Kulich (Easter Cake)

Author: Anna Malysheva
Difficulty Level: easy

Amigurumi Easter kulich crochet pattern

Free crochet tutorial for a Kulich by Anna Malysheva @annamalysheva_kr.

With this pattern, you can crochet a kulich (Easter cake). It is a flat crocheted toy shaped like an Easter cake. For this amigurumi project, the designer recommends two yarn options: Alize My Baby or any other acrylic yarn. You can decorate the icing in any way: use seed beads, beads, or embroider with colored thread. You can also tie a little bow for decoration.

The finished toy size is about 8 x 6.5 cm with Alize yarn.

Materials and Tools

  • Alize My Baby yarn: white and brown
  • 2.5 mm crochet hook
  • Toy stuffing
  • Stitch markers
  • Pins
  • Something for decoration: seed beads or thin colored thread for embroidery, ribbon or jute for a bow
  • Needle for sewing parts
  • Scissors

Abbreviations

  • MR - magic ring
  • ch - chain stitch
  • sl st - slip stitch
  • sc - single crochet
  • dc - double crochet
  • dc1 - double crochet with one yarn over
  • hdc - half double crochet
  • inc - increase
  • dec - decrease
  • (...) x n - repeat n times

Amigurumi Kulich Crochet Pattern

Crochet in turning rows: at the end of each row, make a turning chain and turn the piece. The right side of each piece is the side where odd-numbered rows are right-side rows.

Base for the Kulich

Row 1: 7 ch (not too tight), working into the bottom bumps of the chain, starting in the 2nd chain from hook: 2 inc, 2 sc, 2 inc = 10;
Row 2: inc, 8 sc, inc = 12;
Row 3: inc, 10 sc, inc = 14;
Rows 4-6 (3 rows): 14 sc = 14;
Row 7: dec, 10 sc, dec = 12;
Rows 8-13 (6 rows): 12 sc = 12;
Row 14: dec, 8 sc, dec = 10;
Rows 15-18 (4 rows): 10 sc = 10, cut the yarn, leave a short tail.

Crochet one more piece and do not cut the yarn. Place both pieces with wrong sides facing each other (the piece with the working yarn is the lower one), then join both pieces: tch, 17 sc along the side, on the top edge - inc, 4 sc, inc, 17 sc along the side, tch, stuff the base (not firmly), 10 sc along the bottom edge, sl st in the first edging stitch.

Finished base:

Amigurumi Easter kulich crochet pattern. Base

The left one is medium-stuffed, the right one is lightly stuffed.

Icing

Row 1: 10 ch, starting in the 2nd chain from hook, working into the bottom bumps of the chain: 2 inc, 5 sc, 2 inc = 13;
Row 2: inc, 11 sc, inc = 15;
Row 3: inc, 13 sc, inc = 17;
Rows 4-6 (3 rows): 17 sc = 17;
Row 7: dec, 13 sc, dec = 15;
Row 8: 15 sc = 15;
Row 9: hdc, dc1, hdc, sc, sl st, sc, hdc, dc1, hdc, sc, sl st, sc, hdc, dc1, hdc, cut the yarn, leave a short tail. Crochet the 2nd piece and do not cut the yarn. Decorate with embroidery or beads.

Amigurumi Easter kulich crochet pattern

Place both icing pieces with wrong sides facing each other and join along three sides: 8 sc along one side, across the top (sc, hdc), 7 hdc, (hdc, sc), 8 sc along the other side, sl st into the outermost hdc of row 9 on both pieces. Put the finished icing cap on the base, straighten it, and secure with additional stitches if desired. Add a bow.

Your crocheted Kulich is ready! Please tag the designer on social media - @annamalysheva_kr.

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