This free bee amigurumi pattern will help you create an adorable fuzzy bee friend! Perfect for beginners and experienced crocheters alike, this cute bee works up quickly and makes a wonderful gift or decoration for your home. The pattern uses basic stitches and simple techniques to create a charming little bee with distinctive black and yellow stripes.
Key Takeaways
- Easy-to-follow pattern suitable for beginners
- Creates a cute bee approximately 4 inches tall
- Uses basic stitches that are perfect for practice
- Makes a wonderful gift for bee lovers of all ages
- Quick project you can finish in just a few hours
Materials&Tools
- Yarn
- Polyester Fiberfill
- 2.25mm Hook(What I used in this pattern)
- Yarn Needle
- Glue (To connect the parts, you can also sew with yarn)
Abbreviation
- ch – chain
- sc – single crochet
- inc – increase (2 single crochets in one stitch)
- dec – decrease (merge 2 single crochets into 1)
- hdc – half double crochet
- dc – double crochet
- sl st – slip stitch
- magic ring – adjustable ring to start crocheting in the round
- BLO – back loop only
- FLO – front loop only
How to Read Pattern?
- R5: ch, [1 sc, sc inc] x 6, sl st
In Round 5, start with a chain stitch, then repeat the pattern “1 single crochet, single scrochet increase” 6 times. End with a slip stitch.
- (sc+sc+sc)
Parentheses ( ) indicate that all stitches within them are worked into the same stitch. So ‘(sc+sc+sc)’ means working 3 single crochet stitches all into the same stitch.
Pattern Info
Head
- Start with magic ring
- R1: 6 sc
- R2: 6 inc
- R3: [sc, inc] x 6
- R4: [sc, inc, sc] x 6
- R5: [3 sc, inc] x 6
- R6-7: 30 sc
- R8: 7 sc, [inc, sc] x 4, [sc, inc] x 4, 7 sc
- R9-10: 38 sc
- R11: 7 sc, [dec, sc] x 4, [sc, dec] x 4, 7 sc
- R12: [3 sc, dec] x 6
- R13: [sc, dec, sc] x 6
Body
- Start with magic ring
- R1: 8 sc
- R2: [sc, inc] x 4
- R3: [sc, inc] x 6
- R4: [sc, inc, sc] x 6
- R5: [3 sc, inc] x 6
- R6: 30 sc
- R7: [2 sc, inc, 2 sc] x 6
- R8-9: 36 sc
- R10: Change color, [2 sc, dec, 2 sc] x 6
- R11: 30 sc
- R12: [3 sc, dec] x 6
- R13: Change color, 24 sc
- R14: [sc, dec, sc] x 6
Wings x 2
- 8 ch, inc into 3rd chain from the hook, hdc, sl st, sc, hdc, dc, 4dc in 1 stitch, dc , hdc, sc , sl st, hdc, sc
Legs x 6
- 5 ch, sl st into 2nd chain from the hook, 2 sc, hdc
Antennae x 2
- Start with magic ring
- R1: 6 sc
- R2: [sc, inc] x 3
- R3: 9 sc
- R4: [sc, dec] x 3
- R5: [sc, dec] x 2
- R6-9: 4 sc
Stinger
- Start with magic ring
- R1: 4 sc
- R2: [sc, inc] x 2
- R3: [sc, inc, sc] x 2
- R4: [3 sc, inc] x 2
- R5: [2 sc, inc, 2 sc] x 2
- R6: 12 sc
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