Donut cat

All you need is love.. and Donuts! I mean, who doesn't love donuts? Cute amigurumi foods
are one of my favourite things to make. I've made Unicorn macaron, Pumkitty pie, Octopus
cupcake and Bunny macaron so far. Let's make a cute cat donut today.

This pattern is written in US English terms and worked in continuous rounds unless stated
otherwise.
Materials needed:

• Sport weight yarn in main colour (MC) and contrasting colour (CC).
• 2.5 mm crochet hook.
• Fiber fill stuffing.
• 8 mm safety eyes.
• Black embroidery thread.
• Tapestry needle.

Abbreviations:
R - round/ row.
Ch - chain.
St - stitch.
Sc - single crochet.
Inc - increase ( 2sc in same stitch).
Dec - decrease ( sc 2 st together).
Sl st - slip stitch.
[..] - repeat the instructions given in between.
(..) - total number of stitches.
Donut:
With main colour yarn (MC),
Chain 30 and sl st to the first chain to form a ring. Make sure not to twist the loop while
joining.
R1: Sc in the first ch and sc in each of the remaining ch (30).
R2: [ Sc in next 2 st, inc, sc in next 2 st ] x 6 (36).
R3: [ Sc in next 5 st, inc ] x 6 (42).
R4: [ Sc in next 3 st, inc, sc in next 3 st ] x 6 (48).
R5: [ Sc in next 7 st, inc ] x 6 (54).
R6: [ Sc in next 4 st, inc, sc in next 4 st ] x 6 (60).
R7: [ Sc in next 9 st, inc ] x 6 (66).
R8 -17: Sc in each st (66).
R18: [ Sc in next 9 st, dec] x 6 (60).
R19: [ Sc in next 4 st, dec, sc in next 4 st ] x 6 (54).
R20: [ Sc in next 7 st, dec) x 6 (48).
R21: [ Sc in next 3 st, dec, sc in next 3 st ] x 6 (42).
R22: [ Sc in next 5 st, dec ] x 6 (36).
R23: [ Sc in next 2 st, dec, sc in next 2 st ] x 6 (30).
Fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing.
Insert 8 mm safety eyes between R17 and R18 with 9 stitches in between.
Embroider the mouth and whiskers using black embroidery thread.
Sew R1 and R23 together using a whip stitch.
Stuff the donut as you go and close the ends.

Ears (make 2):

With main colour yarn (MC):
R1: 4 sc in magic ring (4).
R2: [ Sc in next st, inc ] x 2 (6).
R3: [ Sc in next st, inc ] x 3 (9).
R4: [ Sc in next 2 st, inc ] x 3 (12).
R5: [ Sc in next 3 st, inc ] x 3 (15).
Fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing.
Legs (make 4):
With main colour yarn (MC)
R1: 6 sc in magic ring (6).
R2: Sc in each st (6).
R3: [ Sc in next 2 st, inc ] x 2 (8).
Sc through both the layers at the top of the legs to close.
Fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing.

Tail:
Start with contrasting colour yarn (CC).
R1: 6 sc in magic ring (6).
R2: [ Sc in next st, inc ] x 3 (9).
R3-4: Sc in each st (9).
Switch to Main colour (MC) R5-6: Sc in each st (9).
(Switch to CC) R7-8: Sc in each st (9).
(Switch to MC) R9-10: Sc in each st (9).
(Switch to CC) R11-12: Sc in each st (9).
(Switch to MC) R13-14: Sc in each st (9).
(Switch to CC) R15-16: Sc in each st (9).
(Switch to MC) R17-18: Sc in each st (9).
(Switch to CC) R19-20: Sc in each st (9).
(Switch to MC) R21: Sc in each st (9).
Stuff a little and sc through both the layers to close.
Fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing.

Assembling:
Attach the ears 3 rows above the eyes.
Sew forelegs and hind legs.
Take a strand of contrasting colour yarn and make 3 forehead stripes in-between the ears.
Similarly, make 2 stripes in space between the forelegs and hind legs.
Attach the tail at the back.
And your Donut cat is now done!
I really hope you enjoyed this tutorial. Do share your works on Instagram using the tag
#littleloveeveryday as i'd love to see your makes.