Jayne Cupcake

This amigurumi pattern was made up so I could make some mini cupcakes for the wedding of Carin of the Round the Twist video podcast. It’s a delicious combination of knitting and Firefly geekery. (Of course, if you want to just have a regular-looking cupcake, you can eliminate the striping and just go with a single colour for the whole icing. Any sock yarn will do.)

Sizing

1.75" wide at widest point, 1 5/8" high (not including "cherry on top")

Materials needed

• Yarn: Model used:
  • Colour A (wrapper): a little more than 3 yards
  • Colour B (icing bulge): about 3.5 yards
  • Colour C (first icing stripe): almost 3 yards
  • Colour D (second icing stripe): about 1.5 yards
• Needles: 2.75mm DPNs
• Stitch marker, or whatever you use to mark the beginning of rounds
• Stuffing

Gauge

28 stitches and 40 rows = 4 inches in stocking stitch