Bumblebee Lovey Blanket

  

 

  

 

 

  

We were invited to our great nephew's First Bee-Day Party. A bee-themed birthday party was particularly appropriate as Beckett is an Old English name meaning beehive. It comes from the words "beo" and "cot" which literally mean "bee cottage".

In keeping with the "Bee-Day" party theme, I thought it might be fun to make a Bumblebee Lovey Blanket ... a different sort of project for me. I spent some time searching online to come up with a few ideas. 

I was happy to find images of filet crochet honeycomb blankets. A bumblebee suitably sized for little hands would look adorable on a crochet blanket with a subtle honeycomb pattern. 

With a little more searching, I was able to find free patterns for both the honeycomb design and a little bumblebee. 

I was so excited to start, I took a break from making animal #9 in the "Crocheted Wild Animals" book to make this Lovey Blanket. I started on a Sunday finishing just two days later ... such a fun little diversion. 

I love how this Bumblebee Lovey Blanket turned out ... a perfect Bee-Day gift for Beckett.

Here are the instructions with links to referenced patterns for those of you who might like to make a similar looking Bumblebee Lovey Blanket. 

To make the Lovey Blanket, I loosely followed instructions for a filet crochet honeycomb pattern called Nana's "Sweet as Can Bee" Baby Blanket found here on Ravelry.

To make the bumblebee for the Lovey Blanket, I followed this free pattern written by Kali at The Friendly Red Fox.

I attached the bumblebee to the blanket with a long strand of bone coloured yarn hiding the ends in the stitches of the blanket.

Materials Used:

Caron Simply Soft yarn (worsted weight, 100% acrylic, 6 oz)

partial ball bone (beige) - for blanket

partial ball gold - for bumblebee and blanket border

partial ball white - for blanket border and wings

partial ball black - for bumblebee

Hook size = 5.50 mm for the blanket

Hook size = 3.25 mm for the bee

Hook size = 4.00 mm for the wings

yarn needles to join pieces

Polyester Fiberfill for stuffing

For Blanket (reference pattern here):

Starting Chain = 41

Repeat rows 2 to 7 four times.

Border (6 rounds total):

- 3 rounds of moss stitch in white

- 1 round of moss stitch in gold

- 1 round of moss stitch in white

- Final round as per pattern in white.

Let me know in the comments bee-low if you have any questions. 

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