Thursday, 29 April 2021

Bzzz Bzzz!

I recently made a shuttle with bees on it.  The person who purchased it said they were going to tat some bees with it!  What a nice idea.  So I asked about the pattern and this is the one:  it's simply called "Tatted Bee" and is by Nancy Tracy of the Be-stitched website.


It's rather cute!


One of my daughters promptly said she wanted a pair of earrings with these on.  So I shall be making a second one.  I couldn't find my black thread so this is Lizbeth 606 (Charcoal) with Lizbeth 611 (Gold).


And below is the shuttle with bees.




I'm very fond of bees.  They are busy in our garden at the moment, enjoying the spring blossoms. They are so vital for pollination and I definitely want to add more "bee-friendly" plants to my garden.

Has anyone tatted it before?  Does anyone know of other tatted bee patterns?

Best wishes,

Frivole

Posted by Frivole at 17:37
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13 comments:

  1. Lavinia29 April 2021 at 21:58

    That is a very cute bee! I'm sure i've seen tatted bees around the internet but never tatted any.
    We don't get any bees around my house but there are plenty of wasps!

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    1. Frivole2 May 2021 at 00:02

      Hi Lavi, not so fond of wasps - we get lots of them when the plums are overripe at the end of the summer! :-)

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  2. occhitat29 April 2021 at 22:22

    Check out this one--
    http://tatsheaven-churchlog.blogspot.com/2021/02/bees-and-bee-hive.html

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  3. Jane McLellan30 April 2021 at 06:31

    Yes, I've tatted a bee designed by Martha Ess : http://www.georgiaseitz.com/classes2001/essbee.html My post with the bee is here:
    https://janemactats.blogspot.com/2015/11/a-bee.html I've seen earrings with bees on the internet somewhere, but I don't remember the details.

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    1. Frivole2 May 2021 at 00:03

      That's nice Jane! The body is very similar but the wings are different. Thank you!

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  4. Jane McLellan30 April 2021 at 06:48

    I tried this link to the pattern and it didn't work, but if you go to my post, there's a link to the pattern that does work.

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  5. Lace-lovin' Librarian ~ Diane30 April 2021 at 11:56

    That is an adorable little bee! I've seen the pattern before, but have not tatted it. Thanks for sharing the link. I've just printed it out. I do like your shuttle with bees. Now I'm tempted to go shuttle shopping!

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    1. Frivole2 May 2021 at 00:04

      Hope you enjoy making the bee Diane, you are always so productive! You're a busy bee yourself! :-)

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  6. Michelle30 April 2021 at 12:44

    It’s adorable! I’m always struck by how many more bees there are in England than there are here in MN.

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    1. Frivole2 May 2021 at 00:05

      That's interesting Michelle, I wonder if it's really the case that we have more? They talk about bees a lot at the moment as their numbers are going down and it's a worry for pollination.

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  7. Margarets designer cards2 May 2021 at 12:08

    I like your Bee design, and the colours you used, very real looking
    We dont seem to have as many Bees this year the numbers seem to be going down every year

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    1. Frivole5 May 2021 at 12:05

      I know Margaret, I think we really need to make an effort to look after our bees! :-)

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