Bee crochet pattern — three pieces, seventeen rounds written out
A bee keyring about 3.5 cm tall, not counting the ring, worked on a 2.5 mm hook in three colours of scrap cotton in about an hour. The stripes are single rounds rather than bands — ink on rounds 5, 7 and 9 with honey between them, so the last stripe lands on the first decrease round. This bee crochet pattern writes out all seventeen rounds, eleven for the body and three for each wing, with the count each one ends on.
Maths verified, not yet made. Every one of the 17 rounds was checked against the round before it by machine — the counts, the increases and the decreases all add up. What nobody can promise you yet is how it sits in the hand.How we check
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Why it is rated Easy
Easy: eleven rounds of plain shaping, but the yarn changes colour six times inside a 24-stitch ball and every change has to land on the start of a round.
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00What you need before you start
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What you need before you start
Yarn — three colours, all weight 2
scrapsCotton 4-ply
scrapsCotton 4-ply
scrapsCotton 4-ply
Tools
2 you probably own, 3 to buyYou likely have
Tapestry needle
Scissors
You need to buy
Polyester stuffing
6 mm safety eyes
Keyring
Gauge and finished size
the last check before you cast onTension
Tight enough that no stuffing shows between the stitches.
Finished size
~3.5 cm tall, not counting the ring
Any 4-ply or sport cotton scraps work here and the counts do not change. A 3 mm hook gives a slightly larger bee, which hangs better on a bag than on a set of keys.
How to make the bee keyring, piece by piece
Switching rewrites every round:US6 sc in a magic ringUK6 dc in a magic ringWork a US sc as a UK single crochet and the fabric comes out looser and taller.
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01The body
Eleven rounds: out to twenty-four, four straight, then back in to…11 RNDS
starts in honey· magic ring· Piece 1 of 3
First six rounds[6] [12] [18] [24] [24] [24]
1[6]
2[12]
3[18]
4[24]
5[24]
6[24]
7[24]
8[24]
9[18]
10[12]
11[6]
US termsMRmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreaseststitch
When this piece is doneStuff the ball before round 10 takes the opening down to twelve, then draw the last six stitches shut with the honey tail. Look at it from the side — the ink should read as three separate rings rather than one band.
2
02The wings
Two flat cream discs, three rounds each: six stitches in a ring, then…3 RNDS
starts in cream· magic ring· Piece 2 of 3
First three rounds[6] [12] [18]
1[6]
2[12]
3[18]
US termsMRmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreaseststitch
When this piece is doneLeave them unstuffed and flat. Pin both before you sew either one, so they finish at the same height on the body.
3
03Right wing
— the same 3 rounds again, worked from piece 023 RNDS
starts in cream· magic ring· Piece 3 of 3· mirrors the wings
First three rounds[6] [12] [18]
1[6]
2[12]
3[18]
US termsMRmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreaseststitch
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Three pieces from two lists. One list — the wings — is written once and worked twice, identical round for round; the grey bars are piece length, all drawn to the same scale.17 ROUNDS IN ALL
Two notes on the bee keyring
Read themClose
01Change colour at the start of a round, never in the middle of one.
02Stuff the body before the last few rounds close it.
Four questions this pattern answers
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How many pieces make up the bee keyring?
How much yarn will the bee keyring take?
What hook will the bee keyring need, and what is the finished size?
How long will the bee keyring take to crochet?
A round that will not add up?
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