An embellishment inspired by a wish for spring to hurry up and return, this busy little bee can be used alone, or it can pollinate all those crochet flowers you’ve been working on. As a tip, you can carry the yarn as you work to minimize the number of ends to weave in at the end.

Skill Level:

Finished Size: 1″ (2.5 cm) tall, 1 1/4″ (3 cm) wide

Materials: Fine Weight Yarn (approximately 3 yards of black and yellow, one yard of white) Crochet Hook B (2.5 mm)

Gauge:
Rows 1 – 6 in body measure 1″ tall.

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Crochet Pattern: Busy Bee

Body
Row 1: With black yarn, make an adjustable ring, ch 1, 4 hdc in ring: 4 hdc
Note: Do not join at the end of row 1 to form a circle, it should look like a semicircle.
Row 2: change to yellow, ch 1, 4 sc along straight side of semicircle, turn: 4 sc
Row 3: change to black, ch 1, sc in each sc across, turn: 4 sc
Row 4: change to yellow, ch 1, sc in each sc across, turn: 4 sc
Row 5: Repeat row 3
Row 6: ch 1, sc2tog 2 times, finish off: 2 sc

Wings (make 2, working 1 on each side)
Row 1: With white yarn, join yarn with a sl st to end of row 4, ch 7, sl st in end of row 3, ch 7, sl st in end of row 2, finish off: 16 sts

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