It’s Day 17 of the 31 Days of Candy! This sweet little Rock Candy is our candy of the day, and it’s one of my favorite candies from our event so far. I don’t think I’ve ever had actual rock candy, the sticks of crystalized sugar that looks like a stick of gemstones. They’ve always looked so pretty to me, but for some reason I’ve never actually eaten one. It’s probably because it was made somewhere with peanuts, since that seems to be the case with most candies for me. However, I might need to try one now because this cute Rock Candy has won me over to liking them!
Did you guys know that Rock Candy was originally used for medicinal purposes for a few hundred years? (Thank you internet for a fascinating article from Candy Warehouse.) After a few hundred years, people figured out that rock candy also tasted sweet and would be a great treat, thus causing it to fade out from medicine to instead become known as a candy. I’ll take candy as medicine any day!
When I was designing this candy, I had to brainstorm how I was going to create the crystal texture of rock candies. How could I make it look like the crochet candy was made up of different pieces put together? Then it hit me: the bobble stitch! This stitch has been high on the crochet trend list recently, and I’m totally hooked on it as well. I love how such a simple technique creates a bobble that adds a pop of texture to crochet projects. I used single bobble stitches that are layered upon themselves to create a varying stitch pattern. It might sound difficult, but I’ve made a Youtube video that shows how to do the bobble stitch so you don’t have to have any fear with making this candy!
For this pattern I used Paintbox Yarns Simply DK in Bubblegum Pink and Light Camel. I really like the way these two colors compliment each other! What’s great about rock candy is that it can be done in any color and it will look like rock candy. I’ve been finding myself really drawn to pink as I make these candies, so I had to go with it for this one. If you can’t get ahold of the Paintbox Yarn, the Lion Brand Baby Soft yarn line has some great colors that would be perfect to make some rock candies with. This pattern allows a lot of creativity for you to do any color combination you’d like! Let’s get started!
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Materials
- Paintbox yarns Simply DK in Bubblegum Pink 150 (main color)
- You could also use Lion Brand 24/7 cotton or Lion Brand Baby Soft in any color
- Paintbox yarns color 108 Light Camel or Lion Brand 24/7 cotton in Camel
- 4.00 mm crochet hook
- Black, red, and pink felt
- Black and pink embroidery floss
- embroidery needle
- yarn needle
- scissors
- stitch marker
- stuffing
Stitches Used:
- st = stitch
- sc = single crochet (UK Double Crochet)
- dc = double crochet (UK Treble Crochet)
- dec = decrease
- bobble = bobble stitch (*yarn over, insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull through two loops,* repeat till you have six loops on your hook, then yarn over and pull yarn through all six) If you’ve never done this stitch before, check out my Youtube video below that shows how to do it:
Recipe Notes:
- The rock candy is crocheted in one piece of continuous rounds with no joining. Mark the beginning of each round with a stitch marker.
- Pattern uses US crochet terminology, but the UK terminology conversion is listed in the stitches used list above
- Face is made of felt pieces that are cut out and sewn on to the crocheted piece. Download my Felt Pieces for Plushies PDF Printout for the face pieces you’ll cut out of felt. Cut out two eyes from black felt, one mouth from pink felt, and a tongue from red felt. If you don’t know how to sew on felt pieces, see my Youtube video below that shows how to do it.
Rock Candy
Using Paintbox Yarns Simply DK in Bubblegum Pink or other DK yarn
Rnd 1: sc 5 in magic circle (5)
Rnd 2: sc 2 in each sc around (10)
Rnd 3: *sc 1, sc 2 in next st,* repeat 4 times (15)
Rnd 4: dc 1, bobble, dc 3, bobble, *dc 2, bobble* repeat 3 times (15)
Rnd 5: *dc 3, bobble, dc 2, bobble* repeat once, dc 1 (15)
Rnd 6: bobble, dc 3, bobble, dc 3, bobble, dc 2, bobble, dc 3 (15)
Sew face onto the bottom of the rock candy (where the circle of sc rows are).
Rnd 7: *sc 1, dec 1,* repeat 4 more times (15)
Stuff rock candy
Rnd 8: dec 5 (5)
Fasten off and weave in ends.
Stick:
Using Paintbox yarn Col 108 Light camel or other DK weight yarn
Rnd 1:sc 4 in magic circle
Rnd 2-6:sc 4
Fasten off, leaving tail for sewing. Sew to rock candy.
Now you’re done! Isn’t it adorable???
I can’t wait to see all of the color combinations you’ll make with this candy! I think I need one in each color of the rainbow. If you’d like to receive the 31 Days of Candy free crochet patterns delivered directly to your inbox throughout the month of October, sign up for my newsletter here and receive a new one each day. If you missed any of the other free crochet patterns you can get them in the 31 Days of Candy section on my website. If you’d like to share your makes, make sure to tag @eclairemakery and use the hashtag #31daysofcandy to share them with everyone. See you tomorrow for day 18 of the 31 days of candy!
Happy stitching,
~Claire
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