Here's how to make your very own knitted cupcake!

You will need:

1 pair of 4mm knitting needles

Four shades of DK yarn (roughly 5g of each)

1 sewing needle

Scissors

Stuffing (roughly 5g)

Abbreviations:

k = knit

p = purl

kfb = knit in the front and back of the next stitch

k2tog = knit the next 2 stitches together

st st = stocking stitch (knit one row, purl one row)

st(s) = stitch(es)

Base section:

Using shade 1, cast on 8sts.

Kfb across row. (16sts)

Knit 1 row.

(K1, kfb) across row. (24sts)

Knit 1 row.

(K2, kfb) across row. (32sts)

Knit 1 row.

(K3, kfb) across row. (40sts)

Knit 1 row.

(K4, kfb) across row. (48sts)

Knit 2 rows.

K1, P1 rib for 10 rows.

Knit 1 row.

Cake section:

Using shade 2, st st for 4 rows (beginning with a knit row).

Icing section:

Using shade 3, st st 5 rows (beginning with a purl row).

Row 32: (K4, k2tog) across row. (40sts)

Purl 1 row.

Row 34: (K3, k2tog) across row. (32sts)

Purl 1 row.

Row 36: (K2, k2tog) across row. (24sts)

Purl 1 row.

Row 38: (K1, k2tog) across row. (16sts)

Purl 1 row.

Row 40: K2tog across row. (8sts)

Purl 1 row.

Cast off.

Cherry:

Using shade 4, cast on 10sts.

St st for 10 rows.

Cut the yarn and thread it through all the stitches on the needle.

Sewing Instructions:

Sew up the seam for the base and cake sections, stuff the cupcake, and then sew up the icing section.

Weave the yarn end along remaining 3 sides of the cherry to form the bottom of the cherry. Sew the bottom of the cherry to the top of the cupcake.

Sew in all the ends.

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