firm, you’ll need a little pinch of stuffing.

And just in case you’re feeling a bit nervous, the pattern includes a lengthy photo tutorial to walk you through every step of the process. There are all sorts of helpful tips on everything from how to cast on to what to fill the frosting with to how to block them to how and when to weave in your ends. It’s almost absurdly detailed, but it really does mean you can totally make these!