There is so much creativity with this colorful bee! It’s a simple and sweet amigurumi project featuring a round body, tiny wings, and cheerful stripes.
Materials needed for this pattern are milk cotton 4ply yarn with yellow, aqua blue, dark brown, soft pink, white, and green shades, 2.2mm crochet hook, 3 mm safety eyes, stitch marker, fiber fill, and coated craft wire.
The difficulty of this pattern is beginner-intermediate level, which makes it great as a keychain, toy, cute gift, and also adding a heart to the bee, giving it a lovely look.
Let’s get started!
Designer: Tinunturu d’Alice
Materials & Tools
- 2.2 mm crochet hook
- Milkcotton 4 ply: yellow, light aqua blue, dark brown, soft pink, white, light gray
- Tapestry needle
- Stitch marker
- Scissors
- Coated craft wire
- 3 mm safety eyes
- Pins
Abbreviations
sc – single crochet
inc – increase
dec -decrease
BLO – back loop only
INV BO – invisible bind off
BO – bind off
BOR – beginning of row
BP – back post
ch – chain
FLO – front loop only
Head & Body
Rnd 1: with yellow yarn, 6 sc in a Mr (6)
Rnd 2: inc x 6 (12)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (18)
Rnd 4: (1 sc, inc, 1 sc) x 6 (24)
Rnd 5: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Rnd 6: (2 sc, inc, 2 sc) x 6 (36)
Rnd 7: (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
Rnd 8: (3 sc, inc, 3 sc) x 6 (48)
Rnd 9: 48 sc (48)
Rnd 10: (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
Rnd 11-13: (3 rounds) 54 sc (54)
Insert the safety eyes between Rnd 11-12 with 13 sts apart.
Stuff the piece as you go.
Change to dark brown yarn.
Rnd 14: BLO: 52 sl st (54)
Rnd 15: BLO: 52 sc (54)
Change to yellow yarn.
Rnd 16: BLO: 54 sl st (54)
Rnd 17: BLO: (17 sc, inc) x 3 (57)
Rnd 18: 57 sc (57)
Change to dark brown yarn.
Rnd 19: BLO: 57 sl st (57)
Rnd 20: BLO: (17 sc, dec) x 3 (54)
Change to yellow yarn.
Rnd 21: BLO: 54 sl st (54)
Rnd 22: BLO: 2 sc, (4 sc, dec) x 8, 2 sc (45)
Rnd 23: (13 sc, dec) x 3 (42)
Rnd 24: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
Rnd 25: (2 sc, dec, 2 sc) x 6 (30)
Rnd 26: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Rnd 27: (1 sc, dec, 1 sc) x 6 (18)
Change to dark brown yarn.
Rnd 28: BLO: 18 sl st (18)
Rnd 29: BLO: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Rnd 30: dec x 6 (6)
Rnd 31: 6 sc (6)
Close the opening through FLO sts.
Weave in tail.
Forewing x2
Rnd 1: with light aqua blue yarn, 5 sc into Mr (5)
Rnd 2: inc x 5 (10)
Rnd 3-8: (6 rounds) 10 sc (10)
Rnd 9: (dec, 3 sc) x 2 (8)
Rnd 10-11: (2 rounds) 8 sc (8)
Do not stuff the forewing.
Rnd 12: flatten the open ends of the wings together, making them lie on each other. Align 4 sts side by side, ch 1 and then use a sc to crochet together the 2 matching sts, sc 4.
Cut yarn and leave a long tail for sewing.
Rep Rnd 1-12 to the second forewing.
Hindwing x2
Rnd 1: with ligth aqua blue yarn, 5 sc into Mr (5)
Rnd 2: inc x 5 (10)
Rnd 3-6: (4 rounds) 10 sc (10)
Rnd 7: (dec, 3 sc) x 2 (8)
Rnd 8-9: (2 rounds) 8 sc (8)
Do not stuff the hindwing.
Rnd 10: flateen the open ends of the wings together, making them lie on each other. Aligh 4 sts side by side, ch 1 and then use a sc t crochet together the 2 matching sts, sc 4.
Cut yarn and leave a long tail for sewing.
Rep Rnd 1-10 to the second hindwing.
Antennae
Rnd 1: with dark brown yarn, 4 sc into Mr (4)
Rnd 2: inc x 4 (8)
Rnd 3: dec x 4 (4)
Rnd 7: (dec, 3 sc) x 2 (8)
Rnd 8-9: (2 rounds) 8 sc (8)
Close the opening through FLO sts. Weave in tail.
Rep Rnd 1-3 to the second antennae.
Heart
Part 1
Rnd 1: with soft pink yarn, 6 sc into Mr (6)
Rnd 2: inc x 6 (12)
Rnd 3: 12 sc (12)
Cut yarn and make in INV BO.
Rep Rnd 1-3 for Part 2, do not cut yarn.
Rnd 4: connect 2 parts togetherm join to part 1, 12 sc then 1 sc on part 2 (24)
Rnd 5-6: 24 sc (24)
Stuff as you go.
Rnd 7: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
Rnd 8: 18 sc (18)
Rnd 9: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Rnd 10: dec x 6 (12)
Close the opening through FLO sts.
Weave in tail.
Arm x2
With dark brown yarn, ch 7, inc into the second st from hook, 5 sl st.
Cut yarn and leave a long tail for sewing.
Rep the same process to the second arm.
Leg x2
With dark brown yarn, ch 9, inc into the second st from hook, 7 sl st.
Cut yarn and leave a long tail for sewing. Rep the same process to the second leg.
Assembly
- Pupil: embroider both eyes with white yarn.
- Eyebrow: embroider both eyebrows with dark brown yarn.
- Mouth: embroider small “U” shape between the eyes.
- Wings: place wings at the back of the bee with pin needles, sew to secure.
- Antennae: insert coated cratt wire (approx. 5 cm) into the antennae. Using dark brown yarn, wrap the coated wire (approx. 1 cm) with the dark brown yarn, then secure it fabric glue. Rep to the second antennae and place both on top of the head, glue to secure.
- Heart: sew the heart to the body.
- Arms: sew the arms holding the heart.
- Legs: sew the legs to below front of the body.
