Use these doughnuts as play food, pet toys, pincushions, or just as sweet decorations. This is also a fun project to use up ends of a yarn ball to avoid waste.

Designed by Amanda Berry @fluffandfuzz, the doughnuts are knitted in acrylic DK yarns on single pointed needles (not in the round).

NEEDLES
A pair of 3.5mm single pointed knitting needles (US 4)

RECOMMENDED YARN
Paintbox Yarns Simply DK or Stylecraft Special DK; double knitting/light worsted weight; 100% acrylic; a few grammes in each colour.

NOTIONS
Tapestry needle, toy filling, and a crochet hook for the chocolate swirl.

SIZES
One size only - The finished doughnut is 12cm diameter x 4.5cm high.

TECHNIQUES
For confident beginners and above, other techniques used include casting on and off, knits, purls, increases and decreases, and seaming to finish.

PATTERN INFO
This knitting pattern is a pdf download, 2 pages, and written in English. Patterns for personal use only; not for resale. Copyright © 2014 Amanda Berry; All rights reserved.