Pusheen With Donut: Light Grey, Dark Grey, Brown, Rosé
Pusheen With Donut: Light Grey, Dark Grey, Brown, Rosé
by @rxy_crochet
Body
With light grey yarn
beginning at the head
R1: 6 sc in magic ring (6)
R2: 2 sc in each stitch around (12)
R3: (1 sc, inc) x6 (18)
R4: (2 sc, inc) x6 (24)
R5: (sc in next 3 st, inc) x6 (30)
R6: (sc in next 4 st, inc) x6 (36)
R7: (sc in next 5 st, inc) x6 (42)
R8: sc in each st (42)
R9: (sc in next 6 st, inc) x6 (48)
Arms (make 2)
R1: 6 sc in magic ring (6)
R2-3: sc all around (6)
Tie off, leaving a yarn end for sewing on the body later.
We first have to sew on the donut.
Legs (make 2)
R1: 6 sc in magic ring (6)
R2: (1 sc, inc) x3 (9)
R3: Sc all around (9)
Tie off, leaving a yarn end for sewing to the body. Sew the
feet onto the body.
Tail
The tail is dark grey/light grey striped.
We start with dark grey yarn.
R1: 6 sc in magic ring (6)
R2-3: sc all around (6)
Tie off leaving a yarn end and sew the tail onto the body
so that it goes to one side. See picture:
Stripes on back (make 2)
With dark grey yarn
ch 15
R1: sc in second chain from hook and in next 13 stitches, at
the end of the row, chain 1 (14)
R2: turn and continue to sc 14 on other side of the chain (14)
Slipstitch in next stitch.
Tie off leaving a yarn end for sewing onto the back. Sew
both stripes on the back with a little distance between
them as you can see in the picture above.
Nose/mouth
With black embroidery floss sew on mouth and nose the
way you see it in the picture.
Donut:
Now sew the donut to the body, then sew on the hands
directly next to it.
Congrats! You now have created a pusheen with donut!
Show me your creation by linking me (@rxy_crochet) in
your Instagram-picture!
This is actually more like a recipe than a pattern. My donut turns out
to be just shy of an inch across. You can make it smaller or larger by
using a lighter (fingering, embroider thread?) or heavier (worsted)
yarn, and changing hook size accordingly (2mm for finer yarn and
3.5mm for worsted, for example). You can also make a larger donut
by increasing the number of beginning ch by multiples of 2, and
repeating row 3 a couple of times (more about that in the recipe
below). I wouldn’t start with fewer stitches than what the “recipe”
calls for though, it can be really tricky to manage such small number
of stitches.
Small amount of sport weight yarn in donut and icing colours (tan,
brown, pink, yellow, white, etc.)
Recipe:
Round 1: With donut colour (i.e. tan), ch 8, join with first ch to form
ring.
NOTE: The side that is facing you (i.e. the front of the work) is
the INSIDE of the donut. For the first 3 rounds you’re working with
the inside of the donut facing you. So the back of the work is the
outside of the donut.
Here I have finished the first 3 rounds of the donut, crocheting with
the inside facing me.
Here is what the outside of the donut looks like after the first 3
rounds.
Round 2: ch 1 (does not count as a stitch), sc in first ch, 2 sc in next
ch, [sc in next ch, 2 sc in next ch] around, sl st in first sc to join (12
sc).
Round 4: Attach icing colour, fasten off donut colour. TURN (now
you’re working with the outside of the donut facing you), ch 1, sl st in
each sc around in the front loop only, sl st in first sl st to join (12 sl
st). (Be careful not to pull too tight while making the sl st in this
round, otherwise the next row would be difficult.)
Round 5: ch 1, TURN (now you’re working with the inside of the donut
facing you again), working in the front loop only, sc in first st, 2 sc
tog over next 2 st, [sc in next st, 2 sc tog over next 2 st] around, sl
st in first sc to join (8 sc), leaving a long tail for sewing, fasten off.
Sew the final icing round to the first donut round using whip stitch,
matching the stitches.
I find it really difficult to sew the donut together with stuffing inside,
and because the donut is so tiny I don’t feel it needs stuffing. I just
pull all the yarn ends into the donut with a crochet hook after it’s
sewn together.
Pull all yarn ends and thread ends into the inside of the donut with a
small crochet hook.