Hotel of Bees Shawl Crochet Kit
Hotel of Bees Shawl Crochet Kit
Pattern by Christina Hadderingh
Assembled as a kit for The Colorado Wild & Wooly Yarn Crawl 2023
Included in the kit:
Published in "A Spoonful of Yarn" on Ravelry
Yarn weight Sport
Gauge 16 stitches and 9 rows = 4 inches in double crochet (US)
Hook size
4.5 mm
5.0 mm (H)
Yardage
809 - 875 yards (740 - 800 m)
Size 173 cm wingspan, 76 cm deep
This shawl takes you through the ‘Hotel of Bees’ from Anthony Doerr’s book ‘All the light we cannot see’. A hotel once owned by a wealthy bee enthusiast. We will visit the courtyard to see the big beehive shaped fountain. We will go upstairs to look at the gorgeous fresco’s of child-sized bees and when we get tired of our wanderlust, we bathe in a beautiful hexagonal bathtub.
To take you through the story, the Hotel of Bees shawl consists of the following sections:
Wings
Open honeycomb
bees
filet crochet (big and small hexagons and flowers)
This pattern includes
Tips and tricks for each new pattern section
Trouble shooting for help with, for example, wrong stitchcounts.
a video for R5 and R9 of the wings section (in english and dutch)
Charts for the filet crochet sections
Helpful photo’s for the more intricate stitches
A list of tutorials for more elaborate how to’s for the techniques that are a bit trickier
The pattern is available in English and Dutch. Both versions also have a printer friendly option, so you can save paper and use the full version digitally for a more detailed explanation.
Visual Guide & FAQ: Section for section photo’s of how your shawl should look and an FAQ with most common questions about yarn and gauge, etc.
The techniques used are
Overlay crochet
Open crochet work
Filet crochet
Puff stitches
picking up stitches along one side
The shawl is crocheted sideways and decreases are made on one side by skipping stitches, this makes for nice little holes along the top of the shawl. A big pro (in my opinion) with this technique is that you start with the most stitches and gradually decrease. So as you get further in the pattern, the rows will go faster! Now isn’t that awesome :D
These techniques make this shawl an intermediate level project. But it is also a good stepping stone for the more adventurous beginner (not an absolute beginner) who wants to expand his/her abilities.
Pattern by Christina Hadderingh
Assembled as a kit for The Colorado Wild & Wooly Yarn Crawl 2023
Included in the kit:
- Pattern
- All Kil Katia Cotton-Cashmere yarn needed to complete the project (colors vary by kit)
Published in "A Spoonful of Yarn" on Ravelry
Yarn weight Sport
Gauge 16 stitches and 9 rows = 4 inches in double crochet (US)
Hook size
4.5 mm
5.0 mm (H)
Yardage
809 - 875 yards (740 - 800 m)
Size 173 cm wingspan, 76 cm deep
This shawl takes you through the ‘Hotel of Bees’ from Anthony Doerr’s book ‘All the light we cannot see’. A hotel once owned by a wealthy bee enthusiast. We will visit the courtyard to see the big beehive shaped fountain. We will go upstairs to look at the gorgeous fresco’s of child-sized bees and when we get tired of our wanderlust, we bathe in a beautiful hexagonal bathtub.
To take you through the story, the Hotel of Bees shawl consists of the following sections:
Wings
Open honeycomb
bees
filet crochet (big and small hexagons and flowers)
This pattern includes
Tips and tricks for each new pattern section
Trouble shooting for help with, for example, wrong stitchcounts.
a video for R5 and R9 of the wings section (in english and dutch)
Charts for the filet crochet sections
Helpful photo’s for the more intricate stitches
A list of tutorials for more elaborate how to’s for the techniques that are a bit trickier
The pattern is available in English and Dutch. Both versions also have a printer friendly option, so you can save paper and use the full version digitally for a more detailed explanation.
Visual Guide & FAQ: Section for section photo’s of how your shawl should look and an FAQ with most common questions about yarn and gauge, etc.
The techniques used are
Overlay crochet
Open crochet work
Filet crochet
Puff stitches
picking up stitches along one side
The shawl is crocheted sideways and decreases are made on one side by skipping stitches, this makes for nice little holes along the top of the shawl. A big pro (in my opinion) with this technique is that you start with the most stitches and gradually decrease. So as you get further in the pattern, the rows will go faster! Now isn’t that awesome :D
These techniques make this shawl an intermediate level project. But it is also a good stepping stone for the more adventurous beginner (not an absolute beginner) who wants to expand his/her abilities.