Sock Cupcake - Cute Gift Wrap for Socks

I love knitting socks and always wanted a fancy gift wrap that would show them off in a cute way.

Enter the Sock Cupcake! You wrap the socks up in a spiral and then push them into the cupcake liner. With a cupcake topper, you can include some icons or even some text.

Features 🧁

Dimensions

• Diameter at the top of the cupcake: 7.6cm (~3 inches)

• Diameter at the bottom: 6cm

• Wall thickness: 1.4mm

This size fits pretty well for handmade socks in size EU 38-40 (US Women's 7-9) when using superfine sock yarn (420m/100g).

For other sizes either just stuff the cupcake very loosely or tightly or change the model: you can scale it or make modifications in OpenSCAD. Or just ping me and I can upload other sizes :)

Grip edge

The cupcake has a negative chamfer at the top that grips onto the socks so they don't slide out so easily -- you can see this in the cross-section.

This also means that this model doesn't work as a mold!

If you're looking for a mold, e.g. to use as a kid's toy for a sand box, or a storage box, you could try out either one of these other models though -- they're not my own but I've test printed both and they both work well:

• https://www.printables.com/model/538656-cupcake-mold

• https://www.printables.com/model/1642826-cupcake-kinetic-sand-mold

Printing

Nothing special but if you go for a concentric top and bottom layer, you get a very nice round pattern on the cupcake.

Modifications

This is an OpenSCAD model, so you can play around with it and change the dimensions or shape if you like. It uses the BOSL2 library, so you'll need to install this to work with the model.

Note

In the pictures you can see one other model: The Little Heart Cake Topper by MiroslavMiskuf. It's a great model, check it out! https://www.printables.com/model/407034-little-heart-cake-topper