Amigurumi Bake Off 2021, Week 2 — Fairy Bread (Belle & Grace HMC)

It was the day before Becky's birthday party.
"What would you like to eat at the party" asked her mother.
"Um," said Becky.
"Chips?" said her mother. "Chocolates? Peanuts?"

"Um," said Becky.
"Ice cream?" said her mother. "Jelly?"
"Um," said Becky again. She was thinking very hard. Finally she decided.
"Fairy bread," said Becky.
"Fairy bread?" said her mother. "That's it? Fairy bread? Nothing else?"
"Just fairy bread," replied Becky.
Delicious!

(Ursula Dubosarsky, Fairy Bread, Puffin Books, 2001.)

The item for the 2nd week of the Amigurumi Bake Off was fairy bread! An Antipodean classic first mentioned in 1929 in the Hobart Mercury, fairy bread is synonymous with children's birthday parties in Australia. Since it's part of a typically Aussie childhood, it's also nostalgic for Aussie grown ups. It's such a staple classic Down Under that there's even a Fairy Bread Day!

Fairy bread is an easy and inexpensive snack. It takes only around 5 minutes to make since it comprises of only 3 ingredients — sliced white bread, butter, and rainbow sprinkles (hundreds and thousands Down Under). The fairy bread by Amanda of Belle & Grace Handmade Crochet (pattern here) took a lot longer than 5 minutes, but was much more fun to make!

// My two little helpers making the wings for my fairy bread (also on IG). //

I originally wanted to use Toho seed beads 11/0 rounds for the  sprinkles, but changed my mind and ended up using yarn scraps, as per the pattern. I also was not able to complete it in time for the Bake Off deadline. So my fairy bread is missing limbs and wings. Oh well....

// Amigurumi Bake Off 2021, Week 2 — Fairy Bread by Amanda of Belle and Grace Handmade Crochet (also on IG). //

Working on her gave me a craving for sugar toast — a slightly different childhood snack that is made with white or brown sugar instead of rainbow sprinkles. We don't do fairy bread here, but we do sugar toast. As a child, I ate this as a quick breakfast snack sometimes. Perhaps I'll make a crocheted sugar toast as company for my fairy bread!

With the chocolate chip sourdough brioche baked by my talented friend AL. Yum!

Totally looking forward to the next Amigurumi Bake Off item! I love the crochet amigurumi food designs by Anne (@craftygibbon), and am totally psyched up to brandish my hook on one of her patterns!

Materials Used:

• Fairy Bread crochet pattern by Belle & Grace Handmade Crochet, pattern here.
• Clover Amour Crochet Hook 3mm
• Yarn:-
• Scheepjes Catona No.130 Old Lace, No.403 Lemonade
• Puppy Yarn by Tiny Rabbit Hole No.04
• Yarn scraps for the sprinkles - Scheepjes Catona, Schachenmayr Catania, Milford Satin, DMC Mouliné Spécial 25
• Embroidery: DMC Mouliné Spécial 25 No.310 (Noir), and Anchor Sticktwist Mouliné No.1021.
• Polyester fiberfill

AMIGURUMI BAKE OFF 2021

• 22 February — Prinsesstårta by Lex In Stitches (pattern here). Due 27 February (GMT+0), posted here.
• 1 March — Fairy Bread by Belle and Grace (pattern on Ravelry). Due 6 March (GMT+10), posted here.
• 8 March — Bunny Roll Cake by Crafty Gibbon (pattern on Ravelry and on Etsy). Due 13 March (GMT-6), posted here.
• 15 March — Brownie Sundae by Yarn Blossom Boutique (pattern on Ravelry and on Etsy). Due 21 March (GMT-6), still working on it.
• 22 March — Choux Ispahan by So Croch' (pattern here). Due 27 March (GMT+1), posted here.
• 29 March — Pineapple Upside Down Cake by A Menagerie of Stitches (pattern here). Due 4 April (GMT-4), posted here.
• 5 April — I Matcha You! Parfait (Matcha / Strawberry) by Amigurumi Food (pattern here pattern on Etsy). Due 12 April (GMT-4), posted here.
• 12 April — Cream and Jam Scone by Flo and Dot (pattern here pattern on Etsy). Due 18 April (GMT+0), posted here.

(This post was edited and updated on 2 November 2021, 10:25pm GMT+8.)