CROCHET BEE pattern, plush for beginners

Hi Pumpkins !! Hope you are having a wonderful week ! This week, we are celebrating World Bee Day and I decided to use Mirabel’s pattern to make a giant crochet bee plush. Very easy to made, it’s totally adapted for crochet beginners and the result is super cool.

Lets get started !

At the end of this article, you can find the downloadable pdf pattern 🌸

Supplies

( 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 ), 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 acrylic yarn ( for the wings ), from Red Heart Super Saver in White. Here

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

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

• Crochet hooks : 8 mm ( L11) or 10 mm (N15) for the body and 5 mm (H8) for the wings , from this crochet kit : here

The bee on the left was made with a hook size 10 mm and the other one was made with 8 mm. Bigger the hook is, bigger you plush will be. However, the larger the hook, the more the stitches are spaced out and the stuffing can be visible. The yarn I picked was not adapted for a 10 mm hook which, in my opinion, doesn’t look the best.

• Safety eyes: 10 mm if you chose hook 8 mm and 12 mm if you chose hook 10 mm : here

• Black sewing thread, ( 4.5 inches for the bottom of the mouth ), from any sewing kits.

• Polyester Toy stuffing : here

• Darning needle and thin sewing needle. Darning needles are from the crochet kit listed above.

• Round counter : here

• Stitch markers, from the crochet kit listed above.\

• 2 small black chenille stems ( 6 cm (2.4 in ) : from this set here

( More information about supplies on my blog post Crochet supplies list for beginners )

Abbreviations ( US terms )

R: round
Sc: single crochet
Sl: slip stitch
Inc: increase
Dec: decrease
Ch: chain
Dc: double crochet (UK: treble)
FLO: front loop only

Crochet bee pattern

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This pattern requires a lot of color changes
For clear results, watch my Youtube video “ invisible color change“. ( english version )

Body and head

Black yarn
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 )

Yellow yarn
R11 > R15 : 1 sc in each stitch (48) ( 5 rounds )

Black yarn
R16 : 1 sc in each stitch (48) ( 1 round )
R17 : (6 sc, 1 dec) x6 (42)
R18 : (5 sc, 1 dec) x6 (36)
R19 : (4 sc, 1 dec) x6 (30)
R20 : (3 sc, 1 dec) x6 (24)

Start stuffing the body.

Yellow yarn

R21 : FLO (1 sc, 1 inc) x12 (36)
R22 : ( 5 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (42)
R23 > R25 : 1 sc in each stitch (42) ( 3 rounds )

On R25, insert safety eyes on the 20th and 26th stitches.

Do not attach the safety round part on the back yet.

R26 > R29 : 1 sc in each stitch (42) ( 4 rounds )

You can now add the safety round part to keep the eyes in place.

Smile

On R24 ( under the eyes’s round ), put the black cotton yarn on the 3 stitches right in the middle of both eyes.
Then, lower the black yarn on the one middle stitch under. Use the black sewing thread and the sewing needle to separate the main cotton yarn into two equal parts.

Cheeks

On R24 : Place the cheeks with the pink cotton thread on three stitches under the eyes.

Keep stuffing as the rounds go

R30 : (5 sc, 1 dec) x6 (36)
R31 : (4 sc, 1 dec) x6 (30)
R32 : (3 sc, 1 dec) x6 (24)
R33 : (2 sc, 1 dec) x6 (18)
Finish stuffing the head
R34 : (1 sc, 1 dec) x6 (12)
R35 : 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 head with the needle and then cut what is left.

Flower shaped hood

Black yarn
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 )

R11 : (6 sc, 1 dec) x6 (42)
R12 : Start the round with 2 sl then ( 3 dc, 2 sl ) x 8 (42)

Cut the thread, make a yarn over, and pass the thread through the loop to tie a knot.

Now that you have the little hood, you can sew it on her head. Like in the photo

Wings (x2)

White acrylic yarn mixed with the sequins 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)
R5 : (3 sc, 1 inc) x6 (30)
R6 : 1 sl in each stitch (30) ( 1 round )

Cut the thread, make a yarn over, and pass the thread through the loop to tie a knot.

Now that you have the wings, position them behind her back with pins. Make sure that they are clearly visible on the sides and then sew them.

Antenna x2

Roll the end of the caterpillar stems.
Insert them in the hood. I added a little glue so that the antennas stay in place.

Mirabel, the crochet bee is ready 🥰

Printable pattern

pdf : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sNB_QkTG3_qX4pDgQsH1hQ3ARtrm_UY8/view?usp=sharing

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