Here I gonna share with you an earlier design in late 2016, which is a birthday cake gift box.
今次分享的，2016年底所創作的生日蛋糕禮物盒。
This is my first post in 2017 and, this is going to be my first bilingual entry too!!
2017年第一篇分享，我決定開始以中英文雙語發佈我的作品!
Noticing the high demand and interest from worldwide, I realised that writing in Chinese cannot bring benefits to the crocheters in the world but disappointment (as they were eager to know more about my work but no way to).
一直以中文寫，是因為希望能令更多的本地人認識鉤織這玩意。事實上，外國人對於我的作品更為感興趣，而且渴望了解更多。
Therefore, I decided to write in both Chinese and English. I hope that can keep my original intention to promote this DIY to the locals, at the same time share the work and ideas with all the amigurumi fellows.
因此，我由今天開始會試行用中英文並寫，一方面希望繼續我的初心，一方面可以跟世界各地的鉤織同好者分享及交流。
This is designed for my dearest’s birthday. For some reasons, it’s not possible for me to present a real birthday cake on his birthday. So, it’s a turnaround for the celebration 🙂
這是為我親愛的壽星所設計的，因為某些原因，我無法準備一個真實的生日蛋糕，於是便想到以這個方法來慶祝。
You can search out and find many different kinds of cake patterns. However, none of them is like what I wanted. Combine and design your own pattern is the way out! It’s never too difficult, if you have enough time and patience to trial and error. Well, I would take it as enjoyment 🙂
網上有很多不同的鉤織蛋糕圖，但都不是我心目中所想的。最簡單直接的方法，就是將現有合適的抽出來，在配合自己的針法和設計，創造出新的圖稿。或許聽起上來很難，但只要你有時間和耐性去嘗試，就能夠探索出不同的可能性，這也是我所享受的 🙂
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| Little Piggies as Icing Decorations on the cake 糖霜豬豬蛋糕裝飾 |
I want to give a better use case than just an ordinary cake plush. Why not make it filled with some little gift instead of cotton filling? It’s a really surprising design for the receiver when he thought his present is just this handmade cake. Who knows there’s something more inside!
一向都希望做些實用點的東西，所以這個蛋糕，也跟其他的不同。只要中間不放棉花，便能夠變成一個可以放小禮物的心意盒！通常收禮人見到，都會以為這個毛冷蛋糕就是禮物本身，誰知禮物中還藏有禮物，夠驚喜吧！
But it’s very challenging and time-consuming to make it a gift box. I have underestimated the effort to make both the cake base and the top cover firm enough to support and stand like a box.
要製作成一個盒子，比單做一個實芯的蛋糕難得多。我完全低估了把餅底和蛋糕面托起成能支撐成盒的難度，花了很多時間才能完成。
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| The cake is not stuffed! It can be used as a gift box~ 不塞棉花，將蛋糕變成一個禮物盒 |
Tips:
– Prepare thick cardboard as well as fibre and sew them tight onto the piece.
– Use transparent threads for sewing to hide stitches.
小小作法分享：
– 用厚卡紙和不織布縫在蛋糕內作托底
– 用透明線縫合可輕易把針跡隱藏
Get a bakery box, put it inside and present the surprise 🙂
完成後，用一個蛋糕盒入好再端上，壽星一定會很驚喜吧 🙂