Wings<\/strong> Done in the round Antennae<\/strong> Body<\/strong> Done in joined rows<\/strong> Here’s some flags for your reference! Now I’m sure I’m not the first to come up with this, but here’s my version Click here for an explanation of stitch abbreviations Wings make 2 Use white or another light color Done in the round 1. Chain 8 (the last one is a turning stitch) 2. Sc 6 down one side of the … Continue reading “No-Sew Pride Bees”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[26,27,28,29],"class_list":["post-299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-feral","tag-bee","tag-new-sew","tag-pride","tag-queer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/enchantedpencil.com\/amigurumi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/enchantedpencil.com\/amigurumi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/enchantedpencil.com\/amigurumi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enchantedpencil.com\/amigurumi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enchantedpencil.com\/amigurumi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299"}],"version-history":[{"count":41,"href":"https:\/\/enchantedpencil.com\/amigurumi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":386,"href":"https:\/\/enchantedpencil.com\/amigurumi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299\/revisions\/386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/enchantedpencil.com\/amigurumi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enchantedpencil.com\/amigurumi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enchantedpencil.com\/amigurumi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nmake 2
\nUse white or another light color<\/p>\n
\n1. Chain 8 (the last one is a turning stitch)
\n2. Sc 6 down one side of the chain. 3sc in one stitch, on the end. 6sc down the other side.
\n3. inc, 1sc, 2hdc, 2dc, dcinc, 3dc in one stitch, dcinc, 2dc, 2hdc, 2sc.
\n4. inc, sc, slp. Tie off.
\nYou don’t have to leave a long tail for sewing, but leaving a tail (of any size) can help you keep track of which side is which. Alternately, it works well to weave the tails through the middle, since that middle chain stitch can end up with pretty big holes.<\/p>\n
\nUse a darker color
\nmake 2
\n1. MC 6, slp to join
\n2. Ch6
\n3. 5sc down the side of the chain, back to the center
\nYour next stitch should happen in the last sc of row 1 which also has a slp stitch in it.
\n4. sc, slp, tie off
\nThey usually end up a bit twisty but this honestly adds to the charm.<\/p>\n
\nChoose one color from your pride flag to be the main body color. Usually the lightest color of the flag works well, often white. But feel free to experiment.
\nAlso have a dark color selected for the eyes (works well if it matches the antannae color) and have it ready for Row 6. You need to know how to switch colors mid-row, so consider this optional since it’s a little difficult.
\n(The eyes don’t HAVE to be darker than the body, but they should be high-contrast compared to the body)<\/p>\n
\n1. 6sc MC (6)
\n2. incx6 (12)
\n3. 1, inc, 2, inc, 1, inc, 2, inc, 1, inc (17)
\n4. 1, inc, 3, inc, 2, inc, 3, inc, 2, inc, 1 (22)
\n5. 3, inc, 7, inc, 6, inc, 3 (25)
\noptional: switch to a darker color to make eyes
\n6. (main color) 6, (darker color) inc, (main color) 9, (darker color) inc, (main color) 7, inc (28)
\n7. 9, inc, 9, inc, 8 (30)
\n8. 30sc
\n9. 13sc, 1sc into one antanae and then body, 1sc into the other antanae and then body, 15sc (30)
\nStart making stripes by switching colors each row
\n10. 30sc
\noptional: do the bc stitches with your eyeball color (change back to main color on the final yarn-over, when you pull through all 5 stitches) These make feet!
\n11. 1sc, bc, 25sc, bc, 2sc (30)
\n12. 30sc
\n13. 12sc, 3sc into base of wing, 3sc into other wing, 12sc (30)
\n14. 2sc, bc, 24sc, bc, 2sc (30)
\n15 – 16. 30sc
\n17. 2sc, bc, 25sc, bc, 1sc (30)
\n18 – 20. 30sc
\n21. 9, dec, 9, dec, 8 (28)
\n22. 7, dec, 8, dec, 7, dec (25)
\n23. 3, dec, 7, dec, 6, dec, 3 (22)
\n24. 1, dec, 3, dec, 2, dec, 3, dec, 2, dec, 1 (17)
\nstuff firmly. For the stinger here I recommend you switch back to the main color or another solid color.
\nSwitching to in-the-round here also makes the stitches easier to manage.
\n25. 1, dec, 2, dec, 1, dec, 2, dec, 1, dec (12)
\n26-27. (1, dec) repeat until 3sc are left
\ntie off.<\/p>\n
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