Materials Needed:
Worsted weight yarn in donut colors (typically, brown for the dough, and various colors for the frosting and sprinkles)
Crochet hook suitable for your yarn (size G/4.00mm works well with worsted weight yarn)
Yarn needle
Scissors
Fiberfill or stuffing of your choice
Abbreviations:
ch: chain
st: stitch
sc: single crochet
inc: increase (work 2 sc in the same stitch)
dec: decrease (single crochet 2 stitches together)
sl st: slip stitch
Pattern:
Donut Base (Dough):
Start with brown yarn.
Magic ring, 6 sc into the ring. (6 stitches)
Inc in each st around. (12 stitches)
Sc, inc around. (18 stitches)
Sc 2, inc around. (24 stitches)
Sc 3, inc around. (30 stitches)
Sc 4, inc around. (36 stitches)
Sc 5, inc around. (42 stitches)
Sc 6, inc around. (48 stitches)
Sc 7, inc around. (54 stitches)
10-13. Sc in each st around. (54 stitches)
Fasten off and weave in the end.
Frosting:
Using various colors for the frosting, you can create different patterns by changing colors as desired. Here’s a simple example:
Join your frosting color to any stitch on the donut base.
Ch 1 (does not count as a stitch). Sc in the same st as the join and in each st around. (54 stitches)
3-4. Continue with the same color, sc in each st around. (54 stitches)
Change to a new frosting color (optional), ch 1, sc in the same st as the join and in each st around. (54 stitches)
Continue with the same color, sc in each st around. (54 stitches)
Change to another frosting color (optional), ch 1, sc in the same st as the join and in each st around. (54 stitches)
Continue with the same color, sc in each st around. (54 stitches)
Fasten off and weave in the end.
Sprinkles:
You can add sprinkles to your donut using various colors and techniques. Here’s a simple example of surface crochet to create sprinkles:
Use a yarn needle and contrasting colors of yarn to create small stitches on the surface of the donut. Make them randomly spaced and in different lengths to resemble sprinkles.
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