It’s summertime, and when I think of summer, I think of watermelon and bees! I’ve been wanting to crochet a bee for a long time, so I decided to create my own fluffy bee pattern to share with all of you.
Please find the below video tutorial (right-handed) on how to crochet this fluffy bee. If you’d prefer a written pattern, continue scrolling down!
Materials
9mm Crochet Hook
Sweet Snuggles yarn by Loops and Threads in the colors Yellow, White, and Black (feel free to experiment and make bees of different colors!)
Fiber Fill Stuffing
Yarn Needle
1 Pair of 12mm Safety Eyes (If you do not want to use safety eyes, you can cut small circles out of black felt and glue them on with a hot glue gun. In this case, you will need black felt and a glue gun instead.)
Scissors
Sewing Pins (Optional – I use them to pin the crocheted pieces together and keep them in place while I sew.)
Body
Using yellow yarn.
Row 1: magic circle with 6 sc (6)
Row 2: ch 1, inc x 6, sl st into the first stitch of the row to connect the circle (12)
Row 3: ch 1, [sc, inc] x 6, sl st into the first stitch of the row to connect the circle (18)
Row 4: ch 1, [sc, sc, inc] x 6, sl st into the first stitch of the row to connect the circle (24)
Row 5: ch 1, sc x 24, sl st into the first stitch of the row to connect the circle (24)
Row 6: ch 1, sc x 24, sl st into the first stitch of the row to connect the circle (24)
Switch to black yarn.
Row 7: ch 1, sc x 24, sl st into the first stitch of the row to connect the circle (24)
Row 8: ch 1, sc x 24, sl st into the first stitch of the row to connect the circle (24)
Switch to yellow yarn.
Row 9: ch 1, sc x 24, sl st into the first stitch of the row to connect the circle (24)
Row 10: ch 1, sc x 24, sl st into the first stitch of the row to connect the circle (24)
Switch to black yarn.
Row 11: ch 1, sc x 24, sl st into the first stitch of the row to connect the circle (24)
Row 12: ch 1, sc x 24, sl st into the first stitch of the row to connect the circle (24)
*Pause here to attach the safety eyes (12mm). I placed the eyes between rows 3 and 4. Alternatively, you can cut out eyes using black felt and hot glue them on. If you do this, you can wait until after the rest of your bee is complete.*
Switch to yellow yarn.
Row 13: ch 1, sc x 24, sl st into the first stitch of the row to connect the circle (24)
Row 14: ch 1, sc x 24, sl st into the first stitch of the row to connect the circle (24)
Switch to black yarn.
Row 15: ch 1, [sc, sc, dec] x 6, sl st into the first stitch of the row to connect the circle (18)
*Stuff the bee body*
Row 16: ch 1, [sc, dec] x 6, sl st into the first stitch of the row to connect the circle (12)
Switch to yellow yarn.
Row 17: ch 1, [dec] x 6, sl st into the first stitch of the row to connect the circle (6)
Fasten off leaving a tail and use the tail to sew the remaining hole closed.
Wings (make two)
Using white yarn.
Row 1: magic circle with 6 sc (6)
Row 2: ch 1, 2 hdc into each stitch around, sl st into the first stitch of the row to connect the circle (12)
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing the wings onto the bee.
Putting the Pieces Together
Congratulations! If you’ve made it this far, you’ve finished all of the crocheting. Your new fluffy bee friend is almost complete! The last step in this process is to sew the wings onto your bee.
Using the picture below as a guidance, sew the wings onto the very top of your bee, in between the first and second black stripes. I spaced my wings about 1-2 stitches apart from each other, but feel free to space them out however you’d like!
And now you’ve completed your fluffy bee friend! I hope you enjoyed this pattern. Please tag me if you post on social media (@toristorycreations), as I would love to see your finished bees!
I hope you have a bee-utiful day. 🙂 Happy crocheting!
~Tori
This is an original pattern by Toristory Creations. Please do not claim this pattern or any part of it as your own. If you plan on selling the amigurumi made from this pattern, please mention Toristory Creations as the pattern designer. You may place a link to this pattern on your own website, but please do not repost or republish any part of this pattern on your site or social media. As always, I love to see finished creations made by my patterns, so please share your own versions of this pattern with me @toristorycreations
How many skeins did you use though😩
Hello! Thank you so much for your question. You need less than one skein of yarn per color. If you use the same “Sweet Snuggles” yarn that I mention in the pattern, you can make about 3-4 bees with it!
Wowwwwww love the beeeee
The video was really helpful and it was my first ever crochet, and turned out amazing. I will definitely do it again by this pattern, and feels pretty good to understand all these words in “crochet language” THANK U!!