Crochet Bee
Introduction: Crochet Bee
Hi!
In this instructable I will be showing you how to crochet a simple cute bee
This is not an exact pattern. Letting you choose the size of the bee and make some changes.
These bees are simple, easy to make, adjustable and really cute.
I recommend using a stitch marker, so you will know where the lines start and end, you can also use a clip or a keychain if you don't have one
Stitches you need to know:
✰ Single crochet- sc
✰ Increase (simply two single crochets in the same stitch)- inc
✰ Decrease - dc
✰ Know how to do a magic circle
(st is a shortcut for stitches)
If you don't know how to crochet or any of the stitches mentions above, you can look it up and easily find tutorials for them
Supplies
✰ Yellow, Black and White yarn, you can use whatever yarn you like (my favorites for this are the thick fluffy ones)
✰ A crochet hook that matches your yarn
✰ Polyester Fiberfill
✰ Amigurumi eyes, or buttons + a needle and string for sewing the eyes if they don't have a connecter
✰ Thick needle - for the yarn(doesn't have to be sharp)
Step 1: Step 1 - Create the Base of the Bee
✰ Round 1: With your yellow yarn, create a magic circle with 6 sc
✰ Round 2: 6 inc - 12 st
✰ Round 3: 1 sc, 1 inc, repeat 6 times - 18 st
✰Round 4: 2 sc, 1 inc, repeat 6 times - 24 st
From now, you can do as many more rounds as you like, until you are happy with the size of your base
Continue with the same pattern, add one more Single Crochet before every Increase each round you go.
Round 5: 3 sc, 1 inc, repeat 6 times - 30 st
Round 6: 4 sc, 1 inc, repeat 6 times - 36 st
Keep going on with that pattern until the base is the size you like
Step 2: Step 2 - Continue the Body
Remember the amount of single crochets you did in the last round before an increase (not including the repeats, just once). You will need this number later
Now we will crochet the stripes made from four rows, black and yellow, if you see that four rows is not enough or too much, you can change the number of rows below to your preference.
Starting the round count from the start because we will be at a different number
✰ Rounds 1-4: Single crochet in every stitch (yellow)
Now connect the black yarn, to do that, while doing a sc, you under the stitch and take the yarn, now instead of looping the yellow yarn around the crochet hook, take the brown (see picture), do one more sc and then cut the yellow yarn. Then tie the edge on the yellow yarn and the black yarn- to make sure it wont unravel.
✰ Rounds 5-8: Single crochet in every stitch (black)
Now, change back to yellow, the same way you did with changing to black, do a sc but take yellow in the last hoop, do another sc, cut the black yarn and tie them together, make sure you are tying all the knots on the same side, that side will be the inside- the side you wont see.
✰ Rounds 9-12: Single crochet in every stitch (yellow)
Change to black as previously
✰ Rounds 13-16: Single crochet in every stitch (black)
Change to yellow
✰ Rounds 17-20: Single crochet in every stitch (yellow)
This is were I stop, if you want to have 3 black stripes instead of 2- crochet another black stripe and yellow stripe
Step 3: Step 3 - Add Your Eyes
Now, before stuffing and finishing the bees body, we will add eyes.
Add the eyes to the front of the bee, the part from where we started, the base. 694
Either by sewing or if you have eyes with a connector, with the connector. Make sure you are connecting the eyes to the front, the side without the knots
Step 4: Step 4 - Finish the Body
We will stuff the body and then finish it.
Stuff the body with polyester fiberfill or your stuffing of choice, to your preference.
Finish crocheting the body:
Remember that number I told you to save? Now you will need it. If you forgot it (no worries it happens to everyone XD), simply count the amount of stitches in a row on the stripes, divide that by six, and take away 2 from that number. That's your number. 879