How to Crochet an Adorable Bumblebee: Step-by-Step Amigurumi Pattern

Create your own cute, fuzzy bumblebee with this easy-to-follow crochet pattern. This little bee measures approximately 4½ inches long and makes a perfect gift, desk companion, or addition to a handmade toy collection.

Materials You Will Need

• Yarn: Medium/Fine weight yarn in four colors:
  • Color A: Yellow
  • Color B: Black
  • Color C: White
  • Color D: Silver
• Crochet Hook: 2.75 mm (US C-2)
• Eyes: Four 20 mm safety eyes (two for each bee)
• Stuffing: Fiberfill stuffing (Optional: plastic pellets or a knee-high stocking for weighted stuffing)
• Tools: Stitch marker, yarn needle

Pattern Notes and Abbreviations

This pattern is worked in continuous rounds (spirals). Do not join the rounds with a slip stitch; instead, use a stitch marker to keep track of the beginning of each round.

Abbreviations (US Terms)

• ch: chain
• sc: single crochet
• st(s): stitch(es)
• sc2tog: single crochet 2 stitches together (Insert hook in next stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop twice, yarn over and draw through all 3 loops on hook)
• [ ]: Repeat the instructions inside the brackets the number of times specified

Important Tips

• Color Changes: To change colors, work the last stitch of the old color up to the final yarn over. Then, yarn over with the new color and complete the stitch. Carry the unused color along the inside of the piece until it is needed again.
• Safety Warning: Attach safety eyes before the head opening becomes too small. Do not use safety eyes if the toy is intended for children 2 years of age or younger.

Choosing Your Colorway

Depending on the look you want for your bee, choose one of the following color sequences for the head and body:

• Colorway #1: Rounds 1-11 (Color A), Rounds 12-14 (Color B), Rounds 15-20 (Color A), Rounds 21-31 (Color B).
• Colorway #2: Rounds 1-11 (Color B), Rounds 12-15 (Color A), Rounds 16-18 (Color B), Rounds 19-27 (Color A), Rounds 28-31 (Color B).

Step-by-Step Pattern

Head and Body

Beginning at the top of the head, chain 2.

• Round 1: Work 6 sc in the 2nd chain from the hook. (6 sc)
• Round 2: Work 2 sc in each of the next 6 sts. (12 sc)
• Round 3: [Sc in next st, 2 sc in next st] 6 times. (18 sc)
• Round 4: [Sc in next 2 sts, 2 sc in next st] 6 times. (24 sc)
• Round 5: [Sc in next 3 sts, 2 sc in next st] 6 times. (30 sc)
• Round 6: [Sc in next 4 sts, 2 sc in next st] 6 times. (36 sc)
• Rounds 7-24: Sc in each st around.

Eye Placement: While working between Rounds 8 and 9, attach the safety eyes on opposite sides of the head.

• Round 25: [Sc in next 4 sts, sc2tog] 6 times. (30 sc)
• Round 26: [Sc in next 3 sts, sc2tog] 6 times. (24 sc)

Stuffing: Begin filling the body with stuffing (or a combination of pellets and stuffing) as you progress.

• Round 27: [Sc in next 2 sts, sc2tog] 6 times. (18 sc)
• Round 28: [Sc in next st, sc2tog] 6 times. (12 sc)
• Rounds 29-30: Sc in each st around.
• Round 31: [Sc2tog] 6 times. (6 sc)

Fasten off, leaving an 18-inch (45.5 cm) tail. Weave the tail through the stitches of the last round and pull tight to close the opening. Do not trim the tail yet.

The Stinger: Using the long yarn tail as your working yarn, insert your hook through the end of the bee and draw up a loop. Chain 4, slip stitch in the 2nd chain from the hook and in the next 2 chains. Finally, slip stitch into the end of the bee. Fasten off.

Wings (Make 2)

Use Color C for Colorway #1, or Color D for Colorway #2.

• Start: Chain 2.
• Rounds 1-4: Work the same as Rounds 1-4 of the head and body. (24 sc)
• Round 5: Sc in each st around.
• Round 6: [Sc in next 3 sts, 2 sc in next st] 6 times. (30 sc)

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Legs (Make 6)

Using Color B, chain 6.

• Row 1: Sc in the 3rd chain from the hook and in the next 3 chains.

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Assembly and Finishing

Using a yarn needle and the tails from your pieces, sew the bumblebee together:

1. Sew the wings to the top of the bee’s body.
2. Sew the legs to the underside of the bee, placing 3 legs along each side.
3. Weave in and trim any remaining yarn ends.

Your adorable crochet bumblebee is now complete