Ice Cream Bear

Difficulty Level: medium

Amigurumi ice cream bear crochet

Free crochet tutorial for an Ice Cream Bear by Tatyana Kostochenkova @tkostochenkova.

Using this pattern, you can crochet an ice-cream bear with berries: cherry, blueberry, or strawberry. For amigurumi, any cotton blend yarn works well: YarnArt Jeans, Alize Cotton Gold, Gazzal Baby Cotton, and others.

Materials and Tools

YarnArt Jeans yarn: 07-sand, 62-white, 33-turquoise, 67-lemon
A little red yarn for the cherry and strawberry, purple for blueberries, green for leaves, dark yellow for cream, plus pink, brown, and dark turquoise for details
2 mm crochet hook
5 mm safety eyes
Toy stuffing
Pink felt
Waxed cord
Glue
Needle for sewing parts
Scissors

Abbreviations

MR - magic ring
ch - chain stitch
tch - turning chain
sl st - slip stitch
sc - single crochet
dc - double crochet
hdc - half double crochet
tr - treble crochet
inc - increase
dec - decrease
BLO - back loop only
FLO - front loop only
(...) x n - repeat n times

Amigurumi Ice Cream Bear Crochet Pattern

Cone

Start with beige yarn. Stuff firmly as you go.

Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2: 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3-4: 12 sc
Rnd 5: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Rnd 6-7: 18 sc
Rnd 8: 1 sc, inc, (2 sc, inc) x 5, 1 sc (24)
Rnd 9-10: 24 sc
Rnd 11: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Rnd 12-13: 30 sc
Rnd 14: 2 sc, inc, (4 sc, inc) x 5, 2 sc (36)
Rnd 15-16: 36 sc
Rnd 17: (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
Rnd 18-19: 42 sc
Rnd 20: 3 sc, inc, (6 sc, inc) x 5, 3 sc (48)
Rnd 21-22: 48 sc
Rnd 23: (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
Rnd 24-25: 54 sc
Rnd 26: 4 sc, inc, (8 sc, inc) x 5, 4 sc (60)
Rnd 27-28: 60 sc
Rnd 29: (9 sc, inc) x 6 (66)
Rnd 30-31: 66 sc

Ice Cream Scoop

Change yarn color to the one you want for the scoop. Stuff firmly as you go.

Rnd 32: 66 sc
Rnd 33: 66 sc in BLO
Rnd 34-44: 66 sc
Rnd 45: (9 sc, dec) x 6 (60)
Rnd 46: 4 sc, dec, (8 sc, dec) x 5, 4 sc (54)
Rnd 47: (7 sc, dec) x 6 (48)
Rnd 48: 3 sc, dec, (6 sc, dec) x 5, 3 sc (42)
Rnd 49: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
Rnd 50: 2 sc, dec, (4 sc, dec) x 5, 2 sc (30)
Rnd 51: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Rnd 52: 1 sc, dec, (2 sc, dec) x 5, 1 sc (18)
Rnd 53: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Rnd 54: 6 dec (6)

Cut the yarn, close the opening, and hide the yarn tail inside.

Muzzle

Use the same yarn as for the ice cream scoop.

Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2: 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Rnd 4: 1 sc, inc, (2 sc, inc) x 5, 1 sc (24)
Rnd 5: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Rnd 6: 30 sc

Cut the yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Ears (2 pieces)

Use the same yarn as for the ice cream scoop.

Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2: 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Rnd 4-6: 18 sc

Fold the piece in half and join the edges with 9 sc. Cut the yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Finishing the White Ice Cream

Join yarn to the last stitch of round 32 (where unworked front loops remain) and crochet shell edging: 2 tch, 4 dc in the same stitch, skip 1 stitch, 1 sc, skip 1 stitch, (5 dc in 1 stitch, skip 1 stitch, 1 sc, skip 1 stitch) x 15.
As you can see, the pattern repeat is 4 stitches, but we have 66 stitches in the round. To make the pattern fit without extra stitches, make 2 dec in two random places while crocheting single sc stitches.
Finish the round with a sl st into the 2nd tch. Cut and fasten off.
Edge the ice cream with one round of sl st, inserting the hook between rounds 32 and 33.
Sew the muzzle between rounds 33 and 42. Stuff as you sew. Attach eyes. Embroider the nose, smile, and eyebrows. Cut 2 felt circles (1-1.5 cm in diameter) and glue them on.

Crochet cream with lemon-colored yarn.

Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2: 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Rnd 4: 1 sc, inc, (2 sc, inc) x 5, 1 sc (24)
Rnd 5: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Rnd 6: 2 sc, inc, (4 sc, inc) x 5, 2 sc (36)

Turn the work with the wrong side facing you and crochet 4 sc into each stitch in FLO. Cut and fasten off.

Strawberry

Rnd 1: 4 sc in MR
Rnd 2: (1 sc, inc) x 2 (6)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)
Rnd 4: 1 sc, inc, (2 sc, inc) x 2, 1 sc (12)
Rnd 5: (3 sc, inc) x 3 (15)
Rnd 6: 2 sc, inc, (4 sc, inc) x 2, 2 sc (18)
Rnd 7: (5 sc, inc) x 3 (21)
Rnd 8: 3 sc, inc, (6 sc, inc) x 2, 3 sc (24)
Rnd 9-11: 24 sc
Rnd 12: 1 sc, dec, (2 sc, dec) x 5, 1 sc (18)
Rnd 13: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Rnd 14: 6 dec (6)

Cut the yarn, close the opening, and hide the yarn tail inside.

Calyx

Rnd 1: 1 tch, 5 sc in MR, sl st into tch
In round 2 we need to crochet 5 leaves, one from each stitch. Chain 4, insert the hook into the 2nd chain from hook, and work back along the chain: 1 sl st and 2 sc.

Insert the hook into the 2nd stitch of round 1 and make 1 sl st. Crochet the other 4 leaves the same way. Finish with a sl st into the 1st tch. Cut and fasten off. Crochet the stem: ch 4, insert the hook into the 2nd chain, crochet 3 sc. Sew the stem to the calyx. Then sew/glue the calyx to the strawberry, the strawberry to the cream, and the cream to the ice cream.

Spot Inside the Ear

Use dark turquoise yarn. In the magic ring, make 2 tch and crochet 12 dc, finish with a sl st into the 2nd tch. Tighten and cut the yarn, sl st into the 2nd tch. Tighten the yarn again, cut, and fasten off. Sew/glue the spot to the ear.

Fold the ears in half, stitch, and sew them onto the ice cream at equal distance from the cream.

Finishing the Lemon Ice Cream

Join yarn to the last stitch of round 32 (where unworked front loops remain) and crochet a ruffle: (1 sc, 1 dc, 1 sc) in 1 stitch, sl st in the next stitch, (1 sc, 1 dc, 1 sc) in 1 stitch, sl st in the next stitch, repeat to the end of the round. Cut, fasten off, and hide the tail inside.
Edge the ice cream with one round of sl st, inserting the hook between rounds 32 and 33.
Sew the muzzle between rounds 33 and 42. Stuff as you sew. Attach eyes. Embroider the nose, smile, eyebrows, and eyelashes. Cut 2 felt circles (1-1.5 cm in diameter) and glue them on.

Beige Cream

Work one round of crab stitch around the circle. Cut and fasten off.

Blueberries (3 pieces)

Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2: 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3-4: 12 sc
Rnd 5: 6 dec

Stuff, cut the yarn, close the opening, and hide the yarn tail inside.

Leaves (3 pieces)

Chain 9, insert the hook into the 2nd chain, crochet 1 sl st, 1 sc, 1 hdc, 4 dc, 4 sc in the last chain, 4 dc, 1 hdc, 1 sc, 1 sl st. Cut and fasten off.

Sew/glue in order: cream to the ice cream, leaves to the cream, blueberries to the leaves. Fold the ears in half, stitch, and sew onto the ice cream at equal distance from the cream.

Finishing the Turquoise Ice Cream

Join yarn to the last stitch of round 32 (where unworked front loops remain) and crochet a ruffle: (4 sc in 1 stitch) x 66. Cut, fasten off, and hide the tail inside.
Chain 30, join yarn to the ice cream by making 1 sl st between rounds 32 and 33. Edge the ice cream with one round of sl st, also inserting the hook between rounds 32 and 33. After completing the round, chain 30 again. Cut and tighten the yarn. Tie the tails into a knot.
Sew the muzzle between rounds 33 and 42. Stuff as you sew. Attach eyes. Embroider the nose, smile, eyebrows, and eyelashes. Cut 2 felt circles (1-1.5 cm in diameter) and glue them on.

Dark Yellow Cream

Work all rounds in BLO.

Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2: 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Rnd 4: 1 sc, inc, (2 sc, inc) x 5, 1 sc (24)
Rnd 4: 1 sc, inc, (2 sc, inc) x 5, 1 sc (24)
Rnd 5: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Rnd 6: 2 sc, inc, (4 sc, inc) x 5, 2 sc (36)

Finish the round with 1 sl st. Chain 3 and edge the circle as follows: 3 tr in 1 stitch, 3 ch, sl st in the next stitch, 3 ch, 3 tr in 1 stitch, 3 ch, sl st in the next stitch, repeat to the end of the round. You should get 18 popcorns in total. Cut and fasten off.

Edge the unworked loops of the circle with sl st. Cut and fasten off.

Cherry

Prepare the stem. Take waxed cord, cut a small piece (about 5 cm), and tie a firm knot at one end.

Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR (insert the stem and tighten the ring)
Rnd 2: 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Rnd 4: 1 sc, inc, (2 sc, inc) x 5, 1 sc (24)
Rnd 5-8: 24 sc
Rnd 9: 1 sc, dec, (2 sc, dec) x 5, 1 sc (18)
Rnd 10: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Rnd 11: 6 dec (6)

Stuff, cut the yarn, close the opening, shape the cherry at the base, and hide the yarn tail inside. Then sew/glue the cream to the ice cream and the cherry to the cream. Fold the ears in half, stitch, and sew them onto the ice cream at equal distance from the cream.

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