The newest addition to the Flippy Friends amigurumi collection is the free reversible bee crochet pattern. Like many, I’m not a fan of insects and bugs, but there’s something adorably cute about bumble bees! The easy crochet bee is reversible and makes a great interactive toy for children who love to fidget. You can make your bees sleepy or awake, happy or mad, and experiment with different colours.
How to crochet a reversible bee
The reversible crochet bee tutorial is a quick and easy project. Surprisingly, this stuffed animal doesn’t need any toy stuffing! All you need is some super bulky blanket yarn, a crochet hook and a sewing needle. The popping plushie will also need some eyes, so you’ll need some safety eyes or some tapestry skills to sew your own on.
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Crochet pattern information
Supplies
- 8mm crochet hook
- Blanket yarn
- Sewing needle
- Scissors
- Black tapestry yarn
- 14mm safety eyes x 4
Yarn
- Weight: Super bulky / Super chunky / #6
- Brand: Marriner get cosy blanket yarn
- A: Mustard 27 yards
- B: Black 45 yards
- C: Lemon 27 yards
- D: White 12 yards
- Total: 111 yards
Sizes & Gauge
- 4” x 4” gauge swatch = 8 rows of 8 sc
- Finished size – Height 7″ x Width 9″ x Length 6″
Abbreviations
USA Terminology (UK Translation)
- BLO – Back loop only
- ch – Chain
- FLO – Front loop only
- MR – Magic ring
- R – Round/Row
- sc – Single crochet
- 2sc – 2 sc in 1 space (increase)
- sl st – Slip stitch
- st/sts – Stitch/Stitches
Pattern notes
- Chains and slip stitches are not included in stitch count.
- Stitches separated with a comma are to be made in separate spaces. EG. “sc, dc” would mean “single crochet in first space, double crochet in the next space”.
- Change colour while completing the previous stitch.
- Use tapestry eyes only for babies or young children.
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Reversible bee – free crochet pattern
Let’s begin the flippy bee free crochet pattern! Don’t forget you can purchase a premium version of this pattern if you’d like to see more progress photos and less ads.
Bee Body
Crochet 2 bee’s bodies, 1 with mustard & 1 with lemon.
Round 1
- Use mustard/lemon yarn
- sc x 8 into a magic ring
- sl st to first st & ch x 1
- Do not weave in the magic ring tail
8 sts
Round 2
- 2sc x 8
- sl st to first st & ch x 1
16 sts
Round 3
- (2sc, sc) 8 times
- sl st to first st & ch x 1
24 sts
Round 4
- (2sc, sc x 2) 8 times
- sl st to first st & ch x 1
32 sts
Rounds 5 – 7
- sc x 32
- sl st to first st & ch
3 rounds
Round 8
- Change to black yarn
- sc x 32
- sl st to first st & ch
32 sts
Round 9
- Change to mustard/lemon yarn
- sc x 32
- sl st to first st & ch
32 sts
Round 10
- Change to black yarn
- sc x 32
- sl st to first st & ch
32 sts
Round 11
- Change to mustard/lemon yarn
- sc x 32
- sl st to first st & fasten off
32 sts
Faces
- Insert safety eyes on round 4, 3 stitches between them
- Make a tapestry mouth over round 6, 3 stitches wide
Round 12
- With both pieces inside out, tie the magic ring yarn ends together
- Fold mustard body over lemon body
- Make sure the both faces are in the same position
- Use black yarn
- Join both pieces by sl st inside loops together (mustard BLO & lemon FLO)
- Fasten off & weave in ends
32 sts
Antennae
Crochet 4 bee antennae.
Round 1
- Use black yarn
- sc x 5 in a magic ring
- sl st to first st & ch x 1
5 sts
Round 2
- sc x 5
- sl st to first st & ch x 1
5 sts
Round 3
- sc x 5
- sl st to first st
- Fasten off & leave tail for sewing
5 sts
Assembly
- Tie 2 antennae together using yarn tails
- Sew onto round 1 of the body
Bee Legs
Crochet 6 bee legs.
Round 1
- Use black yarn
- sc x 8 in a magic ring
- sl st to first st & ch x 1
8 sts
Round 2
- sc x 8
- sl st to first st & ch x 1
8 sts
Round 3
- sc x 8
- sl st to first st
- Fasten off & leave tails for sewing
8 sts
Assembly
- Sew one side of leg to R10 unworked FLO & R11 sl sts
- Sew other side of leg to R10 unworked BLO & R11 sl sts
- Gap of 7 sts between front legs
- Gap of 7 sts between back legs
- 3 legs should cover 9 sts (3 sts each)
Bee Wings
Crochet 4 bee wings.
Round 1
- Use white yarn
- sc x 8 in a magic ring
- sl st to first st & ch x 1
8 sts
Round 2
- 2sc x 8
- sl st to first st
- Fasten off & leave tail for sewing
16 sts
Assembly
- Tie 2 wings together using yarn tails
- Sew onto rounds 6 & 7 of the body
