Bee Happy Honeycomb Baby Blanket Crochet Pattern

My latest baby blanket pattern is here – Bee Happy Honeycomb Baby Blanket

The Bee Happy Honeycomb Baby Blanket makes a beautiful baby shower gift or birthday present to a beekeeper they would want to use for years and pass it down when time comes.

This beautiful bee blanket crochet pattern is the perfect summer project to make for a beekeeper or bee lover.

Do you already know this pattern and just want to buy it?

You can find the affordable, large print, PDF pattern for this adorable sheep baby blanket on Ravelry or Etsy.

Made with bright happy shades of yellow and smiling bee appliques, it will brighten any nursery or room.

The pattern is easy to make and works up fast, you will crochet it in no time.

It is a modular pattern, meaning you can make it as big or small as you like by adding as many hexagons as you like.

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Crochet Level

Advanced beginner

This pattern is suitable for advanced beginners who are comfortable reading a crochet pattern and are familiar with the basic stitches.  

The Stitches

The hexagons used to create the honeycomb baby blanket as well as the bee applique use only basic stitches. Follow the links on each basic stitch for the tutorial that teaches you how to make them. 

• single crochet stitch (sc)
• double crochet stitch (dc)
• slip stitch (sl st)
• magic ring
• chain (ch)
• increase (inc)
• decrease (dec)

The blanket is made out of solid hexagons joined with single crochet stitches which give the border a raised texture.

Using shades of warm yellows make this blanket look like a honeycomb.

The Modular Bee Applique Pattern

The blanket pattern includes the Bee Applique pattern

The smiling bee applique pattern is versatile and modular.

One pattern can create a multitude of different looking bees: some can face to the left, some to the right, even vertically with one wing on each side of the body.

When you purchase the Bee Happy Honeycomb Baby Blanket, you will receive the Modular Bee Applique Pattern for free.

Size

This pattern creates a cot size blanket or a lapgan sized 115cm by 100cm (approximately 40in by 45in).

You can modify it to suit your needs by simply adding or taking away hexagons.

The Solid Hexagon Pattern

Learn how to crochet the solid hexagon pattern with my free, easy to follow, step by step tutorial HERE.

The tutorial will show you how to easily create a basic solid hexagon and how to make it as big as you like.

Supplies

Gather your supplies and head over to my store for the pattern.

For the hexagons

• Chunky and double knit yarn in 3 shades of yellow.

I used Hayfield 978 Sunflower, King Cole 828 Yellow and King Cole 551 Cream.

For the bees

• Chunky yarn in black, yellow and white.

I used King Cole 554 Black, King Cole 828 Yellow and King Cole 822 White

Other Supplies

• crochet hook, I used a 3.5mm hook
• large eye blunt needle to weave in the ends
• scissors

This is how your blanket should look like once finished. You can customize yours by adding more bees and changing the size of the blanket.

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COPYRIGHT:

The pattern and photographs on this listing are the property of Crafting Happiness, don’t use them to advertise your own creations.

This pattern and design are subject to copyright and are for personal, non-commercial use only. 

You can sell the items made with this pattern on a small scale if you made them yourself (e.g. handmade to order or sold at fairs etc). 

Mass production of items using my patterns is not allowed without my written approval. 

You may not distribute or sell this pattern under any circumstances.  

Happy crocheting!