In an effort to help raise awareness of the critical mission behind World Bee Day, I am hosting a bee themed make-along all month long!

Simply choose any bee themed fiber craft related project and get to work! There are so many possibilities. You can crochet a bee plushy, embroider a bee onto a garment, or perhaps choose a knit design that features a colorwork bee motif.

I will be casting on the Melliferra Cowl by Jamie Lomax. This is a two stranded colorwork design that is knit in the round and features mix and match bee themed motifs including honeycombs and bees for a unique project that is completely your own. It requires two skeins of DK weight yarn in contrasting colors.

I put together a bunch of fun color combinations for you to choose from and for the next week I will include a digital copy of the pattern with each kit purchase. Purchase kits Here.

Make sure to tag your projects with #buzzymakealong on social media so that we can swarm the interwebs and help save the bees!

Organic Merino Sport is an extra fine Certified Organic Merino wool yarn that supports sustainable farming practices while directly benefitting the small scale shepherds that raise this wool with reliable and fair income. This non-superwash yarn is available in over 20 inspiring colorways. In this entry I talk all about how this yarn was sustainably produced along with my ever growing list of project inspiration that I am eager to make with this yarn.

Illumination was named for the luminating shine the addition of silk gives to this single ply yarn. To say that is it stunning is an understatement. The speckles seem to just pop off the yarn in a dance of color unlike any other yarn. It calls to be caked up and created into something beautiful.

Working with this yarn has renewed my love affair with single-ply yarn especially silk blends. For now this small collection will be all that is available, but I am hopeful that you will fall in love with this yarn as much as I have so that I can perhaps make this a permanent member of the yarn shop.