Love Bee Amigurumi (Free Crochet Pattern)

This adorable Love Bee Amigurumi is the second pattern of the year, and it comes buzzing with love! Designed to be sweet, chubby, and quick to make, it’s one of five Valentine’s patterns I created to bring some extra joy to this season. Perfect as a heartfelt gift or to brighten up your amigurumi shelf with a little handmade affection.

A Cute Valentine Project to Pair with the Love Bee and More

This love bee amigurumi pairs beautifully with the Love Cat, the first pattern in this Valentine series. You can also check out other loving companions like the Chubby Valentine Bear, Romeo and Juliet, and the symbolic Yin and Yang Crochet Heart. Each one is beginner-friendly, full of charm, and made to celebrate love in all its handmade forms.

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Chubby Love Bee Amigurumi Pattern

Materials

• 2mm crochet hook 
• Yellow, black and white fingering cotton yarn for the bee. And red for the heart.
• Black thread for embroidering the eyes. 
• Stuffing material
• Scissors
• Sewing needle.
• Or, you can use safety eyes! The position is at the end of this post.

Finish size

The finished Love Bee Amigurumi measures approximately 3,5″ (9cm) with the antennas. However, the final size may vary depending on your stitch tension and the materials used.

Gauge

Gauge is not crucial for this pattern, so feel free to use a hook size that matches your chosen yarn. I always recommend using a slightly smaller hook to keep the stitches tight and prevent the stuffing from showing through. If needed, adjust your hook size for a neater finish.

However, if you’d like to know the gauge for my chosen yarn and materials, here it is:
With sport-weight yarn and a 2mm crochet hook, the gauge for 5 rounds (increasing to 30 stitches) measures approximately 1.6″ (4.5 cm).

Terms and abbreviations (US terms):

Slip stitch (sl): insert the hook into the stitch and pull up a loop, now, pull it through the loop on your needle.

Single crochet (sc): insert the hook into the stitch, and pull up a loop yarn over the needle, you will have two loops on the hook, yarn over the needle, and pull it through the two loops.

Double Crochet (dc): yarn over the needle, insert the hook into the stitch, pull up a loop, yarn over the needle, pull through the first two loops of your needle, yarn over the needle, inside all loops on the needle.

Increase (inc): make two single crochet inside the same stitch.

Decrease (dec): Insert the hook into the front loop only of the next two stitches, yarn under, and pull through, you will have two loops on the hook. Yarn under and pull through both loops on the hook.

Especial Stitches

Bobble stitch (BO): Yarn over, insert your hook into the stitch and pull up a loop. Yarn over and pull through two loops (like starting a double crochet). Repeat this process five times in the same stitch, so you will have 6 loops on your hook. Yarn over and pull through all 6 loops. Gently tug the stitch to pop the bobble outward.

Love Bee Amigurumi Teaser Video

Pattern Instructions

Heart

With red yarn start,

1 rnd  6sc in a magic ring

2 rnd  6inc Total 12sts

3 rnd  12sc

• Cut the yarn and fasten off.
• Make another one following the same instructions.
• Don’t cut the yarn of the second detail. Instead, crochet together with the previously finished detail.

4 rnd   24sc (12 from one finished detail plus 12 of the one you were working on)

5 rnd  24sc

6 rnd  (10sc, 1dec) repeat 2 times Total 22sts

7 rnd  (9sc, 1dec) repeat 2 times Total 20sts

8 rnd  (8sc, 1dec) repeat 2 times Total 18sts

9 rnd  (7sc, 1dec) repeat 2 times Total 16sts

10 rnd  (6sc, 1dec) repeat 2 times Total 14sts

• Stop here for stuffing the heart,

11 rnd  (5sc, 1dec) repeat 2 times Total 12sts

12 rnd  6dec Total 6sts

• Cut the yarn and fasten off. Weave the tail through the front loops of all 6 stitches and pull tight to close the circle. Hide the remaining tail inside the toy.

Bee Body

With yellow yarn start,

1 rnd  6sc in a magic ring

2 rnd  6inc Total 12sts

3 rnd  (1sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times  Total 18sts

4 rnd  (2sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times  Total 24sts

5 rnd  (3sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times  Total 30sts

6 rnd  (4sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times  Total 36sts

7 rnd  (5sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times  Total 42sts

8 rnd  (6sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times  Total 48sts

9-11 rnd  48sc

• Change to black and start working with both colors,

12-14 rnd  48sc

• Change back to yellow,

15-17 rnd  48sc

• Change to black,

18-20 rnd  48sc

• Change back to yellow. From here on, work only with the yellow.

21 rnd  48sc

22 rnd  (6sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times  Total 42sts

23 rnd  (5sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times  Total 36sts

24 rnd  (4sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times  Total 30sts

25 rnd  (3sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 24sts

26 rnd  (2sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 18sts

• Stop here for stuffing the bee,

27 rnd  (1sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 12sts

• Cut the yarn and fasten off. Weave the tail through the front loops of all 12 stitches and pull tight to close the circle. Hide the remaining tail inside the toy.

Wings

With white yarn start,

1 rnd  6sc in a magic ring

2 rnd  6inc Total 12sts

3 rnd  (1sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 18sts

4 rnd  (2sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 24sts

5 rnd  (3sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 30sts

6-9 rnd  30sc

10 rnd  (8sc, 1dec) repeat 3 times Total 27sts

11-12 rnd  27sc

13 rnd  (7sc, 1dec) repeat 3 times Total 24sts

14-15 rnd  24sc

16 rnd  (4sc, 1dec) repeat 4 times Total 20sts

17-18 rnd  20sc

19 rnd  10sc crocheting the sides together, closing the wings.

• Cut the yarn and fasten it off. Leave a small tail for sewing.
• Make another one following the same instructions.

Antennas

With yellow yarn start,

1 rnd  6sc in a magic ring
2 rnd  6inc Total 12sts
3-4 rnd   12sc
5 rnd    6dec Total 6sts

• Change to black yarn,

6-11rnd  6sc

• Cut the yarn, fasten it off and leave a tail for sewing.
• Make another one.

Legs

With black yarn start,

1 rnd  6sc in a magic ring

2-9 rnd  6sc

10 rnd  3sc crocheting the sides together, closing the leg.

• Cut the yarn and fasten off.
• Leave a small tail for sewing later.
• Make 6 legs in total.

Assembly

1. Fasten the legs on the bee’s body. Three legs on one side, and three on the other side. Sew the first leg between rounds 8 and 10. Sew the second leg between rounds 15 and 17, and the third leg right below the second one.
2. Leave around 18 stitches distance between the legs from one side to another. Or, fasten the heart in the central part of the bee to calculate better where you should sew the legs.
3. Sew the antennas between rounds 2 and 4 of the top part.
4. Sew the wings on the back side of the bee, between rounds 14 and 19.
5. Embroider the eyes on round 8, leaving 3 stitches between them.

Congratulations!!!

Your Love Bee amigurumi is ready!

I hope you enjoy this pattern, and if you have any questions or comments in general, leave them in the comment box below.

See you next time!

Love,

Ana