Little Bees
A free crochet tutorial for Little Bees by Elena Nikiforova @nikky_babytoys.
With this tutorial, you can crochet a plush bee. For this amigurumi, any plush yarn and a suitable crochet hook will work.
The finished toy measures about 20-21 cm.
Materials and tools
- Plush yarn (yellow, black, and white)
- Cotton yarn (black, for the antennae)
- Black thread for embroidering the face
- 2.5 mm and 4.0 mm crochet hooks
- Safety eyes
- Toy stuffing
- Needle for sewing pieces together
- Scissors
Abbreviations
- MR - magic ring
- sc - single crochet
- inc - increase
- dec - decrease
- (...) x n - repeat n times
Amigurumi little bees crochet pattern
Head
1: 6 MR
2: 6 inc (12)
3: 12 inc (24)
4: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
5-9: 30 sc
10: (3 sc, 6) x 6 (24)
11: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
12: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
13: 6 dec
Body
Start with black yarn:
1: 4 in MR
2: (1 sc, inc) x 2 (6)
3: 6 sc
4: (2 sc, inc) x 2 (8)
5: (3 sc, inc) x 2 (10)
6: (4 sc, inc) x 2 (12)
7: (3 sc, inc) x 3 (15)
8: (4 sc, dec) x 3 (18)
Change to yellow yarn
9: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
10: 24 sc
Change to black yarn
11: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Change to yellow yarn
12: 30 sc
13: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Change to black yarn
14: 24 sc
Change to yellow yarn
15: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
17: 12 sc
Arms and Legs (4 pieces)
With black yarn:
1: 6 in MR
2: 6 sc
3: (1 sc, dec) x 2 (4)
Change to yellow yarn
4-8: 4 sc
Crochet 2 sc, do not stuff with filling.
Antennae
With black yarn. Use any cotton yarn and a 2.5 mm hook.
1: 6 in MR
2: 6 inc (12)
3-4: 12 sc
5: 6 dec
6-10: 6 sc
Leave a tail for sewing.
Wings (2 pieces)
With white plush yarn and a 4 mm hook.
1: 6 in MR
2: 6 inc (12)
3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
6: 30 sc
