CROCHET BEE PLUSH, beginner tutorial

Hi pumpkins ! I hope you are having a wonderful week ! Today I’ve decided to show you how to crochet a cute and chubby plush, literally a crochet classic : the crochet bee plushie ! If you are a crochet beginner, it’s one of the easiest pattern you can follow. You only need to know single crochet stitch, increase and decrease, very EASY !

Crochet is not only making mini amigurumis, you can also make big creations thanks to very thick ” caterpillar ” yarns.

This post is actually the support of my YouTube video that shows you how to make this bee step-by-step with a printable pattern.

Video

Supplies list

( Since I buy a lot of my supplies on Amazon so I’ve added the links in Italic )

• Black fluffy yarn, I used Funny Uni 17 from Gründl ( 100g ). In the US, it’s quite difficult to find so you can go for Bernat Velvet : here or for the Estako Velvet in Black 1810 ( 100g ) : here

• Yellow fluffy yarn, I used Funny Uni 02 from Gründl ( 100g ). If you don’t find it you can for Bernat Baby Velvet in Sunshine ( 100g ) : here

• Silver sequins thread ( for the wings and the cheeks ), Plassard Pluie d’étoiles ( color 10, 10 g / 130 m ). If you don’t find it, you can use this one : here or here

• White cotton yarn ( to mix with the silver thread for the wings ), from the Bamboo MN, assortment H. here

• Black cotton thread ( for the smile ), from the Bamboo MN, assortment F. here

• Pink cotton thread ( for the cheeks ), from the Bamboo MN, assortment F. here

• Crochet hook : 6 or 7 mm for the body and 4 mm for the wings , from this crochet kit : here

• Safety eyes: 10 mm : here

• Toy stuffing : here

• Darning needle. They are from the crochet kit listed above.

• Round counter : here

• Stitch markers, from the crochet kit listed above.

• 1 black chenille stem min. length 8 in. ( 20 cm ) : from this set here

( More information on my blog post ‘’ Crochet supplies list for beginner ‘’ )

Abbreviations

R : round
Sc : single crochet
Inc : increase
Dec : decrease

Crochet pattern

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Before you start, you can watch my YouTube video ” invisible color change ” to learn how create strips with invisibly : here

Bee’s body

Hook 7 mm

Yellow
R0 : magic circle
R1 : 6 sc in the magic circle (6)
R2 : 6 inc (12)
R3 : (1 sc, 1 inc) x6 (18)
R4 : (2 sc, 1 inc) x6 (24)
R5 : (3 sc, 1 inc) x6 (30)
R6 : (4 sc, 1 inc) x6 (36)
R7 : (5 sc, 1 inc) x6 (42)
R8 : (6 sc, 1 inc) x6 (48)
R9, R10 : 1 sc in each stitch (48) ( 2 rounds )
Black
R11 > R15 : 1 sc in each stitch (48) ( 5 rounds )
Yellow
R16 > R20 : 1 sc in each stitch (48) ( 5 rounds )

Insert safety eyes, create cheeks and mouth.
More precisions about where to place elements in the YT video.

Black
R21 > R25 : 1 sc in each stitch (48) ( 5 rounds )
Yellow
R26 > R30 : 1 sc in each stitch (48) ( 5 rounds )
Start stuffing and keep stuffing as the rounds go.

Black
R31 : 1 sc in each stitch (48) ( 1 round )
R32 : (6 sc, 1 dec) x6 (42)
R33 : (5 sc, 1 dec) x6 (36)
R34 : (4 sc, 1 dec) x6 (30)
R35 : (3 sc, 1 dec) x6 (24)
Yellow
R36 : (2 sc, 1 dec) x6 (18)
R37 : (1 sc, 1 dec) x6 (12)
Finish stuffing
R38 : 6 dec (6)
Leave 6 in. of thread then cut it.
Make a yarn over, and pass the thread through the loop to tie a knot.
With the thread and a darning needle, pass through the previous 6 stitches to close the circle.
Hide the thread in the bee with the needle and then cut what is left.

Wings

Hook 4 mm

White and silver thread
R0 : magic circle
R1 : 6 sc in the magic circle (6)
R2 : 6 inc (12)
R3 : (1 sc, 1 inc) x6 (18)
R4 : (2 sc, 1 inc) x6 (24)

Make a yarn over, and pass the thread through the loop to tie a knot.
Sew them on top of the body

Antenna

Roll the end of the caterpillar stems
Insert them on top of the head. I added a little glue so that the antennas stay in place.
More details in the YT video.

Voilà ! Your cute crochet plushie is ready 🌸

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Printable pattern

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mQbTFKiwvx2SN44WWpY3HUVaIvAgNRcK/view?usp=sharing