Baked into this free crochet birthday cake amigurumi pattern are all of the warm-hearted wonders of a day devoted to celebrating YOU—the laughter of loved ones gathered together, welcoming words emphasized with warm hugs upon seeing old friends, and the full-hearted feeling of seeing someone go out of their way to show you just how much you mean to them.

The Virkadia blog is officially 1-year old today—and what better way to celebrate than with this free crochet birthday cake amigurumi!

With this pattern, we want to express our gratitude and give a huge THANK YOU to all of you—we wouldn’t be here without all of your support!

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Supplies:

• Size H-8 (5 mm) crochet hook
• Medium (4) weight yarn in 4 colors:
• Yarn A – orange (example uses Loops & Threads Soft Classic: Safety Orange)
• Yarn B – dark pink (example uses Red Heart Super Saver: Shocking Pink)
• Yarn C – light pink (example uses Red Heart Super Saver: Petal Pink)
• Yarn D – white (example uses Red Heart Super Saver: Soft White)
• 10mm black safety eyes (x2)
• Black embroidery floss
• Pink embroidery floss or pink yarn (example uses Big Twist Value: Bubblegum)
• Polyester fiberfill
• Tapestry needle
• Scissors
• Stitch markers

Alternate Yarn Supplies:

Color Variation 2 (as seen on the right in cover photo):

• Medium (4) weight yarn in 5+ colors:
• Yarn A – orange (example uses Loops & Threads Soft Classic: Safety Orange)
• Yarn B – blue (example uses Red Heart Super Saver: Turqua)
• Yarn C – white (example uses Red Heart Super Saver: Soft White)
• Yarn D – switch between 3 different colors
• blue (example uses Red Heart Super Saver: Turqua)
• yellow (example uses Red Heart Super Saver: Bright Yellow)
• pink (example uses Big Twist Value: Bubblegum)

This color variation is worked the same as variation 1 (as seen in the tutorial), except that 3 yarns are used for yarn D, to create the look of multicolored frosting.

To achieve the look of the crochet birthday cake seen on the right, simply color change every 2 stitches during rounds 16 and 25, alternating between your chosen colors.

This pattern will work with a repeating sequence of 2, 3, 4, 6, or 8 colors!

Terminology:

This free crochet birthday cake amigurumi pattern uses English (US) terminology:

• st (sts) = stitch (stitches)
• ch = chain stitch
• sl st = slip stitch
• sc = single crochet
• sc2tog = single crochet 2 together (over the span of 2 stitches), also known as a decrease
• hdc = half double crochet
• pc = (small) popcorn stitch∗
• BLO = back loop only

Please note that this pattern is written so that each crochet stitch abbreviation is attached to a number, such as 1sc, 2sc, etc. This number denotes how many of that stitch is to be worked into the same stitch.

In other words, 1sc = one single crochet, whereas 2sc = two single crochet worked into one stitch, also known as an increase.

∗Please read through special instructions for this stitch before beginning, as it may be unique for this crochet birthday cake pattern.

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