Crochet doughnut pattern — two pieces, 25 rounds written out
A free crochet doughnut pattern free of a magic ring, for a ring about 10 cm across and about 3 cm thick with a 4 cm hole, worked on a 4.0 mm hook, around two and a half hours of work. Both pieces start on a loop of 20 chain rather than a magic ring, and the ring's last round of 20 is sewn back onto that starting loop a few stitches at a time with stuffing pushed in ahead of the needle — which is the reason the hole is still there at the end. All 25 rounds are written out below across the two pieces, each carrying the stitch count it ends on.
Maths verified, not yet made. Every one of the 25 rounds was checked against the round before it by machine — the counts, the increases and the decreases all add up. What nobody can promise you yet is how it sits in the hand.How we check
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Why it is rated Medium
Medium: the shaping runs five increases or five decreases a round on a ring that never closes, and the final round of 20 is sewn to the starting ring while you stuff ahead of the needle.
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00What you need before you start
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What you need before you start
Yarn — six colours, all weight 4
1 skein (about 55 m used)Worsted / aran cotton or acrylic
small ball, about 45 mWorsted / aran cotton or acrylic
small ball, about 45 m, only if you swapWorsted / aran cotton or acrylic. Take this in place of the pink if you want a chocolate doughnut; the rounds are the same either way
scrapsWorsted scraps, or six strands of embroidery floss
scrapsWorsted scraps, or six strands of embroidery floss
scrapsWorsted scraps, or six strands of embroidery floss
Tools
5 you probably own, 1 to buyYou likely have
Tapestry needle
Scissors
Stitch markers
Pins
Measuring tape
You need to buy
Polyester stuffing (~40 g)
Optional
Row counter
A stitch marker in a contrast colour for the round start
A chopstick or similar for pushing stuffing round the ring
Gauge and finished size
the last check before you cast onTension
Not critical, but work tight enough that the stuffing does not show between stitches. A looser hand gives a bigger doughnut, and the icing then needs the same hand or it will not sit flat on the ring.
Finished size
~10 cm across, about 3 cm thick, with a hole about 4 cm wide
In DK on a 3.5 mm hook the same 25 rounds give a smaller doughnut with a narrower hole. Work the icing at the tension you used for the ring, or it will not sit down flat on top of it.
How to make the doughnut, piece by piece
Switching rewrites every round:US20 sc into the starting ringUK20 dc into the starting ringWork a US sc as a UK single crochet and the fabric comes out looser and taller.
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01The ring
Twenty stitches around a starting loop, out to fifty at the widest…15 RNDS
starts in doughnutTan· picked up· Piece 1 of 2
First six rounds[20] [25] [30] [35] [40] [45]
Opening out over the top
RND 1–71[20]
2[25]
3[30]
4[35]
5[40]
6[45]
7[50]
The outside edge
RND 8–98[50]
9[50]
Closing in underneath
RND 10–1510[45]
11[40]
12[35]
13[30]
14[25]
15[20]
US termsscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreaseBLOback loops onlyst(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneDo not close it dry. Sew the last round to the starting ring a few stitches at a time, pushing stuffing ahead of the needle so the ring stays plump the whole way round.
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02The icing
The same opening as the ring, stopped early and then flared, so it…10 RNDS
starts in strawberryPink· picked up· Piece 2 of 2
First six rounds[20] [25] [30] [35] [40] [45]
1[20]
2[25]
3[30]
4[35]
5[40]
6[45]
7[50]
8[50]
9[60]
10[60]
US termsscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreaseBLOback loops onlyst(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneRound 8 in back loops only gives you the fold line, and the ten increases in round 9 give you the drips. Spread those increases unevenly or the edge comes out as a tidy frill.
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Nine notes on the doughnut
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01An original Crochet Genie design.
02Both pieces begin on a starting ring of 20 stitches rather than a magic ring: make a loop of 20 chain stitches, join it into a circle, and work round 1 around the loop. The middle stays open — that hole is the point of a doughnut.
03Worked in a continuous spiral. Mark the first stitch of every round; on a ring this size a lost marker is hard to recover.
04Round 8 of the icing is worked in back loops only. That ridge is the crisp line where the icing stops lying flat and turns down over the outer edge.
05Round 9 of the icing carries ten increases. Spread them unevenly — two close together, then a long plain run, then one on its own — and the last two rounds hang in drips rather than an even frill.
06Stuff the ring as you close it. From round 12 onward, push a little stuffing into each section before the opening in front of you shrinks; once the ring is closed you cannot reach back round it.
07The ring finishes by sewing the last round of 20 stitches to the starting ring, working round the hole a few stitches at a time and stuffing ahead of the needle.
08Sit the icing on the ring, line up the two holes, and sew it down around the inner edge only. The drip edge is left loose so it stands away from the side. If you would rather not sew, work a round of single crochet through both layers around the hole instead.
09Sprinkles are embroidered last: single straight stitches about 1 cm long, scattered at odd angles across the icing in white, yellow and mint. Anchor each one with a knot inside the icing before the ring is sewn on, or run the tails into the stuffing.
Four questions this pattern answers
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How many pieces make up the doughnut?
How much yarn will the doughnut take?
What hook will the doughnut need, and what is the finished size?
How long will the doughnut take to crochet?
A round that will not add up?
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