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.

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