Specifications
| Brand: | Paintbox Yarns |
| Yarn Weight: | DK | Light Worsted |
| Designer: | Amanda Berry |
| Craft: | Knitting |
| Format: | Downloadable PDF |
| Languages: | English |
| Number of Patterns: | 10 |
| Pages: | 17 |
| Skill Level: | Intermediate |
| Finished Size: | Toys: from 1 ½in/3.5cm tall to 6 ¾in/17cm tall |
| Featured Products: | Paintbox Yarns Simply DK Yarn - Acrylic DK |
What you'll need
Product Description
Knit an entire display of adorable desserts with Sweet Treats from Paintbox Yarns, designed by the talented Amanda Berry.
These charming pieces are made with Paintbox Yarns Simply DK and are endlessly customizable. Whether you prefer fruit tarts, cakes, or candies, choose your favorite colors and stitch a full tray of knitted treats. Fun to make and delightful to gift or display, this collection is sure to spark your creativity.
The patterns are clear and perfect for a variety of skill levels.
Paintbox Yarns Sweet Treats Knitted Toy Collection
Project Overview
Sweet Treats is a downloadable knitting pattern collection designed by Amanda Berry that features nine charming miniature food-themed toys. This intermediate-level project allows crafters to create an entire set of adorable dessert and confectionery items, each with specific finished dimensions ranging from 1 1/2 inches to 6 3/4 inches tall. The collection includes Cherry Iced Cupcake, Ring Doughnut, Marshmallows, Wrapped Boiled Sweets, Chocolate Chip Cookies, Ice Cream Cookie Sandwich, Fruit Tarts, Chocolate Cake Slice, Berry Cheesecake Slice, and Rainbow Birthday Cake.
What Is Being Made
This pattern collection creates a complete set of knitted miniature food toys perfect for imaginative play, decoration, or gift-giving. The individual pieces vary in size and complexity:
- Cherry Iced Cupcake measuring 4 inches (10cm) tall
- Ring Doughnut measuring 3 3/4 inches (9.5cm) wide
- Marshmallows measuring 1 1/2 inches (3.5cm) tall
- Wrapped Boiled Sweets measuring 3 1/2 inches (9cm) wide
- Chocolate Chip Cookies measuring 2 1/2 inches (6.5cm) wide
- Ice Cream Cookie Sandwich measuring 2 1/2 inches (6.5cm) tall
- Fruit Tarts measuring 3 1/4 inches (8.5cm) wide
- Chocolate Cake Slice measuring 5 inches (12cm) tall and 5 1/2 inches (14cm) wide
- Berry Cheesecake Slice measuring 3 1/4 inches (8cm) tall and 5 1/2 inches (14cm) wide
- Rainbow Birthday Cake measuring 6 3/4 inches (17cm) tall including candle
Knitting Techniques Used
This intermediate-level pattern employs several fundamental and intermediate knitting techniques to construct the three-dimensional toy pieces. Garter stitch provides a textured, reversible fabric that works well for creating structured toy shapes. Stockinette stitch is used to create smooth, refined surfaces typical of finished knitted garments. The pattern incorporates increase techniques using the knit into front and back method to add stitches and shape pieces as needed. Decrease techniques using knit two together and purl two stitches together help form tapered sections and create shaping details. Bobble stitches add textural embellishment, particularly useful for creating details like chocolate chips on cookies or decorative elements on cakes. I-cord construction using double-pointed needles creates cord elements such as candles on the birthday cake or other linear details.
Stitches and Abbreviations
The pattern uses standard knitting abbreviations and the following core stitches:
- k – knit stitch
- p – purl stitch
- k2tog – knit two stitches together for single decreases
- p2tog – purl two stitches together for single decreases
- kfb – knit into front and back for single increases
- mb – make a bobble for textural details
- g-st – garter stitch created by knitting every row
- st st – stockinette stitch (knit on right side, purl on wrong side)
- i-cord – tubular cord created on double-pointed needles
- tbl – through the back of the loops for twisted stitches
- rep – repeat instructions as directed
- [square brackets] – indicate sections to repeat the specified number of times
Materials and Tools Required
The complete Sweet Treats collection requires Paintbox Yarns Simply DK yarn, a lightweight double-knit weight yarn available through lovecrafts.com and yarn.com. The full set requires one
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