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Wanna-Bee

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Wanna-Bee
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A Kiwiana pattern Wanna-Bee (I wanna be a Buzzy Bee™)

The inspiration for Wanna-Bee came from the iconic Buzzy Bee™ sold in New Zealand since the early 1940’s. Buzzy Bee™ was made by H (Hec) E Ramsey Limited of Auckland, who also created the Marylou™ doll.

Despite the popularity of this toy, I could not find a knitting pattern - so I decided to create my own tribute – Wanna-Bee

The success of the Wanna-Bee pattern has inspired a collection of patterns of ‘cousins’ including: US Bee - Stars and Stripes G-Bees - Union Jack, England and Scotland flags O Canada - Canadian flag Rug-Bee - inspired by the Rugby World Cup 2015 Thistle - a wee Scottish heather bee

I have also created a number of bespoke one-offs: A S Bee (to represent ASB Bank in New Zealand) Wimblebee - for Wimbledon Diversibee - for Gay Pride Irn Bru Bee - a tribute to Scotland’s Irn Bru drink

ERROR - body front instructions in the straight needle version were incomplete.

The instruction should state ## Incr, k7, incr (11 sts)

Craft
Knitting
Designer
hillandbenz
Format
Downloadable PDF
Language
English
Notes
Buttons for eyes - 5mm each - black (2) Buttons for wheel hubs - 100mm each - red (2) Sewing thread in yellow/gold for eyes
Number of patterns
1
Pages
5
Skill Level
Intermediate

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