Watermelon Donut

Difficulty Level: easy

Amigurumi watermelon donut crochet

Free Watermelon Donut crochet tutorial by Alesya @gnezdyshko_milidi.

With this pattern, you can crochet a donut with watermelon icing. For this amigurumi project, any acrylic, cotton, or cotton blend yarn will work: YarnArt Jeans, Alize Cotton Gold, Gazzal Baby Cotton, and others.

Materials and Tools

Watermelon-colored yarn
Crochet hook
Toy stuffing
Sewing needle for attaching pieces
Scissors

Abbreviations

ch - chain stitch
sl st - slip stitch
sc - single crochet
inc - increase
dec - decrease
(...) x n - repeat n times

Amigurumi Watermelon Donut Crochet Pattern

Donut

1. 30 ch, join into a ring
2-3. 30 sc
4. (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
5. 2 sc, inc, (5 sc, inc) x 5, 3 sc (42)
6. (6 sc, inc) x 6 (48)
7. 3 sc, inc, (7 sc, inc) x 5, 4 sc (54)
8. (8 sc, inc) x 6 (60)
9-13. 60 sc
14. (8 sc, dec) x 6 (54)
15. 3 sc, dec, (7 sc, dec) x 5, 4 sc (48)
16. (6 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
17. 2 sc, dec, (5 sc, dec) x 5, 3 sc (36)
18. (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
19-20. 30 sc

Fasten off, cut the yarn, but leave a long tail for sewing.

Join both edges and sew in a circle. Stuff firmly as you sew so the donut keeps its shape. At the end, fasten off, cut the yarn, and hide it inside the base.

Amigurumi watermelon donut crochet

Icing

Work in a spiral. In red:

1: 36 ch, join into a ring
2: 36 sc
3: (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
4: 3 sc, inc, (6 sc, inc) x 5, 3 sc (48)
In white:
5: (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
In green:
6: 4 sc, inc, (8 sc, inc) x 5, 4 sc (60)

Amigurumi watermelon donut crochet. Icing

Drips

2 sc, 5 ch, and from the second chain from hook 5 sc (the 5th sc should be worked along the edge of an sc, marked in red in the first photo), 6 sc, 3 ch, from the second chain from hook 3 sc (the 3rd sc should be worked along the edge of an sc). Alternate to the end of the round.

Amigurumi watermelon donut crochet. Drips