I am currently crocheting a children's jacket in a honeycomb (hexagon) pattern. Of course, it needs equally cute and special buttons to match the jacket.
So, I made sweet daisy buttons out of Fimo and added a little bee on half of them.
Bee Jacket
Buzz buzz buzz,
Little bee buzzing around.
nursery rhyme
27. May 2023
I have a huge stash of thin yarn, including several skeins of light yellow. Pinterest inspired me to crochet an adorable honeycomb jacket for children. I also added cute bee appliques and sweet flower-shaped buttons.
I made relatively small hexagons with a diameter of about 7 cm. This means I needed 93 hexagons, along with 2 half hexagons and 1 2/3 hexagon. In total, I attached 8 bee appliques: two on the front, two on the back, and one on each arm. I have prepared a tutorial for the bee appliques, providing both a crochet chart (see slideshow) and written instructions.
Bee Appliqué
| body | |
| R1 | 1 sc (= 1sc) |
| R2 | inc (= 2sc) |
| R3 | 1 sc, inc (= 3sc) |
| switch to yellow: | |
| R4 |
inc, 1 sc, inc (= 5sc) |
| R5-7 | 5 sc (= 5sc) |
| switch to blck: | |
| R8 |
inc, 2 sc, inc (= 7sc) |
| R9-11 | 7 sc (= 7sc) |
| switch to yellow: | |
| R12 |
dec, 3 sc, dec (= 5sc) |
| R13 |
dec, 1 sc, dec (= 3sc) |
| head | |
| R1 |
5 sc in magic ring (= 5sc) |
| R2 |
*inc* (= 10sc) |
| R3 | *1 sc, inc* (= 15sc) |
| R4 | *inc, 2 sc* (= 20sc) |
| antenna (2x) | |
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| wing (2x) | |
continue on the backside:
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