Amigurumi Crochet Bee Tutorial 🐝 (The Famous TikTok Bee Pattern 😅)

Hey everyone, welcome to my channel. Today I am going to be showing you how you can crochet yourself a little fat bumblebee friend. Well, he's not little but his wings are. So yeah, if you are feeling remotely spring-like, summer-like, maybe it's winter, maybe it's winter and you want to be cheered up with a big fat-faced bumblebee, then this video is for you. I don't really know what to say about him other than, yeah, he's ridiculously fat so if you want to make him, bear with me and I will grab my materials and we can get started. The yarn I'm going to be using for my bumblebee is Yarn and Colors Fabulous. It's a 50% cotton, 50% acrylic blend. It's very soft and it's very fat. I'm going to be using the shades, you can see that, sun glow, black and white for my bumblebee. I'm going to be using a four and a half mil crochet hook. You use whatever size hook for whatever size yarn you're using because it's going to be amigurumi. I'm using a smaller hook size than the yarn recommends. I think the yarn is suggesting I use a six and a half mil crochet hook but I'm not about that life. I like a slightly smaller hook for amigurumi because then your stitches are tighter and smaller together. You're going to need just a scrap of black and pink yarn for his little smile and cheeks and some 10 millimeter safety eyes, stitch marker and a wide eyed needle. Okay, let's begin! So to start our fat bumblebee, you're going to make a magic ring and be working your stitches into that. If you don't like using a magic ring, you can substitute this for a chain two and work your first six single crochets into the second chain from your hook or if you don't know how to do a magic ring, I have left a link to my video tutorial showing you exactly how to do it below in the description box. So with your magic ring, you are going to put six single crochets into the center hole. You can start to pull the center ring a little bit closed but don't pull it all the way closed because it makes this first stitch really difficult to get into. So for the next round, we are going to be doing an increase round. So in every one of your six single crochets, we're going to be doing an increase which is two single crochet into the same stitch. So pop your first of your increase stitches into that stitch, so just pop one in and then mark that first one with a stitch marker. Then you can go ahead and pull that magic ring tight now you've got that you're into that first stitch. So that we've only done one single crochet so far, so you need to pop another one into that very first stitch, so now you've got two single crochets. So you're going to keep going and put two single crochets into each of the remaining five stitches and by the end of this round you will have 12 single crochet stitches. Okay so for the next round, turn that way, we're going to pop a single crochet into the first stitch and then mark it with our stitch markers and then into the next stitch we're going to do an increase which is two single crochet into the same stitch and then for the rest of the stitches you're going to do single crochet in the next stitch and then an increase in the stitch after that. Single crochet, increase, single crochet, increase, single crochet, increase all the way around and you will have 18 stitches by the end of this round. For the next round you're going to pop a single crochet into that first stitch and mark it, oops skills out of the way, then you're going to put a single crochet into the next stitch and then you're going to increase into the stitch after that and you're going to repeat that all the way around. So single crochet into the next two stitches then increase in the third, single crochet, single crochet, increase, single, single, increase all the way around and by the end of this round you will have 24 stitches. For the next round pop a single crochet into that first stitch, mark it and single crochet into the next and single crochet into the next. You've got three single crochets then increase into that next stitch. So you're going to repeat that all the way around, three single crochets, one, two, three, then increase in the fourth, single crochet, single crochet, single crochet, increase. Keep going all the way around you will have 30 stitches at the end of this round. For your next round do your first single crochet then mark that stitch and you're going to do three more single crochets after that first one. So you'll have four single crochets then increase and you're going to keep doing that all the way around, four single crochets over the next four stitches then increase in the next, single crochet, single crochet, single crochet, single crochet, increase all the way around and at the end of this round you will have 36 stitches. So for the next three rounds now you have got 36 stitches you are going to pop a single crochet into every single stitch all the way around, no more increasing, just a single crochet in each stitch. So don't forget to mark that very first stitch you do purely so it's easier to see where you started if you lose count and go ahead and pop a single crochet into every stitch all the way around for three rows. So one row of 36, another row of 36 and one more row of 36. So I'll meet you back when you have done three rounds of 36 stitches. All right so I have just done three rounds of 36 stitches so now we're going to add the eyes so if you lift your yarn up pop your stitch marker in that loop that way this stitch won't come undone. So grab your 10mm safety eyes you only need two you don't need a bazillion like I've got here now these are solid black safety eyes I've got a ring light above me which gives this really weird circle in the eyes but they are just matte black so they look a bit odd oops I'm knocking the light they look a bit odd in under this light but as you can see they are it's just the light reflecting they are actually solid black safety eyes. So looking at the sort of center where you started you want to work out how big you want the little smile to be so I want my little smile to maybe cover stretch this sort of two rows so I'm going to pop the eyes if I want the smile to end here I want a bit of a gap I'm going to pop one eye here into this round here I'm just going to pop that in you can see how it looks really weird with this ring light I'll take a picture without the ring light above so you can actually see what it looks like and then you want to have it in line the same amount of stitches away from the center point so I've gone one two three four in between the fourth and fifth so I'm going to do the same on this side one two three four over here and just check that they're level before you know so you're ready before you put the safety backs on when you're happy with the position go ahead and pop the backs push them on one click one click gonna be enough possibly I don't really want them indented too much but if you're making this for a child make sure you do a second click actually why not let's go for a second click it looks like yeah okay second click on this one too take it down a post when I'm talking about a second click let me show you on another one these they have sort of various little sort of along there so when you're pushing on this here I'm pushing it over each of these little clicks so the first click takes it just to there and then I want it to go over another notch so I click it again like that can you see how it's catching on that one you can take it all the way down like so if you wanted to but I mean that's no tolerance there whatsoever but that's just so you know what I'm saying what I'm saying about the clicks down then we're going to add his little face now where you have finished your row this is the bottom because we're about to change color and you don't want the sort of jogged color changes to show at the top of your bumblebee so make sure that this is pointing down when you add his smile so you know which is the correct way to have his face so grab your scrap of black yarn and thread it onto a needle and then you want to come up in line with the eyes so in this in the sort of middle of the eyes so I wanted mine to come up sort of about here-ish might end up splitting the stitches I kind of want to come in between there that's where I really want to go so it's just a case of can I yeah there we go so I'm just going to bring that up leave a tail and then remember to keep this at the bottom it's going to bring it across in line like that now I want his little smile to follow this little curve here so I'm just going to bring my hook up my needle sorry but around about this point from the back so round about oh no that's too far about this point here maybe sort of yeah about there so I'm going to catch that oops I'm going to come under here and I'm going to go back in here to catch his little smile and then when I'm happy I'm going to pull that through on the other side a bit more just to make sure I'm happy and if you don't really like how the smile is looking now's the perfect time to change it so you can see mine's kind of a bit wonky I'm not really too happy with that so what I'm going to do is pull my go back retrace my steps yeah pull this back up put it back on because nothing we haven't secured anything yet so I kind of want it to be more sitting like that so I'm just going to bring this over a bit more I'm going to pull that down still a little wonky smile because that is in the way there that's better there we go now he's got a little happy face just going to put this back into line over here because I'm really not happy with how that is sitting I just want it to sit you see how I want it to be I'm just going to bring my yarn back up over here give it another little secure there to pull it back in line with where I want it to be okay I'm being too fuzzy now that will do so when you are happy with the positioning of the smile you can give a little knot in the back here trim the ends then you want to bring in the pink the little blushy cheeks okay so the little blushy cheeks you want them round about here ish actually I'm really sorry that this ring light is making the eyes look super creepy so you want to be coming up underneath or underneath the eye and popping back in depending on how big you want the little cheeks to be do you want little small ones do you want big ones I might go for little small ones this chap like so and then just like the smile you want to gently knot it inside do mine in a second and come up under the other eye see how I'm leaving tails in the back like so and then when you're happy again knot the ends trim them okay and then we are good to move on to bringing in some stripes so with your black obviously this is probably going to be quite tricky to see so I will talk you through it so with your black yarn that final stitch you've got here we are going to be doing two more rounds just like you did with the yellow two rounds of 36 stitches in black so start to change your to change the yarn color you start your stitch so your first stitch so come back through when you've got two loops just stop there you want to bring in the black yarn I've just left a bit of a tail bring that in to finish off the stitch and you can pull that down and then what I like to do because we're going to be doing quite a few frequent color changes you can snip the yellow yeah do a little knot to keep these two together just like so then it's not going to come out so that counts as your first single crochet so go ahead and mark that stitch and you're going to do two rounds in black 36 single crochets and then 36 single crochet all in black I'm also going to hold this black tail along and crochet over both just so the yellow tails they're good to hang free because you can't see them on the other side but the black more likely I don't know if this is being picked up but you can see it on the inside so I hold it flush and crochet over it I know black is quite possibly the worst color to try and see what I'm doing but I'm just sandwiching this tail in between my stitches so go ahead and complete two rounds of one single crochet in each stitch and then I will meet you back when we've got two rows okay so I've done two rows of black so now we're going to do two rows of yellow so to start your next row put your hook in come through you've got two loops on your hook then finish off that stitch with your yellow yarn pull it through mark that little stitch so you know that that is the first trim the black tie the yellow and the black ends together do another two rounds in yellow single crochet in every stitch around okay so that's your first sort of you're not increasing you're not decreasing you're just changing color so keep going until you have three bands of black in total and stop on your final black row and I will meet you back so you'll have three bands of black and two of yellow in total all right so coming to the end of the black rounds now you'll see I've got three rows of black two of yellow in between so now I'm going to switch back to using yellow in the first stitch of my next round I'm just going to go ahead just like you've been doing before I'm going to change mark that as well so I know it's my first stitch hold on let me finish off here knot this down okay so that's my first stitch of the new round okay so that's my first stitch I want four single crochet to start so including that first stitch one two three four then we are going to do an invisible decrease over the next two stitches now black is safe to say absolutely impossible to show you that um so I've just got my four stitches I'm just going to put that to one side and I'm just going to show you how you do an invisible decrease so an invisible decrease is worked over two stitches now instead of going underneath both loops as you usually would for an invisible decrease just put your hook underneath the first loop and then you put it underneath the second front loop of the second single crochet so instead of going under and under show you from the top I'm going to pick up the first loop on that first stitch and then I'm going to pick up the front loop of the second single crochet so you've got two loops on your hook then you're going to yarn over pull through both those front loops then yarn over and complete your single crochet so you can see you've pulled up two loops there two loops and then you would go into the very next stitch to do a single crochet as normal so I'll show you again pick up the front loop of the first one and the front loop that second stitch yarn over pull through the loops yarn over pull through two loops on your hook and then you work into the next single crochet for a single crochet so that's what we're going to be doing on your B so you're just picking up the front two loops you can see it's a nightmare as you can't see as a case maybe there's no way I could show you what I was doing on this it's an invisible decrease so you're going to go all the way around single crochet into four stitches then invisible decrease over the next two by the end of this round you will have 30 stitches for your next round you are going to do three single crochet then invisible decrease over the next two stitches don't forget always mark that first stitch one two three and then visible decrease over the next two let's do that all the way around and you will have 24 stitches next round two single crochet invisible decrease over the next two single over the next two stitches so single crochet single crochet invisible decrease single crochet single crochet invisible decrease you will have 18 stitches at the end of this round okay so pull up a loop just like when we added the face pop your stitch marker into that loop of yarn so it can't come away and now before we close it any further you are going to stuff your little bumblebee body so go ahead and stuff your little fat friend make him as chubby as you like shape him as you go and when you're happy with how he's stuffed meet me back here and we can finish him off and then crack on with his wings okay so I've got the majority of the stuffing into my bumblebee I've been quite generous because I wanted him to be big and fat and squashy so just stop shy of sort of here because you've still got a few few more bits to crochet in here so you don't want to be catching the stuffing in with your stitches so just sort of bring it sort of to level like this and then when you're happy to carry on yarn back on your hook and you are going to do one single crochet invisible decrease one single crochet invisible decrease all the way around and you will have 12 stitches now it gets a bit trickier at this stage but you want to have 12 stitches by the end of it don't forget that you think your bumblebees bottom needs I might pop a little bit more in and then for the final round using the yellow you are going to do an invisible decrease all the way around so six times so you'll end up with six stitches so then you want to chain one leave yourself a decent long tail pull that out and you're going to thread your needle and you're going to run your needle around the outside loops of your final six stitches and then cinch them closed I'm just pulling that yarn tight and it cinches the outside loops of all your stitches oh helpless didn't show up and then go ahead and weave this end into your bumblebee like so and you might want to be a bit more careful than me I'm just going super quickly so I can show you how to do the wings so I'm just gonna go ahead and leave mine at that stage so when you have woven your ends pull it up a little bit tighter snip it close and then that end will spring back into the body of your bumblebee so now you've got your fat little lozenge bee it doesn't fit and shot anymore because he is so big we're going to go on and we're going to make the wings so grab your white yarn I'm just going to move him to one side and I'll show you how you make the wings so I've got my white yarn I appreciate this might be a little bit tricky for you to see but you're going to do a magic ring and into that magic ring you are going to single crochet six stitches I've got six stitches there then pull your little magic ring closed a little but not completely because you're going to be working into this stitch and if you pull this completely tight now it's going to be impossible to get into those stitches so what we're going to do is we're going to do an increase round but we're not going to use single crochet we are going to use half double crochet so yarn over go into that stitch run over at the back come through and you'll have three loops on your hook yarn over and pull through all three loops and you're going to put another half double crochet into that same stitch so yarn over go into the stitch run over at the back come through three loops yarn over pull through all three loops now go ahead and you can pull that center ring closed and you're going to pop two half double crochets into each of the remaining five stitches so you'll have 12 stitches at the end of this round for the third round of these wings you're going to use double crochets so you're going to do one double crochet increase one double crochet increase all the way around and you will have 18 double crochets that's one and increase which is two stitches into the same space that's one and increase so once you've got your 18 double crochet you'll notice everything is starting to curl that's fine that's what we want so you can slip stitch to finish off now you want to leave a nice long tail because we're going to use this tail to sew the wings to mr bumblebee just chain one pull it through go ahead and make another wing and i'll meet you back here when you've got two wings okay so you've got your fat bumblebee you've got two wings that's sort of curving inwards so you are going to sew your wings using the long tails to the middle line make sure you've lined up his face so you're in line into this third stripe here so you're going to sew them together one at a time so that they sit like so and they're curving inwards because bumblebees have ridiculously big bodies compared to their wings which is demonstrated in this pattern so i'm gonna go ahead and sew these to the middle black stripe in line with the face so remember you want them sewing curved inwards they face each other inwards so you can see i've just sewn via three stitches here i'm just going to bring this out over here for a second so i've got three stitches holding it in place you can do more if you want to or if you want this to be a bit more flat you can sort of sew it down it's totally up to you by the time you've got the other wing in it'll sort of push it out you can do it that way if you want to however you want to do it just secure them so you're happy weave in your ends and then you will have a happy fat little bumble friend anyway i hope you enjoyed this tutorial if you have any questions please feel free to shout you can comment below or find me on social all my links are in the description box and i will see you again soon for another crochet video thanks bye