This Amigurumi Bee is just the sweetest! Whether you’d like to crochet a cute bee softy for your baby nursery or just make a bee to show some love to the best animals in the world, I hope you’ll enjoy my free pattern.
I first crocheted this bee for my Tunisian crochet Beehive Lovey, which is the bubbly, honeycomb stuff you see behind the bee in most pictures.
But this bee is too cute not to have its dedicated blog post. So here is my free crochet pattern for this cute Amigurumi Bee!
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MATERIALS
- 3.0 mm (C US, 11 UK) Crochet Hook
- DK, Light Weight (3) Yarn in yellow, black, pink, and white.
- One Stitch Marker
- Fiberfill or Your Favorite Amigurumi Stuffing
- Tapestry Needle
ABBREVIATIONS (US TERMS)
Ch – Chain
Inv Dec – Invisible Decrease
Inc – Increase
MC – Magic Circle
Sc – Single Crochet
Sl St – Slip Stitch
St – Stitch
Yo – Yarn Over
SPECIAL STITCHES
Magic Circle (MC)
Please, take a look at this tutorial on how to crochet a magic circle.
Invisible Decrease (Inv Dec)
See this step-by-step tutorial on how to crochet a single crochet invisible decrease.
Size
The Amigurumi Bee is approximately 6″ (15 cm) from head to stinger, 5.5″ (14 cm) large from wing to wing, and 3.5″ (9 cm) tall.
Gauge
16 sc sts for 15 rows in 2″ (5 cm).
Pattern Notes
- If the pattern says “sc 2”, it means that you have to crochet 1 sc into each of the next 2 sts.
- Increases are indicated as “sc inc”.
- (…) – Repeat the instruction within brackets for the indicated times.
- This pattern is worked in the round, so do not join your rounds but keep crocheting the next set of sts.
- Remember to mark the first st of each round with a stitch marker or a strand of yarn in a contrasting color.
- The stitch count is indicated within brackets at the end of each round’s instructions.
Amigurumi Bee – Pattern
Head
With yellow yarn, make a MC.
Round 1. Ch 1, sc 6 in MC. (6 sts)
Round 2. 6 sc inc. (12 sts)
Round 3. (Sc inc 1, sc 1) 6 times. (18 sts)
Round 4. (Sc sc inc 1, sc 2) 6 times. (24 sts)
Round 5. (Sc inc 1, sc 3) 6 times. (30 sts)
Round 6. (Sc inc 1, sc 4) 6 times. (36 sts)
Round 7. (Sc inc 1, sc 5) 6 times. (42 sts)
Round 8. (Sc inc 1, sc 6) 6 times. (48 sts)
Round 9. (Sc inc 1, sc 7) 6 times. (54 sts)
Round 10-19. Sc in each st around. (54 sts)
Round 20. (Sc 7, inv dec 1) 6 times. (48 sts)
Round 21. (Sc 6, inv dec 1) 6 times. (42 sts)
Start stuffing.
Round 22. (Sc 5, inv dec 1) 6 times. (36 sts)
Round 23. (Sc 4, inv dec 1) 6 times. (30 sts)
Round 24. (Sc 3, inv dec 1) 6 times. (24 sts)
Finish stuffing the head of the bee.
Round 25. (Sc 2, inv dec 1) 6 times. (18 sts)
Round 26. (Sc 1, inv dec 1) 6 times. (12 sts)
Round 27. Inv dec 6. (6 sts)
Fasten off and close the top of the head.
Cheeks
(Make 2)
With pink yarn, make a MC.
Round 1. Sc 6 in MC. Join the round with a sl st into the first sc. (6 sts)
Fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing.
Body
- The body of the bee is crocheted in color blocks of 3 rows each.
- Do not cut the yarn at the end of each color block. Instead, leave it on the wrong side of your work and pick it up later. This will save you time weaving in ends.
- Before stuffing the body, remember to flatten its top by sewing along the edge of the first block of yellow sts. This flat area will be used later to attach the wings and the head.
With yellow yarn, make a MC.
Round 1. Sc 6 in MC. (6 sts)
Round 2. Sc inc 6. (12 sts)
Round 3. (Sc inc 1, sc 1) 6 times. (18 sts)
Round 4. (Sc inc 1, sc 2) 6 times. (24 sts)
Join black yarn.
Round 5. (Sc inc 1, sc 3) 6 times. (30 sts)
Round 6-7. Sc in each st around. (30 sts)
Yellow.
Round 8. (Sc inc 1, sc 4) 6 times. (36 sts)
Round 9-10. Sc in each st around. (36 sts)
Flatten the top of the body by sewing along the edge of the first yellow block.
Black.
Round 11-12. Sc in each st around. (36 sts)
Round 13. (Sc inc 1, sc 5) 6 times. (42 sts)
Yellow.
Round 14. (Sc inc 1, sc 6) 6 times. (48 sts)
Round 15. (Sc inc 1, sc 7) 6 times. (54 sts)
Round 16. Sc in each st around. (54 sts)
Black.
Round 17-19. Sc in each st around. (54 sts)
Start stuffing the body.
Yellow.
Round 20. Sc in each st around. (54 sts)
Round 21. (Sc 7, inv dec 1) 6 times. (48 sts)
Round 22. (Sc 6, inv dec 1) 6 times. (42 sts)
Black.
Round 23. (Sc 5, inv dec 1) 6 times. (36 sts)
Round 24. (Sc 4, inv dec 1) 6 times. (30 sts)
Round 25. (Sc 3, inv dec 1) 6 times. (24 sts)
Yellow
Round 26. Sc in each st around. (24 sts)
Round 27. (Sc 2, inv dec 1) 6 times. (18 sts)
Finish stuffing the body of the bee.
Round 28. (Sc 1, inv dec 1) 6 times. (12 sts)
Black.
Round 29-30. Sc in each st around. (12 sts)
Round 31. Inv dec 6. (6 sts)
Round 32. Sc in each st around. (6 sts)
Round 33. Inv dec 3. (3 sts)
Fasten off and close the stinger.
Wings
(Make 2)
With white yarn, make a MC.
Round 1. Ch 1, sc 6 in MC. (6 sts)
Round 2. 6 sc inc. (12 sts)
Round 3. (Sc inc 1, sc 1) 6 times. (18 sts)
Round 4. (Sc inc 1, sc 2) 6 times. (24 sts)
Round 5. (Sc inc 1, sc 3) 6 times. (30 sts)
Round 6. (Sc inc 1, sc 4) 6 times. (36 sts)
Round 7-14. Sc in each st around. (36 sts)
Round 15. (Sc 4, inv dec 1) 6 times. (30 sts)
Round 16. Sc in each st around. (30 sts)
Round 17. (Sc 3, inv dec 1) 6 times. (24 sts)
Round 18. Sc in each st around. (24 sts)
Round 19. (Sc 2, inv dec 1) 6 times. (18 sts)
Round 20. Sc in each st around. (18 sts)
Round 21. (Sc 1, inv dec 1) 6 times. (12 sts)
Round 22-23. Sc in each st around. (12 sts)
Close the last sts together and fasten off.
Finishing
Flatten the wings and attach them to the body of the bee by sewing them on the back of the flattened area.
With a length of black yarn, embroider the eyes and the mouth on the head of the bee.
Attach the cheeks, and make the antennae by simply knotting short pieces of black yarn on the head.
Sew the head onto the flat area of the body.
Your Amigurumi Bee is ready!
Get the pattern for the Tunisian Beehive Lovey here…
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Hello,
Thanks for sharing this pattern, I love it! I never go by patterns but I did this one. Of course I still made it my own and I can’t wait to give it to my neice. They are bee keepers and she is gonna love hers. I’m not sure how to share a pic of mine so you will see it but I’m going to try. Good pattern I was able to follow it, again thanks.
Hi Donna,
Thank you so much for your message, I am so happy you liked this bee 🙂
If you would like to share a picture with me, you could either e-mail me at raffaella at raffamusadesigns dot com, or share a pic on Facebook and/or Instagram and tag me @raffamusa_designs
Wish you a nice day,
Raffaella
Hi Rafaela!
Thank you so much for these patterns! I plan to start making the honeycomb lovey next week and after, this bee :). I was wondering if you had anywhere any recommendations on how to attach the bee? I know it seems very straightforward, but I am quite bad at sewing in general so I just wondered if you had any tips on how to do this securely?
Thanks in advance!
Hi Lauren,
Unfortunately, I don’t have any tutorials on how to sew the bee or other stuffies on the lovey. What I usually do is to sew the head of the animal (or in this case the back of the wings) forming a sort of square or large round so that the thing is more stable compared to sewing just in one small point. Does it make sense?
If you have any doubts, feel free to send me an e-mail so we can talk more easily 🙂
Best,
Raffaella
Thanks a lot, Raffaella!
Yes, that makes sense 😀
Once I get there and run into any problems, I will definitely send an email.
Thanks again!
Warmly,
Lauren
Loved this little bee. Thanks for sharing your pattern. Gonna start my blank next.
Thank you! This was awesome and super easy. I added antenna! I don’t know how to post a pix, but thanks!!
I have been doing a lot of bees, sea turtles and came across your cute little bee with the lovey and wanted to make that bee. 1st of all I didn’t pay attention to the gauge and the head was huge used a size 4 hook. Had it all done and tore it all back out. Bought some #3 baby yarn and did again with size 4 hook. Nope still too big. Long story but rather than buy a #3 hook, is there any adjustment I could make so that the head is small. I even tried a size 2 hook but it was just too small. I had some very thin pompadour baby yarn and did a gauge test using #2 hook and gauge is pretty much what it should be but #2 is pretty tiny
Hi, sorry to hear about your struggles and frogging…
You can easily adjust the size of the head by following the rules for making Amigurumi spheres, which you can find here https://raffamusadesigns.com/crochet-perfect-amigurumi-ball-sphere/
However, for the body, I’m afraid I cannot help you.
I haven’t picked up a crochet needle for 45 years. This pattern was so easy and FUN!! The bee is so cute.