Intermediate
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Amigurumi bee pattern with a striped body and wings
Amigurumi bee worked in rounds with yellow-black stripes, white wings, and a 4.5mm hook.
- Skill
- Intermediate
- Time
- 3-4 hours
- Yarn weight
- Worsted
- Hook
- 4.5 mm
- Rounds
- 3
Worsted
What the sample was worked in. Any weight works; the size moves with it.
3
Each one is typed out whole and gets its own line.
This bee is built in two parts worked separately and joined at the end: a single body worked in continuous rounds with a yellow-black stripe sequence, and a pair of flat wings worked from a magic ring up to 24 stitches each. Have Chenille Velvet yarn ready in yellow, black, and white, a 4.5mm hook, two 12mm safety eyes, fiberfill, and a tapestry needle before starting the first round.
Common mistakes and their fixes
- Losing track of stripe rounds
- Mark the first round of each color block (7, 11, 15) with a locking stitch marker so you can confirm where one color ends and the next begins.
- Uneven wing increases
- Count stitches at the end of each wing round and confirm you have 6, 12, 18, then 24 before moving on; an early miscount throws off the whole disc shape.
- Inserting eyes after stuffing
- Insert and secure the safety eyes before the body is stuffed and closed, since the backing washers can't be reached once fiberfill is packed in.
The materials list
- For this project, you’ll need Chenille Velvet yarn in three colors:
- Yellow – for the bee’s signature stripes
- Black – for contrasting stripes
- White – for the delicate wings
- 4.5 mm crochet hook (or adjust to match your yarn weight)
- Two safety eyes, 0.47 inches or 12mm in diameter
- Polyester fiberfill or similar stuffing material
- Tapestry needle for finishing
- this …
Listed by the pattern's own author, in their words.
Key to this pattern, 7 short forms
Wing Construction
Round 1
Begin with 6 single crochets in a magic ring
Round 2
Increase to 12 stitches with 6 increasesRound 3: Work to 18 stitches
Round 4
Complete with 24 stitches Pro Tip: If you’d like larger wings, add an additional round with increases evenly distributed (work 3 single crochets followed by 1 increase around).
Assembly, in order
Step 1Once you’ve completed the body and both wings, attach the wings to the back of the bee’s body using your tapestry needle and matching yarn. Position them symmetrically for the best appearance. Weave in all loose ends securely.
Check these before you start
- The 4.5mm hook is sized for the chenille velvet's thickness; sizing down will tighten stitches and make the pile harder to work through.
- Use a locking marker on round 1 of each color block (rounds 7, 11, and 15) so the stripe sequence stays accurate even if you set the piece down between sessions.
- Chenille velvet shows tension unevenness more than smooth yarn, so keep your stitches consistent across the stripe rounds for a clean color break.
On one line
| Rounds | 3 |
|---|---|
| Level | Intermediate |
| Time | 3-4 hours |
| Hook | 4.5 mm |
| Yarn | Worsted |
Set-up
- Check that you have enough yellow and black yarn on hand before the stripe rounds begin, since running short mid-color is hard to fix invisibly.
- Work a small swatch with the chenille velvet first, since this fiber behaves differently from smooth worsted yarn and affects how tight your stitches sit.
- Read the eye placement instructions before you reach that point in the body, since the eyes need to go in before the head closes and cannot be adjusted afterward.
Finishing
- Weave in all ends left from the yellow-to-black and black-to-yellow color changes before closing the body.
- Stuff the body firmly with fiberfill before working the final closing rounds, packing evenly so the stripes sit smooth and round.
- Attach both wings to the back of the body with a tapestry needle and matching yarn, positioning them symmetrically before weaving in the last ends.
Construction
Each wing round adds exactly 6 stitches in evenly spaced increases (6, then 12, then 18, then 24), the standard flat-disc build that keeps a wing lying flat rather than cupping.
The body holds a fixed 36 stitches from round 7 through round 18; only the yarn color changes across that span, so the stripes read as clean bands on an unchanging cylinder rather than as part of any shaping.
Time per section
| Body foundation and striped rounds | about 2 to 3 hours because of the full yellow-black-yellow sequence spanning rounds 7 through 18 |
|---|---|
| Wings (both) | about 30 to 45 minutes because each wing is only a few rounds worked from a magic ring up to 24 stitches |
| Stuffing, closing, and assembly | about 30 minutes because it involves firm stuffing, closing rounds, and symmetrical wing placement |
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Common questions
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