Candy corn crochet pattern — one piece, 12 counted rounds
This free candy corn crochet pattern makes a sweet about 5.5 cm tall, worked on a 3.5 mm hook in three colours, about forty-five minutes' work. Twelve rounds and two colour changes, both on a round boundary: white for rounds 1 to 3, orange from round 4, yellow from round 9. The cone grows three stitches at a time with plain rounds in between, which fattens it instead of spiking it, and round 10 opens to 21 before round 11 comes back to 18 — that small pull-in is what lets the base lie flat when you lace it shut. All 12 rounds are written out below in one piece, each carrying the stitch count it ends on.
Maths verified, not yet made. Every one of the 12 rounds was checked against the round before it by machine — the counts, the increases and the decreases all add up. What nobody can promise you yet is how it sits in the hand.How we check
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Why it is rated Beginner
Beginner: twelve rounds of plain single crochet, three increases on the rounds that grow, and two colour changes that both fall at the start of a round rather than inside one.
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00What you need before you start
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What you need before you start
Yarn — three colours, all weight 4
scraps, about 5 mWorsted acrylic, weight 4
scraps, about 10 mWorsted acrylic, weight 4
scraps, about 10 mWorsted acrylic, weight 4
Tools
3 you probably own, 1 to buyYou likely have
Tapestry needle
Scissors
Stitch markers
You need to buy
Polyester stuffing (~8 g)
Optional
A chopstick or similar for pushing stuffing into the tip
20 cm of thin ribbon for a hanging loop
Gauge and finished size
the last check before you cast onTension
Tight enough that no stuffing shows between the stitches. Exact gauge is not critical — a looser hand gives a bigger sweet.
Finished size
~5.5 cm tall, about 3.5 cm across the base
How to make the candy corn
Switching rewrites every round:US6 sc in mrUK6 dc in mrWork a US sc as a UK single crochet and the fabric comes out looser and taller.
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01The candy corn
Start in white at the point. The cone opens three stitches at a time…12 RNDS
starts in white· magic ring· Piece 1 of 1
First six rounds[6] [9] [9] [12] [15] [15]
The white tip
RND 1–31[6]
2[9]
3[9]
The orange middle
RND 4–84[12]
5[15]
6[15]
7[15]
8[18]
The yellow base
RND 9–129[18]
10[21]
11[18]
12[18]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreasest(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneStuff it firmly, flatten the last round so the two sides meet, and lace the yarn between them to close the base flat.
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Six notes on the candy corn
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01An original Crochet Genie design.
02Worked in a continuous spiral from the white tip down to the yellow base. Mark the first stitch of every round and move the marker up as you go.
03Both colour changes fall on a round boundary — round 4 starts in orange, round 9 starts in yellow. Finish the last stitch of the previous round with the new colour and there is no jog to hide.
04The cone grows by three stitches on its increase rounds, with straight rounds between them. That mix is what keeps it a plump sweet rather than a thin horn. Stagger the three increases a stitch or two each round so no seam ridge forms.
05Stuff firmly through rounds 10 to 12, pushing a little into the tip first with a chopstick — you cannot reach it once the base closes.
06To finish: flatten the 18-stitch opening so the two sides meet, then lace the yarn back and forth between them, one stitch from each side at a time. Pull snug, knot inside, and thread the tail through the body before trimming.
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A round that will not add up?
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