This pattern I collected from the designer @boulette.et.cie
Materials
Chunky plush yarn in:
Yellow
Brown
Red
White
Pink (optional, for the cheeks)
Some black cotton yarn for the mouth
1 pair of 12mm safety eyes
Filler, stitch markers, tapestry, needle, scissors
Abbreviations
MR magic ring
RND round
ST stitch
CH chain
SLST slip stitch
SC single crochet
HDC half double crochet
INC increase DEC decrease
Crochet in spirals, don't join rounds. Use invisible color change and invisible decreases for a better result.
Body
With yellow/brown yarn & 6mm hook
Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2:6 inc (12)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, 1 inc)x6 (18)
Rnd 4: (2 sc, 1 inc)x6 (24)
Rnd 5: (3 sc, 1 inc)x6 (30)
Rnd 6: (4 sc, 1 inc)x6 (36)
Rnds 7 & 8: 36 sc around (36) Change to brown yarn *
Rnds 9 & 10: 36 sc around (36) Change to yellow yarn
Rnds 11 to 13:36 sc around (36) Change to brown yarn
Rnds 14 & 15: 36 sc around (36)
Change to yellow yarn, fasten off brown yarn
Rnds 16 & 17: 36 sc around (36)
Rnd 18: (4 sc, 1 dec)x6 (30)
Rnd 19: (3 sc, 1 dec)x6 (24) *stuff the body *
Rnd 20: (2 sc, 1 dec)x6 (18)
Rnd 21: (1 sc, 1 dec)x6 (12)
Rnd 22: 6 dec
Fasten off. Go though the front loops of the last 6 sts and pull yarn to close. Hide the tail inside the body.
* Insert safety eyes between rnds 4-5, 6 sts apart
Wings
with white yarn & 6mm hook
Make two
Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2: 6 inc-hdc (12)
Rnd 3: 12 hdc (12)
Rnd 4: 6 dec-hdc (6)
Fasten off, leave a long tail. Go through the front loops of the last 6 sts and pull yarn to close. Sew wings on the back of the bee, between rnds 11-12 & 12-13. Use the same sts to sew both wings.
Legs
with brown yarn & 6mm hook
Insert hook vertically, under the bee, aligned with the eye, between rnds 9-10.
Ch 6, in the second ch from the hook make: 3sc and 1 slst in the same st.
Don't work on the remaining 4ch.
Fasten off and leave a long tail (we will attach the heart to the front legs).
Count 6 sts to the side and repeat instructions to make the second leg.
Make the back legs in the same way, aligned with the front pair, between rounds 14-15.
When you fasten off, use a tapestry needle to carry the end tail through the remaining 4 ch until you get to the body.
Tie beginning and end tails together and hide them inside the body.
Heart
with red yarn & 6mm hook
1st piece:
Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2: 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3:12 sc
Fasten off and weave in end.
2nd piece: Follow the same instructions but do NOT fasten off at the end.
Join both pieces:
Rnd 4: 12 sc around the 1st piece, 12 sc around the 2nd piece
Rnd 5: 24 sc
Rnd 6: (2 sc, 1 dec)x6 (18)
Rnds 7-8: 18 sc around (18)
Rnd 9: (1 sc, 1 dec)x6 (12) * stuff the heart*
Rnd 10: 12 sc around
Rnd 11: 6 dec (6)
Sew 'hands' of the bee onto the first rnds of the heart: one hand on the 1st piece and the other on the 2nd piece.
Details
Using black cotton yarn, make a little smile on your bee:
Pull out needle between rnds 2-3, count 6 sts to the side and insert needle (you should also be between rnds 2-3).
Pull out needle 1 row below, in the middle of those 6 sts. Pass the needle under the yarn and insert it back in the same st.
Add eyebrows 2 rows above the eyes, in the space of 2 sts, aligned with the inner and outer corners of the eye.
Using pink plush yarn, make the cheeks in the space of 2 sts, 1 row below the eyes. Go over those 2 sts twice.
Add a little flower! Using cotton yarn or thin plush yarn & 3mm hook Yellow: 6 sc in mr, slst in the 1st sc to close
White: Ch4, in the 3rd ch from the hook: 1 hdc, 1 sc. sl st in the next st and repeat all around (you'll have 6 petals).
Fasten off and sew flower
to the head, between rnds 8-9.
So we have finished this crochet pattern, wish you success. If you have any problem with the crochet pattern, please leave a comment to help me. Have a nice day.
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