Materials
Yarn:
I used Performance Cotton Queen
125m/50g and 2,5 mm crochet hook.
Bee is about 12 cm high.
Safety eyes 7 mm
Abbreviations
R = row
dec = decrease
inc = increase
SC = single crochet
dc = double crochet
St = stitch
() x…= repeat instructions in brackets … times
Crochet all followed, without closing the rounds.
Head and Body
Stuff as you crochet.
Start with yellow.
R1.6 sc in magic ring/6
R2. inc x6/12
R3. (1sc, 1 inc) x6/18
R4. (2 SC, 1 inc) x6/24
R5. (3SC, 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
R9-14. 1 sc in each st/48
Insert safety eyes between rounds 9. and 10. with 6 st distance between them.
R15. (6 SC, 1 dec) x6/42
R16. (5 SC, 1 dec) x6/36
R17. (4 sc, 1 dec) x6/30
R18. (3sc,1dec)x6/24
R19. (2 sc, 1 dec) x6/18
R20. (1sc, 1 dec) x6 /12
R21. (1sc, 1 inc) x6 /18
R22. (2 SC, 1 inc) x6/24
R23. (3 SC, 1 inc) x6/30
R24-25. 1 sc in each st /30
Change to black
R26. (4 SC, 1 inc) x6/36
R27-28. 1 sc in each st /36
Change to yellow
R29. (5 SC, 1 inc) x6/42
R30-31. 1 sc in each st /42
Change to black
R32. (6 SC, 1 inc) x6/48
R33-34. 1 sc in each st/48
Change to yellow
R35-37. 1 sc in each st/48
Change to black
R38-40. 1 sc in each st /48
R41. (6 sc, 1 dec) x6/42
R42. (5 sc, 1 dec) x6 /36
R43. (4 sc, 1 dec) x6 /30
R44. (3 sc, 1 dec) x6/24
R45. (2 SC, 1 dec) x6/18
R46. (15C, 1 dec) x6/12
R47. dec x6/6
Fasten off. Embroider a smile.
Legs (Make 2)
Start with black yarn
R1. 6 sc in magic ring /6
R2. inc x6/12
R3. (15C, 1 inc) x6/18
R4. 1 sc in each st/18
R5.6 sc, 6 dec /12
R6.7 SC, 2 dec, 1 sc /10
R7-10.1 sc in each st/10
Change to yellow
R11-14. 1 sc in each st /10
Stuff tightly.
Fasten off leaving a long tail.
Arms (Make 2)
With yellow yarn
R1. 5 sc in magic ring /5
R2. inc x5/10
R3-16. 1 sc in each st/10
Stuff just a little.
Fasten off leaving a long tail.
Wings (Make 2)
With white yarn
R1. 6 sc in magic ring /6
R2. inc x6/12
R3. (15C, 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
R7-9. 1sc in each st/36
R10. (4 sc, 1 dec) x6 /30
R11. 1sc in each st /30
R12. (3 SC, 1 dec) x6/24
R13. 1 sc in each st/24
R14. (2 SC, 1 dec) x6/18
R15. 1 sc in each st /18
Fasten off leaving a long tail.
Flatten the wings, don’t stuff.
Antennae (Make 2)
With black yarn
R1.4 sc in magic ring /4
R2. inc x 4/8
R3. (1 SC, 1 inc) x4/12
R4.1 sc in each st /12
R5. (1sc, 1 dec) x4/8
R6-9.1 sc in each st /8
Stuff.
Fasten off leaving a long tail.
Headband
Chain (adjust the length to your bee’s head size), sc in the second st from the hook, sc to the end, connect both ends with a slip stich.
Flower
Chain 3, dc in the first chain (from the beginning), chain 2, slst in the first chain. (Chain 2, dc in the first chain, chain 2, sist in the first chain) x repeat 3 more times and fasten off leaving a tail.
Sew the flower to the band, sew a small pearl or a bead in the middle.
Assembly
Sew the antennae to the head more or less between rounds 4-6(counting from the top of the head).
Sew the arms to the body at the height of round 20. (counting from the top of the head).
Sew the legs to the body more or less between rounds 37-39 (counting from the top of the head).
Sew the wings to the body just behind the arms (there should be some distance between them).