Flora the bee crochet pattern

 

Cute Amigurumi Bee with a Wreath of Flowers

Take a look at this cute amigurumi bee wearing a wreath of flowers. You can crochet a wonderful spring bee for yourself, which will be a wonderful gift for any occasion and a true friend for a child or adult. The size of the finished honey bee is approximately 22 cm (8.6″).

Designed and photos by @vivi_toys
Translated by Amiguroom Toys

Materials:

• Yarn: YarnArt Jeans, colors: yellow #88, brown #70, white #62, purple #19, pink #18, blue #75, peach #73, beige #03, green #69
• Hook size: 2.25 or 2.0 mm
• 10 mm safety eyes
• Some beads for flowers
• Dry pastel crayon for cheeks
• Sewing needle and scissors
• Sewing pins
• Knitting needle
• Fiberfill

Abbreviations:

• R = row
• mc = magic circle
• ch = chain
• sl st = slip stitch
• sc = single crochet
• dc = double crochet
• hdc = half double crochet
• inc = 2 sc in the next stitch
• dec = single crochet 2 stitches together
• F.o. = finish off
• (12) = number of stitches you should have at the end of the round/row
• (…) *6 = repeat whatever is between the brackets the number of times stated

Free Amigurumi Bee Pattern

Legs and Arms (make 4)

With brown yarn:

• R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
• R 2: (inc)*6 (12)
• R 3-14: 12 sc (12 rows)
• Stuff with fiberfill.
• R 15: (dec)*6
• Pull the opening, fasten and hide yarn tail inside.

Horns (make 2)

With brown yarn: Stuff as you go.

• R 1: 5 sc in mc (5)
• R 2: (inc)*5 (10)
• R 3: (1 sc, inc)*5 (15)
• R 4-5: 15 sc (2 rows)
• R 6: (1 sc, dec)*5 (10)
• R 7: (3 sc, dec)*2 (8)
• R 8-15: 8 sc (8 rows)
• F.o. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Sting

With brown yarn:

• R 1: 5 sc in mc (5)
• R 2: 5 sc
• R 3: (inc)*5 (10)
• R 4-6: 10 sc (3 rows)
• Stuff with fiberfill.
• F.o. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Wings (make 2)

With white yarn:

• R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
• R 2: (inc)*6 (12)
• R 3: (1 sc, inc)*6 (18)
• R 4: (2 sc, inc)*6 (24)
• R 5: (3 sc, inc)*6 (30)
• R 6-9: 30 sc (4 rows)
• R 10: (4 sc, dec)*5 (25)
• R 11-13: 25 sc (3 rows)
• R 14: (3 sc, dec)*5 (20)
• R 15-16: 20 sc (2 rows)
• R 17: (2 sc, dec)*5 (15)
• R 18: (1 sc, dec)*5 (10)
• R 19: (dec)*5 (5)
• Don’t stuff with fiberfill.
• F.o. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Head and Body of Amigurumi Bee are Crocheted as One Piece.

Body

With brown yarn:

• R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
• R 2: (inc)*6 (12)
• R 3: (1 sc, inc)*6 (18)
• R 4: (2 sc, inc)*6 (24)
• R 5: (3 sc, inc)*6 (30)
• R 6: (4 sc, inc)*6 (36)
• R 7: (5 sc, inc)*6 (42)
• R 8: (6 sc, inc)*6 (48)
• R 9: (7 sc, inc)*6 (54)
• R 10: (8 sc, inc)*6 (60)
• R 11: 60 sc
• Change to yellow yarn:
• R 12-16: 60 sc (5 rows)
• Change to brown yarn:
• R 17-21: 60 sc (5 rows)
• Change to yellow yarn:
• R 22-26: 60 sc (5 rows)
• Change to brown yarn:
• R 27: 60 sc
• R 28: (8 sc, dec)*6 (54)
• R 29: (7 sc, dec)*6 (48)
• R 30: (6 sc, dec)*6 (42)
• R 31: (5 sc, dec)*6 (36)
• R 32: (4 sc, dec)*6 (30)
• Stuff with fiberfill.
• R 33: (3 sc, dec)*6 (24)

Continue Crocheting the Head:

• R 34: (inc)*24 (48)
• R 35: (7 sc, inc)*6 (54)
• R 36: (8 sc, inc)*6 (60)
• R 37: (9 sc, inc)*6 (66)
• R 38: (10 sc, inc)*6 (72)
• R 39-50: 72 sc (12 rows)
• R 51: (10 sc, dec)*6 (66)
• R 52: (9 sc, dec)*6 (60)
• R 53: (8 sc, dec)*6 (54)
• R 54: (7 sc, dec)*6 (48)
• R 55: (6 sc, dec)*6 (42)
• Insert safety eyes between R 46 and R 47 at the distance of 8 st from each other.
• R 56: (5 sc, dec)*6 (36)
• R 57: (4 sc, dec)*6 (30)
• Stuff with fiberfill.
• R 58: (3 sc, dec)*6 (24)
• R 59: (2 sc, dec)*6 (18)
• R 60: (1 sc, dec)*6 (12)
• R 61: (dec)*6 (6)
• Finish stuffing.
• F.o.

Embroider eyebrows and mouth with brown yarn.
Embroider whites of the eyes with white yarn.

Sew horns on the head.
Sew wings and sting to the body (view video at 09:08).

Attach arms and legs using thread attaching How to attach jointed legs on amigurumi

Tint cheeks using dry pastel crayon or embroider them with pink yarn.

Flower (make 11)

• Make 23 ch.
• R 1: From the 4th chain from hook: (1 hdc, 1 dc, 1 hdc in one st; 1 sl st in next st)*10

Leaf (make 15)

• Make 7 ch.
• R 1: From the 2nd chain from hook: 1 sl st, 1 sc, 1 hdc, 1 dc, 1 hdc, 3 sc in one st, on the other side: 1 hdc, 1 dc, 1 hdc, 1 sc, 1 sl st, 1 ch.
• Make sl st chain across the center of the leaf (view video at 17:10).
• Leave a long tail for sewing.

Headband

• Make 60 ch, join in ring with sl st.
• R 1: 60 sc
• Leave a long tail for sewing.

Sew leaves to flowers. Sew flowers with leaves to the headband.