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Grumpy Bumblebee crochet pattern

  • Mathematically BalancedChecked by script: in all 50 rounds the increases and decreases add up to the stitch count.

by the pattern engineAnimals

Difficulty
1/3
Time
~2 h
Size
7.8 cm
Weirdness
1/5
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A4 PDF: materials, every round with a tick box, assembly and face

Free crochet bee pattern: a Grumpy Bumblebee amigurumi, about 8 cm tall in DK yarn with a 2.5 mm hook. A round yellow bumblebee with black stripes, a thick black unibrow, a frown, pink cheeks, tiny light blue wings and short arms crossed over its tummy. You need about 50 m of yarn: 20 m yellow, 15 m black, 10 m light blue and 5 m pink. Plan on roughly 2 hours. A funny desk companion or a gift for anyone who is not a morning person. You can spin the 3D model and follow the round-by-round pattern.

How to crochet the Grumpy Bumblebee

Beginner-friendly · 8 cm tall · about 2 h · DK yarn · 2.5 mm hook

  1. Crochet the 11 pieces in rounds: Bumblebee body, Wing ×2, Antenna ×2, Foot ×2, Cheek ×2, Arm ×2 (50 rounds in all).
  2. Stuff and put it together in 7 steps; each one lights up where it goes on the 3D model.
  3. Add the face: safety eyes by round and stitch, or embroider them for a child under 3.

Every round with its stitch count is in the Pattern tab below, and in the free printable PDF.

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1 sc ≈ 4 mm wide, 1 round ≈ 3.6 mm tall (10 cm ≈ 25 sc × 28 rounds); yarn about 1.9 mm thick. The gauge sets the size of the toy; crochet tightly so the stuffing does not show.

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Continuous spiral rounds. Don't join. Move a stitch marker up every round.

Parts

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0 of 35 rounds done

  18. Size before assembly: about 6.7 cm at the widest, 5.7 cm long; 23 rounds.
  19. Change to black (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R2).
  20. Change to yellow (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R5).
  21. Change to black (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R8).
  22. Change to yellow (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R11).
  23. → Insert the safety eyes now (positions: see “Face”) and fix the backs. Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
  24. Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

  7. Size before assembly: about 1.5 cm at the widest, 3 cm long; 9 rounds.
  8. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly only and press it flat to about 3 mm thick.<!-- flattened 80 % -->

  3. Size before assembly: about 0.5 cm at the widest, 1.6 cm long; 5 rounds.
  4. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done. Bend ≈ 40° around round 3<!-- the bend spreads over 2 rounds -->. After stuffing, bend the piece so the inner side of the bend faces forward on the finished toy (on the piece: in round 3, on the centre front line). It is a slight bend: tilt the piece as you sew it on; optionally tack the inner side with 1–2 stitches drawing rounds 2 and 3 together. Bend the second piece as a mirror image.

  5. Size before assembly: about 1.3 cm at the widest, 1.3 cm long; 4 rounds.
  6. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff firmly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.

  3. A flat circle about 1.5 cm across; 2 rounds.
  4. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.

  5. Size before assembly: about 1.3 cm at the widest, 2.4 cm long; 7 rounds.
  6. Change to yellow (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R3).
  7. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.

Safety eyes and noses go in before the piece is stuffed and closed (see the pieces above); embroidery is easier before the piece is sewn on.

  • Safety eyes with a printed glint 10–12 mm (on the bumblebee body): in round 16, 6 st apart (count along round 16: about 2.9 st each side of the centre front line).
  • Embroidery in black thread (on the bumblebee body), straight stitches through: (between rounds 18 and 19, 3 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right) → (in round 18, 2 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 17 and 18, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 17 and 18, on the centre front line ) → (between rounds 17 and 18, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 18, 2 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 18 and 19, 3 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left).
  • Embroidery in black thread (on the bumblebee body), straight stitches through: (between rounds 13 and 14, 1.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 14, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 14, on the centre front line ) → (in round 14, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 13 and 14, 1.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).

Bumblebee body · R1–R5

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    Abbreviations

    MR
    magic ring
    sc
    single crochet
    inc
    2 sc in the same stitch
    dec
    single crochet two stitches together (invisible decrease recommended)
    BLO
    work the round in back loops only
    FLO
    work the round in front loops only
    ch
    chain
    sl st
    slip stitch
    st
    stitch
    R5
    round 5; R7–14 = rounds 7 to 14 are the same
    (…) ×6
    repeat 6 times
    (24)
    stitches in the round when it is done