Learn how to crochet a unique plush bee amigurumi that will take about an hour to complete with a beginner-friendly tutorial from DidyToys. This would be a squishy and soft companion for your little one and can be presented as a gift. Even with the large size, it works very fast and the tutor shows two different ways to crochet the muzzle, so you can choose the style you like best.
You can crochet it using plush yarn; the pattern is not complicated. The complete video guide for crocheting this unique plush bee amigurumi will be available at the end of this post.
Skills Used: Make a magic circle, single crochets, increases, and decreases to shape the head and body. Advanced skills like seamless color changes for stripes, muzzle sculpting, and adding small details like wings and horns ensure a polished look. Assembly techniques, including attaching features symmetrically and embroidering details.
Guide Span: 26 Minutes Only
Personalization Tips: You can add embellishments like embroidered flowers, tiny accessories, or custom wings for a whimsical touch. Adjust the size by changing the yarn thickness or hook size to make smaller plush Plush Bee amigurumi.
Plush Bee Amigurumi Tutorial
This tutorial provides a step-by-step guide to crocheting an adorable plush bee in two styles. It is beginner-friendly with detailed instructions on sculpting the muzzle, creating wings, and attaching horns. The tutorial emphasizes proper assembly and customization, making it perfect for creating unique, handmade gifts or decorations.
- Creating the Head: Start with a magic circle and increase rounds to shape the head. Insert safety eyes between rounds 9 and 10, ensuring symmetry. Use fiber fill to stuff the head tightly for proper structure.
- Crocheting the Body: Continue from the head without cutting the thread. Alternate colors to form the bee’s stripes, changing yarn seamlessly in the last stitch of each round. Decrease rounds gradually, stuffing as you go, to form the rounded body.
- Crocheting Details - Horns: Crochet using two colors with a folded design for a realistic look. Wings: Start with a magic circle, add increases and decreases to shape them, then sew them securely onto the body.
- Sculpting the Muzzle: Use thin yarn to sculpt the muzzle with two thread options for customization. Secure the sculpted shape with knots and weave in yarn tails for a polished look.
- Assembling the Bee: Attach the wings, horns, and embroidered details like the nose and optional mouth.
Use creative placement for unique designs, making the bee personal and expressive. - Final Touches: Compare muzzle variants and select your preferred style. Finish by securely fastening all parts and weaving in loose ends.
Supplies Needed
Following are the crochet supplies for recreating the plush bee amigurumi:
- Plush yarn in yellow, black, and white
- Additional yarn for sculpting and embroidery (yellow and brown)
- 4 mm crochet hook
- Safety eyes (10 mm)
- Fiberfill for stuffing
- Long sculpting needle
- Plastic needle for sewing
- Scissors
Stitches Used
Following are the crochet stitches that the tutor uses for crocheting for plush bee amigurumi:
- Single Crochet (sc): Insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull through, yarn over again, and pull through both loops on the hook.
- Increase (inc): Work two single crochets into the same stitch.
- Decrease (dec): Insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull through, insert hook into next stitch, yarn over, pull through, yarn over again, and pull through all loops on the hook.
- Slip Stitch (sl st): Insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull through both the stitch and loop on the hook.
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