Project Specs
Pattern: Fiber Trends Huggable Hedgehog (228) by Debbie Radke
Finished Size: About 8” tall
Yarn: Cascade 220 #7814 (140 yards), Lion Brand Fun Fur #113 (60 yards); Cascade 220 #7824 (140 yards), Lion Brand Fun Fur #194 (60 yards).
Needles: US 10 (for front) and US 10.5 (for back) Denise Needles
Date Started: 2/13/08
Date Finished: 2/17/08
Modifications: Knit both hedgehogs on smaller needles.
See them on Ravelry
Okay I have officially jumped on the hedgehog bandwagon! I made these two cuties for Si as a late Valentines Day present since he had been requesting one for a while. He never asks me to knit him anything! They turned out so adorable, and they’re much sweeter in person. You really can’t help but hug and toss them around! I can now see why Alice has made so many; they’re easy, quick, and just really fun.
These hedgies are a bit smaller than normal because I went down a needle size when knitting both the front and the back. If you follow the pattern exactly, you will use a little bit over one skein of Fun Fur. By decreasing the needle size, you will need only a single skein, which is great for me because I know I would never use up my Fun Fur remnants. If you make the smaller size be careful because you will need the entire skein! I finished both of these hedgehogs with just a few inches of yarn leftover so make sure you don’t waste any.
Not only did Si pick out the colors, but he also added the faces and stuffed them. I always think that those two steps are some of the most difficult parts of making stuffed animals! For the faces he used 18 mm black acrylic safety animal noses and 9 mm safety eyes.
I don’t know if I will ever catch up to Alice in the hedgehog count… I mean she has made a lot of them! I do have a few extra skeins of Fun Fur which I was thinking of using it to make a few hedgies to donate to charity around the holidays.
Comments
I love The Hedgehogs. Could you tell me where to get the pattern. I would like to make some. Thanks Pamela
These are super-cute. What a great Valentines gift.
So cute! I love how their colors are reversed.
Those are adorable!! The colors are just perfect!
Those are just the greatest--look at you and all of your cute toys lately! Maybe mr. roboto could hold hands with one of them?
Not so much?....hah. We'll find him true love!
Does Fiber Trends offer the cute eyes and noses? They just make the faces perfect. Every time I see these I want to make a couple. Sooo cute!!
they are so noppy
Oh, those are really cute! What a great use for fun fur.
They are just so cute! One of these days I'm going to have to break down and knit one up.
Gaaaaah! And me without a hedgie yet. Must. Make. Huggable. Hedgie. NOW.
How cute!
Love the WonderTwins action!
I agree with the poster below--they are so punk rock!!
More hedgehogs! More hedgehogs! I'm a big fan of both your and Alice's hedgehogs now. And Si did a great job on the faces. (Hey, where'd you get your noses? I have safety eyes, but haven't seen noses anywhere.)
Very cute and I agree they are cuter in person. I made 2 hedgies last week one hot pick and one brown beige.
Now I know what to do with all that fun fur I bought on sale! Adorable!
So psychadellic! Good stuff!
They look like a pair of punk rockers!
very cute! I really like them in the wild colors!
Tres cute!
Ohhh these are so cute~ LOL
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