The Sweet Bee project is made completely seamlessly and worked in the round from bottom to top. The wings and antennae are picked up and knit right onto the bee. Everything is marked along the way to take out the guesswork. The flower is worked in the round and then you continue right on to work the “hood” back and forth in garter stitch. The petals are picked up and knitted onto the front edge of the hood.
The original pattern and kit were worked in our Home Fingering Weight but this new Sweet Bee Kit is now available in our Wisconsin Woolen Spun Sport Weight yarn in 7 custom colorways:
Sweet Bee: Bumble (gold), Inky (black), Birch (creamy white)
3 Petal Choices: Jam (red), Blushing (light pink), Fable (light purple)
Stem/Hood: Vine (light heathered green) comes in our Woolens sport weight line.
Important Needle Size Note: The pattern is written for fingering weight and the kit is sport weight yarn. I used a size US size 4 needle for the Sweet Bee and a US size 5 needle for the Flower. The gauge for US 5 / 3.75mm is 6 sts per inch in stockinette stitch, and the gauge for US 4 / 3.5mm is 6.5 sts per inch in stockinette stitch.
You get enough yarn to make at least FOUR bee and flower sets! So fun. I just reknit this project with the new kit yarn and it is such a quick and fun knit. I loved revisiting this one.
Included in the Sweet Bee Kit:
* Enough yarn to make at least FOUR Sweet Bee and Flower sets, the seven yarn colorways include the bee colors in Bumble (CC1), Inky (MC), and Birch (CC2), the stem/hood color Vine (CC3), and three color options for the petals, Fable, Blushing, and Jam (all petal colors are CC4 in the pattern, you choose!).
* Black crochet cotton for the mouth embroidery
* Four sets of safety eyes
* A Yarn Guide and suggested needle size guide on a printed card inside your kit bag.
* The pattern is included for FREE with the kit as a Ravelry download code which is on a printed card inside the kit bag.
* It all comes packed in a printed cotton project bag with an illustrated tag by Susan.
Important Shipping Information: The Sweet Bee and Flower Kits are ready to ship and we will get them out asap.