Crochet Ice Cream: A Delightful Craft Project

Crochet ice cream is a delightful and whimsical craft that brings a touch of sweetness and charm to any setting. Just imagine a fluffy scoop of vibrant yarn ice cream nestled in a cone made of crochet goodness, creating a cute and fun accessory or decoration. With a playful twist on the classic summertime treat, crocheting ice cream allows for endless creativity in choosing colors, textures, and designs to make each creation as unique as a fingerprint.

Materials

Yarn in Tan, Pink, Red

Embroidery Floss in Black

Size E Crochet Hook

Poly fiberfill

Glue if you want

Large eye blunt needle

Abbreviations

Ch – Chain

SC – Single Crochet

INC – 2 Single Crochet in designated stitch

DEC – Single Crochet 2 stitches together

DC – Double Crochet

Gauge is not important for this project unless you have purchased a kit. Using the right size hook is important to ensure you have enough yarn.

Notes

Almost the entire project is worked in the round. Use a stitch marker or a scrap piece of yarn to mark the beginning of each row. Then you don’t have to count every row. Do not join unless instructed to.

Parentheses indicate a repeat. Repeat the stitches in the parentheses for the number of times indicated.

The bracketed number [] is the number of stitches at the end of each row.

I spread my increases out so there isn’t a seam on the finished piece. If you do not like this method, you can do regular increases.

Cone

In Tan, Ch 2

Round 1: 6 SC in 2nd Chain from hook [6].

Round 2: (INC, 2 SC) 2 times [8].

Round 3: (INC, 3 SC) 2 times [10].

Round 4: (INC, 4 SC) 2 times [12].

Round 5: (INC, 5 SC) 2 times [14].

Round 6: (INC, 6 SC) 2 times [16].

Round 7: (INC, 7 SC) 2 times [18].

Round 8: (INC, 8 SC) 2 times [20].

Round 9: (INC, 9 SC) 2 times [22].

Round 10: (INC, 10 SC) 2 times [24].

Round 11: (INC, 11 SC) 2 times [26].

Round 12: (INC, 12 SC) 2 times [28].

Round 13: (INC, 13 SC) 2 times [30].

Round 14: (INC, 14 SC) 2 times [32].

Round 15: (INC, 15 SC) 2 times [34].

Round 16: (INC, 16 SC) 2 times [36].

Fasten off. Leave a long tail for sewing.

Stuff and sew to Ice cream when it is done.

Ice Cream

In Pink,

CH 2

Round 1: 6 SC in 2nd Chain from hook [6].

Round 2: INC in each stitch [12].

Round 3: (SC, INC) 6 times [18].

Round 4: (SC, INC, SC) 6 times [24].

Round 5: (3 SC, INC) 6 times [30].

Round 6: (2 SC, INC, 2 SC) 6 times [36].

Round 7: (5 SC, INC) 6 times [42].

Rounds 8-15: 8 rows SC [42 stitches in each row].

Round 16: (DEC, 5 SC) 6 times [36].

Round 17: (Sk stitch, 5 DC in next stitch, Sk stitch, SC) around.

Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Using embroidery floss, embroider the face using the picture for reference. Double up to make the features show up better.

Cheeks (Make 2)

In Red

Ch 2

Round 1: 4 SC in 2nd Ch from hook [4]. Slip stitch to join making a circle.

Round 2: INC in each stitch around, slip stitch to join [12].

Round 3: In FLOs (3 DC in 1st Stitch, Slip stitch in next stitch) 6 times, [6 DC, 6 Slip Stitch].