Bee of love crochet pattern
Free Bee of love crochet pattern
Today I will share with you the Bee of love crochet pattern. This pattern I collected from the designer @boulette.et.cie
Materials
– Chunky plush yarn in: Yellow, Brown, Red, White, Pink (optional, for the cheeks)
– Some black cotton yarn for the mouth
– 1 pair of 12mm safety eyes
– Filler, stitch markers, tapestry, needle, scissors
Abbreviations
MR – magic ring
Rnd – round
st – stitch
ch – chain
slst – slip stitch
sc – single crochet
hdc – half double crochet
inc – increase
dec – decrease
Crochet in spirals, don’t join rounds. Use invisible color change and invisible decreases for a better result.
Body
With yellow/brown yarn & 6mm hook
Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2:6 inc (12)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, 1 inc)x6 (18)
Rnd 4: (2 sc, 1 inc)x6 (24)
Rnd 5: (3 sc, 1 inc)x6 (30)
Rnd 6: (4 sc, 1 inc)x6 (36)
Rnds 7 & 8: 36 sc around (36)
Change to brown yarn *
Rnds 9 & 10: 36 sc around (36)
Change to yellow yarn
Rnds 11 to 13: 36 sc around (36)
Change to brown yarn
Rnds 14 & 15: 36 sc around (36)
Change to yellow yarn, fasten off brown yarn
Rnds 16 & 17: 36 sc around (36)
Rnd 18: (4 sc, 1 dec)x6 (30)
Rnd 19: (3 sc, 1 dec)x6 (24)
*stuff the body *
Rnd 20: (2 sc, 1 dec)x6 (18)
Rnd 21: (1 sc, 1 dec)x6 (12)
Rnd 22: 6 dec
Fasten off. Go though the front loops of the last 6 sts and pull yarn to close. Hide the tail inside the body.
* Insert safety eyes between rnds 4-5, 6 sts apart
Wings
With white yarn & 6mm hook
Make two
Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2: 6 inc-hdc (12)
Rnd 3: 12 hdc (12)
Rnd 4: 6 dec-hdc (6)
Fasten off, leave a long tail. Go through the front loops of the last 6 sts and pull yarn to close. Sew wings on the back of the bee, between rnds 11-12 & 12-13. Use the same sts to sew both wings.
Legs
With brown yarn & 6mm hook
Insert hook vertically, under the bee, aligned with the eye, between rnds 9-10.
Ch 6, in the second ch from the hook make: 3sc and 1 slst in the same st.
Don’t work on the remaining 4ch.
Fasten off and leave a long tail (we will attach the heart to the front legs).
Count 6 sts to the side and repeat instructions to make the second leg.
Make the back legs in the same way, aligned with the front pair, between rounds 14-15.
When you fasten off, use a tapestry needle to carry the end tail through the remaining 4 ch until you get to the body.
Tie beginning and end tails together and hide them inside the body.
Heart
With red yarn & 6mm hook 1st piece:
Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2: 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3: 12 sc
Fasten off and weave in end.
2nd piece: Follow the same instructions but do NOT fasten off at the end.
Join both pieces:
Rnd 4: 12 sc around the 1st piece, 12 sc around the 2nd piece
Rnd 5: 24 sc
Rnd 6: (2 sc, 1 dec)x6 (18)
Rnds 7-8: 18 sc around (18)
Rnd 9: (1 sc, 1 dec)x6 (12)
* stuff the heart*
Rnd 10: 12 sc around
Rnd 11: 6 dec (6)
Sew ‘hands’ of the bee onto the first rnds of the heart: one hand on the 1st piece and the other on the 2nd piece.
Details
Using black cotton yarn, make a little smile on your bee:
Pull out needle between rnds 2-3, count 6 sts to the side and insert needle (you should also be between rnds 2-3).
Pull out needle 1 row below, in the middle of those 6 sts. Pass the needle under the yarn and insert it back in the same st.
Add eyebrows 2 rows above the eyes, in the space of 2 sts, aligned with the inner and outer corners of the eye.
Using pink plush yarn, make the cheeks in the space of 2 sts, 1 row below the eyes. Go over those 2 sts twice.
Add a little flower! Using cotton yarn or thin plush yarn & 3mm hook Yellow: 6 sc in mr, slst in the 1st sc to close
White: Ch4, in the 3rd ch from the hook: 1 hdc, 1 sc. sl st in the next st and repeat all around (you’ll have 6 petals).
Fasten off and sew flower to the head, between rnds 8-9.
So we have finished this Bee of love crochet pattern, wish you success. If you have any problem with the crochet pattern, please leave a comment to help me. Have a nice day.
