It’s spring time! Betty the bee is taking care of her garden and flowers for the future pollen collection, watering with love and kind words. Great pattern for intermediate level crocheters and amigurumi lovers.

PATTERN DETAILS
• Final size (with indicated yarn and gauge): The bee is 20cm tall (7.8”) from the legs to the top of the antennae
• Level: intermediate
• Stitches and techniques: magic ring, single crochet, BLO, FLO, hdc, dc…
• US crochet notations
• Language: English
• Illustrated step-by-step photos

MATERIALS
• 3.5mm / US E-4 crochet hook, 2.75mm / US C-2 crochet hook (for the bauble cap)
• Yarn: #4 / Aran / worsted yarn, 8ply, 80% cotton 20% Milk Fiber, in white, black, yellow, straw, forest green and brown (I use a local shop yarn, an equivalent would be Paintbox Cotton Aran, but keep the 3.5mm hook to obtain tight stitches and avoid the fiberfill to show)
• DMC Cotton Perle N°8 shade 310 (black) to embroider the mouth and eyelashes
• DMC Happy Cotton: shades 775 (black) for the arms, legs and antennae, shade
796 (light blue) for the watering can, 764 (pink) and 791 (dark red) for the flowers, 780 (green) for the leafs. This yarn is a #3 /DK-light 100% cotton, and use the 2.5mm hook.
•A small piece of pink (or coral / orange) embroidery thread (or ply from a thicker yarn) to embroider a flower on the gardening apron
• Fiberfill
• A pair of 8mm safety eyes
• Tapestry needle
• Stitch marker(s) (or a piece of thread to mark your round beginning)
• Ball point pins for assembly
•Embroidery needle
•A small flower pot of 5cm (2”) diameter at the top.

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