Here at DIY Life, posts about
weddings are always popular, but often, posts about
knit and
crochet patterns come in a close second.
I thought it might be interesting to combine the two, by looking at a few free patterns for
wedding cakes made from
yarn. (Hey, they don't have to be frozen, and they never get stale!)
- Crochet Today's Crochet Confection cake pattern (PDF download) is, at 4"x8", life-sized. It's an easy, single-tier cake that you can display on a stand over a form.
- Berroco's Buttercream is also life-sized, but this one is a tiered cake with flowers; it can be used to store dishes. It's made in their Ultra Alpaca, but any other worsted-weight yarn should work just as well.
- On the miniature side, there are the Norma Lynn Cake Sachets. Several of the designs here, like the Two-Tier Cake and the Clumsy Cake, seem wedding-appropriate, though they're part of a collection of desserts. The second page of cake sachet patterns has a triple-tier wedding cake with flower toppers and ruffled trim.
Suggested uses? The sachets would make great giveaways at a bridal shower; they'd also make nice package decorations for gifts. Some of the projects might make cute gifts for attendants, in the right kind of wedding. They would be fun commemorations of a special anniversary, or whimsical decor in the right kind of room. Professional wedding planners could also probably appreciate them.
Outside of the wedding framework, you can always choose different colors, changing the "wedding cake" into a "birthday cake" -- or merely making a cute trinket for a friend who loves sweet desserts.
And if you're looking for more patterns like this, check out an older post of mine --
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Kinda looks like an Xmas tree instead of a wedding cake: http://www.filterra.com
ReplyWow thats amazing, im getting married soon, and we do not have money to buy an expensive cake. Maybe this would work.
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