Materials:
- Worsted weight yarn in the colors yellow, black, and white (I used Red Heart Super Saver Yarn).
- 3.75mm crochet hook
- Embroidery Thread or fine yarn to embroider the face
- Stuffing
- Tapestry needle
- scissors
Abbreviations:
ch – chain
st – stitch (sts – stitches)
mc – magic circle
sc – single crochet
sc inc – single crochet increase
invdec – invisible decrease
rnd – round
() – the total number of stitches at the end of each row
Bee Pattern:
Body:
-Start working in yellow-
Rnd 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
Rnd 2: sc inc x6 (12)
Rnd 3: 1 sc, sc inc (18)
Rnd 4: 2 sc, sc inc (24)
Rnd 5: 3 sc, sc inc (30)
Rnd 6: 4 sc, sc inc (36)
Rnd 7-8: sc in each st around (36)
-Change to black-
Rnd 9: sc in each st around (36)
-Change to yellow-
Rnd 10-11: sc in each st around (36)
-Change to black-
Rnd 12: sc in each st around (36)
-Change to yellow-
Rnd 13-14: sc in each st around (36)
-Change to black-
Rnd 15: sc in each st around (36)
-Change to yellow-
Rnd 16: sc in each st around (36)
-Start Stuffing-
Rnd 17: 4 sc, invdec (30)
Rnd 18: 3 sc, invdec (24)
Rnd 19: 2 sc, invdec (18)
Rnd 20: 1 sc, invdec (12)
Fasten off and weave in the ends.
Head:
-Work in yellow-
Rnd 1: 8 sc in mc
Rnd 2: sc inc x8 (16)
Rnd 3: 1 sc, sc inc (24)
Rnd 4: 2 sc, sc inc (32)
Rnd 5: 3 sc, sc inc (40)
Rnd 6: 4 sc, sc inc (48)
Rnd 7-16: sc in each st around (48)
-Start stuffing-
Rnd 17: 4 sc, invdec (40)
Rnd 18: 3 sc, invdec (32)
Rnd 19: 2 sc, invdec (24)
Rnd 20: 2 sc, invdec (18)
Rnd 21: 1 sc, invdec (12)
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Arm x2:
-Work in yellow, Do Not stuff-
Rnd 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
Rnd 2: 1 sc, sc inc (9)
Rnd 3-7: sc in each st around (9)
Rnd 8: ch 1 and sc across the top of piece
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Wings x2:
-Work in white, Do Not stuff-
Rnd 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
Rnd 2: sc inc x6 (12)
Rnd 3: 1 sc, sc inc (18)
Rnd 4-5: sc in each st around (18)
Rnd 6: 1 sc, invdec (12)
Rnd 7-8: sc in each st around (12)
Rnd 9: invdec x6 (6)
Fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing.
Assembly:
Step 1: Sew the head to the body, add a little more stuffing to support the neck but not too much.
Step 2: Embroider the face. Check out this blog post to learn how to embroider amigurumi faces here -> https://crittercrochet.com/2021/03/12/how-to-embroider-amigurumi-faces/
Step 3: Pick up a stitch on top of the head where you want to place the antenna, chain 5 and pull tight to create a knot at the end of the chains and then cut the yarn close to the knot but not too close so it doesn’t come undone. Repeat on the other side. Weave in ends.
Step 4: Sew the arms to the body.
Step 5: Sew the wings to the middle of the top of the back.
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