Thursday 15 April 2010

In defence of the knit cupcake



The audacity! Women's Hour on Radio 4 yesterday lifted us make do & mend, knit, craft and sew gals up on a rush of acknowledgement and then the presenter, Winifred Robinson, crushed us by tittering over knit cupcakes!

So I am making a stand here and now for the humble yet darling knit cupcake! I guess Winifred, bless her, has never held a handmade knitted cupcake in her little hand. But I do feel sure little 4, 6 or 8 year old Winifred would have been delighted to do so.

I confess I have made all kinds of wonderful knitted toys but never a cupcake. Instead, I've plundered ebay for lovely, sometimes granny (granny-love-vibe knitted-in, we like that) sellers, who make beautiful knit cakes, biscuits, sweets and fruits. The ones pictured here are available from CrazyDazyKnits of Belfast on Etsy - both knitted up and as PDF patterns.

We have a fabulous collection of all kinds of knit cupcakes, cakes, sweeties and biscuits. Also luxurious felt cakes and chocolates. They have been played with for several years and not just the usual dolls and bears tea party kind of game - in all kinds of imaginative play. They have been loved immensely and admired greatly by the most unexpected of people. Can't imagine that happening with icky, mass-produced in sweat factories plastic play food.

So if you have children, or just want to delight your inner child, don't let the tittering on Women's Hour bring you down and stop you from making your own or buying some handmade knit cakes, biscuits, sweeties and fruit direct from the creator on either Etsy or ebay.

1 comment:

crazydazy said...

hi flora, many thanks for leaping to the defense of my cupcakes....I dont know what the presenter in Womans Hour would make of my other knitted buns!!! thanks, Ali

 

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