Crochet Rainbow Cake Keychain

This is a keychain size rainbow cake. 

Rainbow colour  + White colour 5 ply milk cotton yarns

6mm safety eyes

Stuffing from  Daiso

Black yarn for mouth and pink yarn for cheek

Eyes : 2 pieces of safety eyes 5mm or 6mm with washers

Mouth : mercerised cotton black yarn 

Cheek : 4ply pink yarn ( 2 pieces ) , hook 2.0mm

Row 1: magic circle with 6 single crochet. Slip stitch and leave a short tail for sewing . 

Top : 5ply white milk cotton yarn , hook 3.5mm

Steps:

Row 1 : magic circle . Chain 2 and do 12 double crochet. Slip stitch . 

Row 2: chain 2. Do 2 double crochet in each stitch from row 1. Slip stitch and cut leaving a tail for sewing .

Base and body: 5 ply rainbow colours milk cotton yarn, hook 3.5mm

Start with the base, you may use either white or purple for the base.

Base row 1: magic circle. Chain 2 and do 12 double crochet. Slip stitch.

Base row 2: chain 2. Do 2 double crochet in each stitch. Slip stitch.

Cake body row 1 :  use purple yarn, chain 1  and do single crochet in each back loop only. This helps to create the cylindrical shape. See below on how to change colour .

Cake body row 2 : use pink yarn, single crochet in each stitch

Cake body row 3. : use blue yarn, single crochet in each stitch

Cake body row 4: use green yarn, single crochet in each stitch

Cake body row 5 : use yellow yarn, single crochet in each stitch

Cake body row 6 : use orange yarn, single crochet in each stitch

Cake body row 7 : use red yarn, single crochet in each stitch , slip stitch and cut .

Changing colour : 

There are few ways to change colour , you may checkout out YouTube for your preferred method . Below 2 pictures show how i change colour. Remove hook off the last stitch, insert hook from inside through the first stitch and hook the last stitch out, then chain 1 with new colour .

Whipped cream : 5ply white milk cotton , hook 3.5mm,
Row 1 : magic circle of 6 single crochet(6)
Row 2 : 2 single crochet in each stitch (12)
Row 3: 4 single crochet in each stitch (48).  Slip stitch and cut leaving tail for sewing to the TOP of the cake .

Cherry : 5 ply red milk cotton , hook 3.5mm

Row 1: magic circle, chain 2 and do 10 double crochet. Slip stitch to close loop.

Row 2: chain 2 and half double crochet decreasing 1 stitch , repeat 5 times (5). Slip stitch and cut leaving a short tail for sewing.

Assemble :

Cut 2 pieces of cardboard the size of the base. Put 1 for the base and 1 for the top. This helps to keep the top and bottom flat after stuffing .

Before you sew the body to the top, attach the eyes on the green row with 3 stitches between the 2 eyes. Lock the eyes with the washers.

Insert 1 circular cardboard on the base.

Use the white yarn tail remaining on the top to sew the body to the top. Insert needle outwards from the center of the body through a red stitch , followed by the back loop of the corresponding stitch on the white top. Repeat till half way closed.

Insert stuffing followed by a piece of the circular cardboard on the top. Complete sewing to seal up the top.

Sew the mouth and the 2 cheeks.

Sew the cherry to the whipped cream.

Sew the whipped cream and cherry to the top of the cake.

Sew the key ring to the side of the whipped cream.