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Free Reversible Bee Crochet Pattern – Flippy Friends
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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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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