Name: Sweet and Sugary Candy Jar
Brand: Studio Manya

The Sweet and Sugary Candy Jar is a playful upcycling project that turns a Kilner-style jar into a delicious display piece. Topped with a generous pile of crocheted retro sweets, it brings together nostalgia and humour.

Using Scheepjes Maxi Sweet Treat, each candy is worked separately, enabling you to mix shapes, textures and colours as you go. From liquorice allsorts to marshmallow twists and gummy-style treats, the design invites you to build your own sugary scene from your favourites. The crocheted candies are arranged onto the lid, giving new purpose to a simple glass jar, perfect for storing sugar treats or collecting leftover yarn for future scrapbusting projects.

The Sweet and Sugary Candy Jar pattern includes full written instructions and is part of Scheepjes Pattern Portfolio Volume 06: Maxi, featuring six upcycling crochet projects by Kwannie.

Materials

Scheepjes Maxi Sweet Treat (100% Mercerised Cotton; 25g/140m)

Yarn A 110 Black x 1 ball
Yarn B 519 Fresia x 1 ball
Yarn C 280 Lemon x 1 ball
Yarn D 106 Snow White x 1 ball
Yarn E 281 Tangerine x 1 ball
Yarn F 162 Black Coffee x 1 ball
Yarn G 749 Pink x 1 ball
Yarn H 403 Lemonade x 1 ball
Yarn I 201 Electric Blue x 1 ball
Yarn J 722 Red x 1 ball
Yarn K 513 Spring Green x 1 ball
Yarn L 413 Cherry x 1 ball
Yarn M 179 Topaz x 1 ball
Yarn N 383 Ginger Gold x 1 ball
Yarn O 412 Forest Green x 1 ball
Yarn P 192 Scarlet x 1 ball
1.25mm crochet hook
Stitch marker
Polyester stuffing
Cardboard
Clip-top jar approx. 10 x 10 x 16.5cm (4 x 4 x 6½in)

Studio Manya

I learned the crochet basics from my neighbour when I was on maternity leave of my first child in 2013. Very common, but thinking about it now, I never made something for my kids when they were a baby (shame on me!)

Before I started my Instagram journey in 2018 I was pretty much a social media cave woman. With only 2 followers, nobody knew about my account. But in 2 years my account reached 10K. My trademark is miniatures, at first purely a tactical decision. With kids and a job there was not much time left to crochet. The smaller the items, the quicker, which equals more posts I thought. But I couldn't be more far off on that!

I hope to sweep people off their feet as much as I can with my designs. My purpose with my Instagram account and my designs is to show people that there is so much more you can create with crochet and personalize that with my absolutely-not-so-glamorous life experiences. I hope this relates to my fellow crocheters, or at least give them a laugh!

You can find my designs on my blog: Studio Manya

Patterns By Studio Manya