Everyone needs sweets once in a while.
These little cones were worked from small scrap balls of yarn. Whip a dozen of these up in no time. Ice cream always brings a smile to a person's face, give them as gifts or add them to your little one's play food collection.
What you need:
Small amounts of worsted weight yarn
Size F (3.75mm) hook
Polyester fiber fill
Clip to keep place
Yarn needle
Scissors
Cone
work in continuous rounds, do not join
- Chain 2 (cone color)
- Round 1: Work 6 sc in first chain
- Round 2: sc in each sc around - 6 st
- Round 3: *2 sc in next st, sc in next st, rep from * around - 9 st
- Round 4: sc in each sc around - 9 st
- Round 5: *2 sc in next st, sc in next 2 st, rep from * around - 12 st
- Round 6: sc in each sc around - 12 st
- Round 7: *2 sc in next st, sc in next 3 st, rep from * around - 15 st
- Round 8: sc in each sc around - 15 st
- Round 9: *2 sc in next st, sc in next 4 st, rep from * around - 18 st
- Round 10: sc in each sc around - 18 st
- Round 11: *2 sc in next st, sc in next 2 st, rep from * around - 24 st
- Rounds 12-13: sc in each sc around - 24 st
- Round 14: (switch to ice cream color) sc in each sc around - 24 st
- Round 15: sc in each sc around, BLO - 24 st
- Round 16-18: sc in each sc around - 24 st
- Round 19:*sc2tog, sc in each of next 2 sts, rep from * around - 18 st
- Round 20:*sc2tog, sc in each of next 1 sts, rep from * around - 12 st
- Stuff (firmly)
- Round 21:*sc2tog around - 6 st
- Sew up top and weave in ends
See that little ridge the BLO round left? Hold your ice cream with the cone facing away from you, join yarn (ice cream color) and work (3 sc) in one stitch, sk 1 st, around. Break yarn and weave in ends.
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| I'm getting spoiled working with a tripod, my handheld photography is slipping |
Ombre yarns work really well when making sweets, they can look like swirled ice cream and frosting. The yarn I used on the example reminds me of mixed berry sherbet.