Designer: Uliya Ross
Instagram: @uliyaross
Hi there…
One of the free amigurumi crochet patterns we will share today is the amigurumi bee, whose photos and design belong to Uliya Ross. You can learn how to crochet this bee using the free amigurumi pattern. Thanks to Uliya Ross for this cute bee.
Materials
- Cotton yarn: Yarn Art Jeans 50 g / 160 m (60% cotton, 40% acrylic). The main colors are yellow and brown for the bee; for details (wings, antennae, cheeks), choose any color you like.
- Strong yarn for sewing eyes and for attaching legs.
- Buttons for fastening legs (8-10 mm).
- Fine yarn for sewing on cheeks.
- Thin black yarn for embroidering nose and eyelashes.
- Sew-on eyes (6-7 mm).
- Hook (2 mm).
- Filler for toys.
- Needle for stitching parts.
- Scissors.
- Marker for marking the beginning of a row.
- Tailor’s pins.
- Fine needle.
Size of the finished bee without antennae: ~14 cm
Abbreviations
- MR: Amigurumi Magic ring
- sc: Single Crochet
- inc: Increase
- dec: Decrease
- tr: Triple Crochet / Treble Crochet
- st: Stitch
- dc: Double Crochet
- hdc: Half Double Crochet
- slst: Slip Stitch
- ch: Chain
- ..in: make increase into same stitch as many as the number which is given in front of “inc” abbreviation (e.g., 3inc, 4inc..)
- FLO: Crochet into front loops only
- BLO: Crochet into back loops only
Head – Body
R1) 6sc in MR [6]
R2) 6 inc [12]
R3) (sc,inc)*6 [18]
R4) (2sc,inc)*6 [24]
R5) (3sc,inc)*6 [30]
R6) (4sc,inc)*6 [36]
R7) (5sc,inc)*6 [42]
R8) sc in each st [42]
R9) (6sc,inc)*6 [48]
R10) sc in each st [48]
R11) (7sc,inc)*6 [54]
R12-16) 5 turns [54]
R17) (8sc,inc)*6 [60]
R18-22) 5 turns [60]
R23) (4sc,dec)*10 [50]
R24) (3sc,dec)*10 [40]
R25) (2sc,dec)*10 [30]
R26) (sc,dec)*10 [20]
R27) (2sc,dec)*5 [15]
We go with the body
R28) 15 inc [30]
R29-31) 3 turns [30]
R32) (4sc,inc)*6 [36], at the end of the row change to color brown.
R33) 36 sc, at the end of the row change to yellow.
R34) sc in each st [36]
R35) (5sc,inc)*6 [42], at the end of the row change to color brown.
R36) 42 sc, at the end of the row change to yellow. Cut the brown yarn and hide it in the fabric, then crochet all the rows in yellow.
R37) sc in each st [42]
R38) (6sc,inc)*6 [48]
R39-41) 3 turns [48]
R42) (6sc,dec)*6 [42]
R43) (5sc,dec)*6 [36]
R44) (4sc,dec)*6 [30]
R45) (3sc,dec)*6 [24]
R46) (2sc,dec)*6 [18]
R47) (sc,dec)*6 [12]
R48) 6 dec [6]
Cut the yarn and close the hole.
Arms
Do not fill.
R1) 6sc in MR [6]
R2) (sc,inc)*3 [9]
R3-12) 10 turns [9]
Fold and join both sides. Cut the yarn, leaving a long yarn to sew to the body.
Legs
Fill in the lower legs.
R1) 6 sc in MR
R2) 6 inc [12]
R3) (sc, inc)*6 [18]
R9-5) 2 turns [18]
R6) 5sc, 4dec, 5sc [14]
R7) 3sc, 4dec, 3sc [10]
R8-11) 4 turns [10]
R12) 9 sc
Fold and join both sides. Close and cut the yarn.
Cheeks
In a MR, crochet chain 2. Inside the 12sc ring, close the ring and join with slst to the first sc. Close and cut the yarn.
Wings
Crochet in any color (wings and antennae of the same color)
R1) 6sc in MR [6]
R2) 6 inc [12]
R3) (sc,inc)*6 [18]
R4) (2sc,inc)*6 [24]
R5) sc in each st [24]
R6) (2sc,dec)*6 [18]
R7) sc in each st [18]
R8) (sc,dec)*6 [12]
R9) sc in each st [12]
R10) (sc,dec)*4 [8]
R11) sc in each st [8]
Fold and join both sides. Cut the yarn, leaving a long yarn to sew.
Antennas
R1) 6sc in MR [6]
R2) (sc,inc)*3 [9]
R3) sc in each st [9]
R4) (sc,dec)*3 [6] Fill the top a little.
R5-9) 5 turns [6]
Fold and join both sides. Cut the yarn, leaving a long yarn to sew.
Assembly
- Insert the needle in row 17, embroider the peak with thin black yarn between rows 20 and 21.
- Embroider the smile between rows 16 and 17.
- Insert eyes 11 to 12 sc apart. Embroider the eyelashes with thin black yarn.
- Sew the antennae between rows 8 and 9 at a distance of 8 to 10 sc.
- Sew the cheeks.
- Sew the wings between rows 30 and 31 with a distance of 1 to 2 sc.
- Sew the arms to the body of the bee between rows 29 and 30, with a distance of 8 to 10 sc.
- Use buttons to fix the legs between rows 40 and 41, with a distance between them of 24 to 26 sc.