Baby Betty Bee

Skill Level:

• Beginner friendly

Materials:

• Yarn (whichever you’d like to use)

• Corresponding crochet hook

• Safety or felt eyes

• Polyfil stuffing 

• Stitch marker

• Darning needle

Abbreviations/Stitches Used:

• Chain (ch)

• Stitch (st)

• Magic ring (MR)

• Slip stitch (sl st)

• Single crochet (sc)

• Half double crochet (hdc)

• Double crochet (dc)

• Increase (inc)

• Decrease (dec)

• Repeat (rep)

• Repeat between **

• Finish/fasten off (F/O)

Body

The body will be worked in rounds. Place a stitch marker at the end of each round.

Starting with your main color

R1 - place 6sc into MR (6sts)

R2 - *inc* in each st (12sts)

R3 - *1sc, inc* rep around (18sts)

R4 - *2sc, inc* rep around (24sts)

R5 - *3sc, inc* rep around (30 sts)

R6 - *4sc, inc* rep around (36sts)

R7-9 - place 1sc in each st around (36sts) DO NOT FASTEN OFF

Switch to your second color (this is the first stripe on your baby Betty bee)

R10-11- place 1sc into each stitch around (36sts)

Switch back to your main color

R12-13 - place 1sc into each stitch around (36sts)

Switch back to your second color (this is the second stripe on your baby Betty bee)

R14-15- place 1sc into each stitch around (36sts)

Switch back to your main color 

R16-17- place 1sc into each stitch around (36sts)

Switch back to your second color (this is the third stripe on your baby Betty bee)

R18-19 - place 1sc in to each stitch around (36sts)

Switch back to your main color

R20 - *4sc, dec* rep around (30sts)

R21 - *3sc, dec* rep around (24sts)

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Stuff the body

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R22 - *2sc, dec* rep around (18sts)

R23 - *1sc, dec* rep around (12sts)

R24 - *dec* around (6sts)

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Make sure your opening is tightly closed. You can use your darning needle to sew across the opening, if needed to close it more. F/O and weave in your ends inside the bee.

Wings (make 2)

The wings will NOT be worked in rounds. 

Using your third color 

R1 - place 6sc into MR, sl st, ch 1 (6sts)

R2 - *hdc inc* rep around, sl st, ch 2 (12sts)

R3 - *1dc, inc*, sl st, ch 1 (18sts)

R4 - *2sc, inc*, sl st, ch 1 (24sts)

Join with sl st & cut yarn, leaving a long tail to sew the wings onto the body.

Attach the wings in between the first and second stripe.

Bury all your tails inside the bee for a nice clean finish.