Hello...I thought I'd share with you the pattern I use to crochet a doughnut pincushion. The instruction are in US terms but if you would like them converted to UK terms then please ask and I will redo it.
You will need
2 colours in double knit acrylic yarn
- one for the doughnut, I use an "Oatmeal" colour
- one for the icing, depending on the flavour you want choose appropriate colour.
3.5mm hook
polyester fibre
Abbreviations
- ch...chain
- sc...single crochet
- sc2tog...single crochet 2 together. To do this pull up a loop from one stitch and then pull up a loop through the other, yarn over your hook and take all 3 stitches off.
Starting with the doughnut ch 28 and join the last chain to the first with a slip stitch.
Round 1: ch 1 and sc into every stitch around. Do not join to first stitch.
Round 2: sc into the first stitch of the previous round. By joining the rounds in this way it is easy to loose track of where each round begins because you are working in a spiral. For this reason it's best to add a stitch marker. sc in ever stitch around.
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I use a bit of string of a different colour to what I'm working with for my stitch marker.
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Round 3: *2 sc into first stitch and 1 sc into the next* continue doing this all the way around.
Round 4: sc into every stitch around.
Round 5: *2 sc into first stitch and 1 sc into the next* continue doing this all the way around.
Round 6: sc into every stitch around.
Round 7: *2 sc into first stitch 1 sc into the next 2 stitches* repeat all the way around.
Round 8-14: sc into every stitch around.
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| This is what it should start to look like. |
Round 15: This is the start of the decreasing round. So for this round *sc2tog, sc into the next 2 stitches* repeat all the way around.
Round 16: sc all the way around.
Round 17: *sc2tog, sc into the next stitch* repeat all the way around.
Round 18: sc all the way around.
Round 19: *sc2tog, sc into the next stitch* repeat all the way around.
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| It should look scrunched up. |
Round 20-21: sc in each stitch around. Fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing.
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| This is what it looks like once all flattened out. Attach a needle to the long thread and start stitching the centre together. |
As you are stitching the centre ring together take your filling and start stuffing up the inside. Make sure it's packed enough that you won't let any of your pins stab through the bottom once done. Fasten off by putting your needle through the doughnut to cut the excess string at the other side. If you still have the loose end from the beginning chain out then took this inside the same way.
Now the doughnut has been finished you need to make the icing. Leaving about a 7 inches tail ch 28 and join the last chain to the first to create a circle, then follow rounds 1-3 of the doughnut. I only did one round of increase for the icing because with the one round it folds over the top of the doughnut nicely.
Round 4-9: sc in every stitch around. (You could add a couple more rounds if you prefer)
Round 10: This is the round for the drips and it's a do as you please round. Mine is different for each doughnut I made. For this round I single crocheted into some stitches and into others I did either double crochet, treble crochet or double treble crochet. Sometimes I did more than one stitch into each single crochet of the previous round.
Once done fasten off leaving a long thread for sewing.
On the doughnut I sewed the icing on to the side with the decreasing rounds because the stitches on this side looked a little more spaced apart and I wanted to cover that up. To stitch the centre of the pink icing onto the doughnut use the 7 inch tail left over when you did your starter chain. Flatten your icing over the doughnut like in the photo above and stitch into the centre of the doughnut. I found it est to stitch into the stitches I made when sewing the doughnut together. Once done fasten off and pull the thread through the doughnut and cut of the excess. To sew the outer part of the icing is a bit more tricky be sure to stretch the icing into place and hold down with pins before you begin.
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| Ta-daa one finished yummy doughnut!!! |
Hope you enjoy making these, any questions please ask and be sure to share your tasty looking doughnuts to instagram using #charlottescraftyattic or to my facebook page xx
