Tell it to the Bees Shawl
“Tell it to the Bees Shawl” was inspired by the film of the same title and a hand dyed skein of fingering weight yarn I had in my stash. It is simpler to knit than it may look due to the half pi construction. The half pi shawl was developed by Elizabeth Zimmerman and creates a curve shape. The beauty of knitting this type of shawl is you will only be doing increase rows a few times. In between increase rows you just knit as though you would a square with the same amount of stitches back and forth.
There is a slim garter edge to keep the shawl from rolling and it is finished with a corrugated rib edge to resemble the stripes of a bee.
Materials
Yarn – fingering weight. I used Fyberspates Vivacious 4 ply in “burnished” for the slip stitch top two sections of honeycomb. I used Fyberspates Vivacious 4 ply in “maple syrup” for the lacework honeycomb and the rib. This yarn is 365metres per 100g
Slip stitch sections ( C1 – colour 1)
( 2 sections) - 85g / 310m
White ( C2 – colour 2 )
(slip stitch section and bee sections) - 96m / 404m
Lacework section -( C3 – colour 3) 190g / 694m
Bees allow 2 g per bee
Section 1 - 8 bees
Section 2 - 8 bees
Section 3 – 16 bees
TOTAL YARN USED = 1440m fingering / 4 ply weight
Needles - 3.25mm 100cm circular needle
Notions - stitch markers and tapestry needles ( row counter if needed)

Abbreviations Gauge (blocked) – 22 sts x 44 rows
K – knit Gauge is not important for this project as it wont
P – purl affect “fit” like other garments
Pm – place marker
Sm – slip marker Dimensions
Slst – slip stitch purl wise
Yo – yarn over
K2tog – knit two together
Ssk – slip slip knit
C1 / C2 / C3 – colour1/2/3
WS / RS – wrong side / right side

The top sections of honeycomb are a very simple repeat using slipped stitches. The lacework honeycomb is also simple repeat . Both are so repetitive you will not need to look at the pattern after a few rows.
To create the bees, you can choose your favourite colourwork technique. I chose duplicate stich, but you could also use intarsia or stranded colourwork. If choosing the latter keep floats very loose as the shawl will need to be stretched and shaped a lot in blocking.
I used two slightly different colours, yellow and gold, to create an ombre effect working from the top downwards, and a pure white yarn for the bee section.
You can adapt this shawl easily to make it as long or short as you desire by simply ending the lacework when the shawl has reached your desired length, or even omitting it completely.
If you need and advice or have any questions please message me via my website contact form www.naominoah.bigcartel.com
Thank you for buying this pattern. Have fun !
Naomi