By Lois Karklus

July 2006

tested by Darlene Kelly who provided the picture below using seed beads for the sprinkles

Hook of your choice – I used an H hook

small amount of brown yarn (I used RH Espresso)

small amount of tan yarn (I used RH Café)

small amount of white yarn

very small amounts of 3 colors of your choice for sprinkles

coffee mug

glue gun

plastic canvas needle (for sewing on sprinkles)

small amount of stuffing (I used Poly-Fil)

With white, tie your beginning knot leaving a 10" tail. Do not weave in the tail. Ch 12 and sl st to beg ch to form a ring. Work rnd 1 in the chains themselves, not in the ring.

RND 1: Ch 3, dc in same ch, (2 dc in next ch) 11 times, join with sl st to beg ch-3. (24 dc)

RND 2: Ch 3, dc in same dc, dc in next dc, (2 dc in next dc, dc in next dc) around, join with sl st to beg ch-3, leave a 20" tail. (36 dc)

With brown, work as above, but it is not necessary to leave tails.

RND 1: Ch 2, 12 sc in beg ch, join with sl st to beg sc. (12 sc)

RND 2: Ch 1, 2 hdc in each sc, join with sl st to beg hdc. (24 hdc)

RND 3: Ch 3, dc in same hdc, dc in next hdc, (2 dc in next hdc, dc in next hdc) around, join with sl st to beg ch-3. (36 dc)

Thread needle with small amount of one color yarn. Make small stitches all over the white part of the donut. Repeat using each of the other two colors. I used maroon, pink, and green.

Thread needle with the 10" piece of white that’s hanging off the middle of the donut top. Holding wrong sides of donut top and bottom together, whip stitch the middle of the donut together.

Thread the needle with the 20" piece of white that’s hanging off the outside of the donut top. Whip stitch the edges of the donut together, stuffing it after every few stitches.

Fill the coffee mug about 2/3 of the way full with stuffing. Glue the coffee into the mug. You don’t want it to be exactly even so it will look like the donut is being dunked into the coffee and splashing it around.

Glue donut on top of coffee standing up. Serve with a smile.