Bee with Honey

Free crochet tutorial for Bee with Honey by Marina Loboda @_tvoyamuza.

With this pattern, you can crochet a bee. Any cotton blend yarn will work for this amigurumi. The pattern also includes instructions for crocheting a bucket of honey.

The finished toy measures about 20 cm.

Materials and tools

• YarnArt Jeans yarn: 35-yellow, 01-white, 20-pink, 71-light brown, 23-orange
• Gazzal Baby Cotton yarn: 3436-brown
• 1.75 mm crochet hook
• Thread for embroidering the face
• 12 mm safety eyes
• Toy stuffing
• Needle for sewing parts together
• Scissors

Abbreviations

• MR - magic ring
• ch - chain stitch
• sl st - slip stitch
• sc - single crochet
• inc - increase
• dec - decrease
• (...) x n times - repeat n times

Bee with honey amigurumi crochet pattern

Head

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. (inc) x 6 (12)
3. (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
6. (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
7. (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
8. (6 sc, inc) x 6 (48)
9. (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
10-15. 54 sc (6 rounds)
16. (8 sc, inc) x 6 (60)
17. (9 sc, inc) x 6 (66)
18. (10 sc, inc) x 6 (72)
19. 72 sc
20. (10 sc, dec) x 6 (66)
21. (9 sc, dec) x 6 (60)
22. (8 sc, dec) x 6 (54)
23. (7 sc, dec) x 6 (48)
24. (6 sc, dec) x 6 (42)
25. (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
26. (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
27. (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24) sl st

Fasten off and cut the yarn. Insert the eyes between rounds 15 and 16, leaving 7 sc between them.

Antennae (make 2)

With brown yarn:

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. (inc) x 6 (12)
3-5. 12 sc
6. 6 dec
Switch to yellow yarn.
7-13. 6 sc

Arms (make 2)

With brown yarn:

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. (inc) x 6 (12)
3. (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4-6. 18 sc
7. (sc, dec) x 6 (12)
8. 3 dec, 6 sc (9)
Switch to yellow yarn.
9-23. 9 sc

Legs (make 2)

With brown yarn:

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. (inc) x 6 (12)
3. (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5-7. 24 sc
8. (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
9. (sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Switch to yellow yarn
10-24. 12 sc

Body

With brown yarn:

1. 5 sc in MR (5)
2. 5 sc
3. 5 inc (10)
4. 10 sc
5. (sc, inc) (15)
6. (2 sc, inc) (20)
7. 20 sc
8. (4 sc, inc) (24)
9. (3 sc, inc) (30)
10-11. 30 sc
12. (4 sc, inc) (36)
13. 36 sc
Switch to yellow yarn
14. 36 sc
15. (5 sc, inc) (42)
16. 2 sc, 6 sc together with a leg, 14 sc, 6 sc together with a leg, 14 sc
17. (6 sc, inc) (48)
Switch to brown yarn
18. (7 sc, inc) (54)
19-20. 54 sc
Switch to yellow yarn
21-23. 54 sc
Switch to brown yarn
24. (7 sc, dec) (48)
25. (6 sc, dec) (42)
26. 42 sc
Switch to yellow yarn
27-28. 42 sc
29. (5 sc, dec) (36)
30. (4 sc, dec) (30)
31-32. 30 sc
33. (3 sc, dec) (24)
34. 2 sc, 5 sc together with an arm, 6 sc, 5 sc together with an arm, 6 sc (24), sl st

Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Large wings (make 2)

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. (inc) x 6 (12)
3. (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
6-10. 30 sc
11. (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
12-13. 24 sc
14. (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
15-17. 18 sc
18. (sc, dec) x 6 (12)
19-20. 12 sc
21. 6 dec (6)

Pull the opening closed and leave a tail for sewing.

Small wings (make 2)

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. (inc) x 6 (12)
3. (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5-7. 24 sc
8. (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
9-11. 18 sc
12. (sc, dec) x 6 (12)
13-14. 12 sc
15. 6 dec (6)

Pull the opening closed and leave a tail for sewing.

Bucket of honey

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. (inc) x 6 (12)
3. (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5. 24 sc in back loop only
6-8. 24 sc
9. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
10-13. 30 sc
14. 30 sc in front loop only, at the end of the round crochet 25 ch and sew it on, this will be the handle of our bucket.
15. 30 sc with orange yarn in the back loop of round 14
16. (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
17. (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
18. (sc, dec) x 6 (12)
19. (dec) x 6 (6)

Cut the yarn, pull the opening closed, and hide the end. Embroider the word Honey with yellow yarn.