How to Knit a Donut Softie Toy Pattern
Learn how to Knit a Donut into a delicious sofie toy! Make them in many flavors, colors, and sizes of your choice.
My easy knitting pattern lets you knit these 3-dimensional donuts on two straight knitting needles (no knitting in the round) and you can easily make larger donuts by adding more increase rows.
Table of Contents
KNITTING TECHNIQUES for Donuts
• Slip Knot
• Cast On Long Tail Method
• Knit Stitch
• Purl
• Knit Front & Back
• Knit Two Together
• Bind Off
MATERIALS
• Size 7 or 8 US Straight Knitting Needles
• Worsted or Aran Weighted Yarn
• Scissors
• Tapestry Needle
• Stuffing!
HOW TO KNIT A DONUT
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KNITTING PATTERN | HOW TO KNIT A DONUT
Cast On 16 Stitches
• Row 1: Knit
• Row 2: Purl
Increases:
• Row 3: * KFB, K1 * (repeat between *)
• Row 4: Purl
• Row 5: * KFB, K2 * (repeat between *)
• Row 6: Purl
• Row 7: * KFB, K3 * (repeat between *)
• Row 8: Purl
Continue this increase pattern to make larger donuts.
Once you have determined you are at a half-way point:
• Row 9: Knit Row
• Row 10: Purl Row
Decreases:
K2Tog = Knit Two Together
• Row 11: * K2Tog, K3 * (repeat between *)
• Row 12: Purl
• Row 13: * K2Tog, K2 * (repeat between *)
• Row 14: Purl
• Row 15: * K2Tog, K1 * (repeat between *)
• Row 16: Purl
• Row 17: Knit
• Bind Off
• Using Tapestry Needle, tack inside CO & BO edges together.
• Stuff the tube.
• Tack remaining edges together, weave in ends, cut yarn
DONUT DECORATION EMBROIDERY IDEAS
Crochet Chain to Make Drizzled Icing
By making a simple crochet chain, we can knit up a thin, graceful strand of suary icing. Simply tack it down into place in any swirly design of your choice.
And if you have never made a crochet chain before, it’s pretty simple. Taking an crochet hook, we begin with a slip knot just like in knitting. Then we grab our yarn and bring it down through our loop. And just continue along until our chain is the length you desire.
Embroidered French Knots to Make Candy Dots
We can make little dots or nuts or chocolate chips onto our donuts in any colors by embroidering a French Knot. This is so easy.
Just wrap your yarn around your tapestry needle a couple times, make sure you’re holding onto the yarn in your left hand here, and insert it back down, close to where your yarn came up, but not the same hole. These are really fun.
Easy Stitches to Make Sprinkles
You can make little lines going in all sorts of random directions in as many colors as you chose. Everyone loves sprinkles, so have fun stitching them up!
Yummy! These donuts are really fun for playtime, having a tea party, and even as holiday ornaments.
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