bumble bee ‘Heidi’

A new blanket for a little girl. Took me a while to complete it (probably because I was working on several different ones at the same time). And life also happened in between.

  • Brown and yellow yarn, a size 2 needle (European) and a cast-on length of 204 stitches (anything in multiples of 4 will do).
  • start knitting bubbles all the way up to the desired length for the blanket
    • Row 1 – Wrong side: With colour A, purl all sts.
      Row 2: With colour B, knit all sts.
      Row 3: With colour B, purl all sts.
      Row 4: With colour B, knit all sts.
      Row 5: With colour B, purl all sts.
      Row 6: With colour A, knit 2,* drop next stitch off the needle and unravel 4 rows down, picking up Color A stitch from Row 1 below; insert the needle into this stitch and under the 4 loose strands of Color B, and knit, catching the 4 loose strands behind the stitch; knit 3; repeat from * to last 3 sts, drop stitch, knit 2.
      Row 7: With colour A, purl all sts.
      Rows 8 to 11: As Rows 2 to 5.
      Row 12: With colour A, knit 4,* drop next stitch, unravel and knit Color A stitch from Row 5 below in the same manner as Row 6 was worked, k3; repeat from * to last st, knit 1.
      Repeat these 12 rows.
  • bind off

I added fabric to the back of the knitwork. The strands might be a bit much for a baby blanket (this is optional though).