These adorable stacking rings are made up of five individual donut shapes that are separately crocheted and stuffed. For this project, you’ll want to select an array of colors that catches your eye! The tower is shown here in a rainbow colorway and a natural colorway. The choice of whether to turn your rings into adorable critters is up to you…they look great either way!

Basic skills:
Basic increases and decreases
Basic sewing (seaming)
Basic stitches (ch, sc, sl st, dc)
Crochet in the round
Crochet flat (back and forth; used for piggy version only)
Basic embroidery (used for piggy version only)

Finished measurements:
Height: 9.5”/24cm
Diameter of each ring (smallest to largest): 4”/10cm, 5”/12.5 cm, 6.5”/16.5 cm, 7”/18 cm, and 8”/20.5 cm

Materials:
Polyester fiberfill
Stitch marker (optional)
Yarn needle

Natural version:
Imperial Stock Ranch, Columbia
Color A: Natural #01; 1 skein
Color B: Pearl Gray #02; 1 skein
Color C: Quail #46; 1 skein
Color D: Osprey #65; 1 skein
Color E: Rich Soil #05; 1 skein

Rainbow version:
Blue Sky Alpacas, Worsted Cotton
Color A: Ladybug #629; 1 skein
Color B: Poppy #601; 1 skein
Color C: Lemongrass #607; 1 skein
Color D: Caribbean #630; 1 skein
Color E: Orchid #618; 1 skein

Pattern Notes:
Both the rainbow tower and the natural tower consist of 5 rings that are crocheted and stuffed individually. For each ring, you will crochet the entire piece, stuff the ring, and stitch closed (into its final donut shape) with a yarn needle.

For the natural rings, in addition to crocheting the 5 basic rings, you will also crochet 5 sets of ears and snouts.

The rings are worked in continuous rounds. Do not join at the end of each round with a slip stitch.