Colorful Beehive, Sensory play · Free Crochet Pattern

Mar 9

I made 7 colors to form a circular hive, but you can make as many as you want, depending on the colors you have available.

Materials

Lily Sugar ‘N Cream cotton yarn in the colors you want to use for the bees, white, and black.
4.00 mm crochet hook
Yarn needle
White glue (optional)
Scissors
Polyfill stuffing

Instructions

Abbreviations used in my patterns:

Sc Single crochet
Sl St Slip stitch
Hdc Half double crochet
Dc Double crochet
Tr Triple crochet
Inc Increase: make two stitches in the same stitch.
Dec Decrease: crochet two stitches together.

At the end of each row or round, you will see a number in parentheses; this number represents the number of stitches you should have at the end of each row or round. For example, if you see (12), it means that after completing the instructions for that row or round, you should count 12 stitches.

Here's the video to make this beautiful little set! It’s in Spanish but hope it can guide you as well.

Let's get crocheting!

Colorful Beehive

Hive

Magic ring, 1 ch, 1 dc, 2 ch, 2 dc, 2 ch repeat 5 times, join with sl st to the 2nd ch of the beginning (17, counting the space left by the 2 ch as 1 stitch).
3 ch, 1 dc, in the large space created by the 2 ch, make dc, 2 ch, dc and continue around by making dc in each stitch and dc, 2 ch, dc in each large space. Join with sl st to the 3rd ch of the beginning. (30)
3 ch, dc around only in the back loop, make dc as normal in the large spaces. (30) 4-5. 3 ch, dc, dc, front post dc, 4 dc, front post dc repeat 5 times, dc. Join with sl st to the 3rd ch of the beginning. (30), fasten off and weave in both starting and ending yarn tails.

Bees

Magic ring 6 sc (6)
6 inc (12)
1 sc, 1 inc repeat 6 times (18)
18 sc (18), change to black
18 sc (18), change to yellow 6-7. 18 sc (18), change to black
18 sc (18), change to yellow 9-10. 18 sc (18)
1 sc, 1 dec repeat 6 times (12)
6 dec (6), fasten off and weave in the ending yarn tail.

Wings (white, make 2)

Magic ring 6 sc, tighten the magic ring
1 ch, turn and continue with 1 sc, 1 hdc, 2 hdc, 2 hdc, 1 hdc, 1 sc (8), leave a long tail for sewing onto the body.

Assembly

To assemble your bees, you simply have to sew the wings onto the body. I sewed them right over the color changes to hide it, and you're done!

To make the beehives a bit more stable and rigid, I gave them a bath in white glue and water, an idea I saw on TikTok from someone who made a woven sphere for their Christmas tree, and it seemed like a good idea to try for this project. I made a reel of the process, and you can find it on Instagram if you'd like to see it... Turned out great!

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