Hello again, my happy hooker friends! It’s been a while, I know. What can I say? Life happens. Earlier this year I enrolled in school again, and while I am enjoying my time learning it has severely cut into my creative time! I will be finishing up my program later this year, so hopefully I will have more time to design once that time comes. But enough of the housekeeping, on to the good stuff!
Fall might be just around the corner, but here in upstate New York summer is hanging on with a vengeance. It’s hot. I mean, GOOD LORD IT’S HOT. Is it like this everywhere this year? I kind of feel like we all deserve a break after the stress of the last year, but clearly the break is not coming in the form of cooler weather! Since I basically spend every day sweating and trying to find ways to cool down, I’ve been thinking about ice cream a lot lately. So much so, in fact, that I was inspired to make these adorable ice cream cones.
I chose to use a small hook and thinner yarn to turn my cones into keychains, but you could easily switch it up, using thicker yarn and a bigger hook to make them Christmas ornaments or plushies. Or, if you’re feeling really ambitious, break out that blanket yarn and a big hook and make a jumbo cone! The sky is the limit, and these little guys make great stash busters since ice cream comes in every color of the rainbow!
Below is the pattern for a single scoop ice cream cone, but I’ve also made double scoops and bomb pops (remember them?!). If you want to beat the heat with these tasty treats, head over to my shop to get the formatted PDF that includes all three variations!
Materials:
- Yarn in your choice of color for the ice cream, light brown for the cone, and a tiny bit of pink to add cheeks or black to add a mouth if you want to give it a face. For keychains, use a thinner worsted weight or a DK yarn.
- 2.25mm (B) crochet hook
- 6 mm safety eyes if you want to give your cone added personality with a face
- Polyfill stuffing
- Tapestry needle
- Keyring
Cone:
*The cone is made using light brown yarn and continuous rounds.*
Round 1: Sc 6 in magic ring. (6)
Round 2: Sc around. (6)
Round 3: [Sc, inc] around. (9)
Round 4: [Sc 2, inc] around. (12)
Round 5: [Sc 3, inc] around. (15)
Round 6: Sc around. (15)
Round 7: [Sc 4, inc] around. (18)
Round 8: Sc around. (18)
Round 9: [Sc 5, inc] around (21)
Round 10: Sc around. (21)
Round 11: [Sc 6, inc] around. (24)
Round 12: Sc around. (24)
Round 13: [Sc 7, inc] around. (27)
Round 14: Sc around (27)
Fasten off and leave a tail for sewing. Stuff the cone.
Ice Cream Scoop
*The scoop is made using your choice of color and continuous rounds.*
Round 1: Sc 6 in magic ring. (6)
Round 2: Inc around. (12)
Round 3: [Sc, inc] around. (18)
Round 4: [Sc 2, inc] around. (24)
Round 5: [Sc 3, inc] around. (30)
Rounds 6-11: Sc around. (30) (6 rounds)
*If you want to add a face to your ice cream, insert your safety eyes between rounds 7 & 8, approximately 6 stitches apart. Using pink yarn, embroider two lines that are two stitches wide approximately one row below the eyes to simulate cheeks. Alternatively, you can use black yarn or embroidery thread to add a mouth. Or you could go crazy and add both!*
Round 12: [Sc 8, dec] around. (27)
Round 13: Working in the FLO, *Sl st, [dc 2, tr, dc 2] in the next stitch, skip the next stitch*, repeat from * to * around, ending on a skipped stitch, sl st to first stitch to finish.
Fasten off and weave in end. Stuff the scoop.
Assembly:
Since there are only two parts to this little guy, assembling him is fairly easy. Use the tail you left from the cone and sew the cone to the scoop by sewing through the front loops of the last round of the cone and the unworked loops of round 13 of the ice cream scoop. Add any needed additional stuffing before sewing completely.
If making a keychain, attach the keyring to the top of the ice cream cone.
I hope you enjoy making an ice cream truckload of these little guys to keep you cool on these steamy summer days! If you would like to get your hands on a formatted PDF version of this pattern, head on over to my Etsy shop or Ravelry store! As a bonus, this PDF contains two other types of ice creams to make, so check it out! Happy hooking, my friends!
