Crochet Colorful Birthday Cake with Candles and Fruits Amigurumi Free Pattern

Materials Needed:

• Worsted weight yarn in white, pink, yellow, blue, red, green, purple, and orange
• Crochet hook: size G/4.0 mm
• Polyester fiberfill stuffing
• Tapestry needle
• Scissors

Abbreviations:

• ch – chain
• sc – single crochet
• sl st – slip stitch
• inc – increase (2 sc in same stitch)
• dec – decrease (sc 2 together)

Cake Base:

1. With white yarn, make a magic ring.
   • Round 1: 6 sc into ring — 6 sts.
   • Round 2: Inc in each st around — 12 sts.
   • Round 3: (Sc in next st, inc) around — 18 sts.
   • Round 4: (Sc in next 2 sts, inc) around — 24 sts.
   • Continue increasing in this fashion until you have 84 sts.
   • Work even for 10 rounds.
   • Change to pink and work 2 rounds, then switch to yellow for 2 rounds, and finally blue for 2 rounds.
   • Continue with white, working even until piece measures approximately 5 inches in height.

Top and Edge Decoration:

1. With white yarn, attach to top edge using sl st.
   • Work scallop edge: (Skip 1 st, 5 dc in next st, skip 1 st, sl st in next) around.

Candles:

1. Using varied colors for each candle (pink, yellow, purple, blue), make a magic ring.
   • Round 1: 6 sc in magic ring — 6 sts.
   • Rounds 2-12: Sc in each st around — 6 sts.
   • Stuff gently as you go.
   • Change to orange yarn for flame: (Inc, sc) twice, finish off.

Fruit:

• Strawberries: With red yarn, make a magic ring.
  • Round 1: 5 sc in ring — 5 sts.
  • Round 2: Inc, sc in each st around — 10 sts.
  • Rounds 3-5: Sc in each st around — 10 sts.
    • Switch to green, create small leaves, finish off.
• Blueberries: With blue yarn, make a magic ring.
  • Round 1: 6 sc in ring — 6 sts.
  • Round 2: Sc in each st, finish off.

Assembly:

1. Attach candles firmly to the top of the cake using the tapestry needle and yarn, spacing evenly.
2. Sew strawberries and blueberries between the candles and around the scalloped edge.