“Hedgehog”

crochet pattern

Designed by Lysova Kristina

@happiness_by_kris
 Dear knitters!

This pattern is designed by @happiness_by_kris .

It is for your personal use only.
You are not allowed to copy or share this pattern with anyone else (according to the
Сopyright law).
You can sell or use some other way the toys you make with this pattern. If you post the
pictures of these toys on the Internet, please, mark me @happiness_by_kris
as an author of the pattern.

Abbreviations (US terms):

mc – magic circle
sc – single crochet;
dc – double crochet;
tr – treble crochet;
BL – back loop;
dc inc – double crochet increase (2 dc in the next stitch);
tr inc – treble crochet increase (2 tr in the next stitch);
hdc- half double crochet;
inc – increase (2 sc in the next stitch);
dec- decrease (single crochet 2 stitches together);
ch – chain stitch;
sl st – slip stitch.

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 Recommended yarn and tools:

Yarn:
1) Yarn Art Jeans (1.8oz/174yds or 50g/160m)
2) For spines - Yarn Art Samba (3.52 oz/164yds or 100g/150m)

Body - №07
Legs - №70
Socks, the whites of the eyes - №01
Nose - №53
Eyelashes, eyebrows - №53
Overalls - №84
Mushroom - №01 and №70
Leaf - №69

Spines - Yarn Art Samba №99

Body - №87
Legs - №70
Socks, the whites of the eyes - №01
Nose - №53
Eyelashes, eyebrows - №53
Dress - Alize Cotton Gold №485
(or Yarn Art Jeans №69)
Collar - №01
Apple - №90, 70, 82
Bow - №90

Spines - Yarn Art Samba №199

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1. Crochet hook size 2 mm = US1 (UK1).
2. A needle for sewing the parts of the toy (it is better to take the needle with a blunt tip).
3. A long needle for tightening the muzzle (I take a needle that is used for stitching
documents).
4. 12 mm safety eyes.
5. Fiberfill.
6. Scissors.
7. Buttons.

If you follow all the instructions precisely and use the recommended tools and yarn,
you’ll get a toy of 23 cm (9 inches) height.

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 Head

Row 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
Row 2: 6 inc (12)
Row 3: (1 sc, inc) х 6 (18)
Row 4: (2 sc, inc) х 6 (24)
Row 5: (3 sc, inc) х 6 (30)
Row 6: (4 sc, inc) х 6 (36)
Row 7: (5 sc, inc) х 6 (42)
Row 8: (6 sc, inc) х 6 (48)
Row 9: (7 sc, inc) х 6 (54)
Row 10: (8 sc, inc) х 6 (60)
Rows 11 – 17: 60 sc (7 rows)
Row 18: Start shaping the nose in this row: 30 sc, work 5 ch, then work along the chain
starting with the 2nd stitch from the hook: 4 sc, 1 sc into the same place where the 30th sc
have been done before, 30 sc.

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Row 19: 30 sc, 4 sc along the chain, 2 sc into the place that is pointed at by the arrow
on the photo, 4 sc along the other side of the chain, 30 sc. You should have 70 sc in total.
(70)

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Rows 20 – 23: 70 sc (4 rows), work additionally 1 sc of transition (70)
Insert the safety eyes between Rows 17 and 18 of the head at the distance of 10-11
sc from each other. Take the nose into account while inserting the eyes, the distance
between each eye and the nose should be approximately 5-6 sc from each side).

Row 24: 23 sc, (4 sc, dec) х 4, 23 sc (66)

Row 25: 23 sc, (3 sc, dec) х 4, 23 sc (62)
Row 26: 22 sc, (1 sc, dec) х 6, 22 sc (56)
Row 27: (5 sc, dec) х 8 (48)
Row 28: (6 sc, dec) х 6 (42)
Row 29: (5 sc, dec) х 6 (36)
Start stuffing the head, stuff tight the area of the nose.

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Row 30: (4 sc, dec) х 6 (30)
Row 31: (3 sc, dec) х 6 (24)
Row 32: (6 sc, dec) х 3 (21), sl st. Cut the thread, hide the end.

If a small hole appeares in the area of chain stitches in the process of stuffing the
head, just sew it up with a few stitches.

The lower paws (hindlegs)

Start with brown colour:
Row 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
Row 2: 6 inc (12)
Row 3: (1 sc, inc) х 6 (18)
Row 4: (2 sc, inc) х 6 (24)

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Rows 5 – 7: 24 sc, switch to white colour

Row 8: work through BL: 6 sc, 6 dec, 6 sc (18)

Row 9: 5 sc, 4 dec, 5 sc (14)
Rows 10 – 11: 14 sc, switch to the colour of the body, but do not cut the white thread (it
will be needed for making ruffles on the socks)
Row 12: work through BL: 14 sc
Stuff tight the lower part of the leg.
Rows 13 – 22: 14 sc, work additionally 4 sc
Stuff the leg up to Row 17 (do not stuff tight). Fold the piece into two halves and
work 7 sc through the both sides. Cut the thread, hide the end.

Come back to Row 11, start working with the white thread around the leg through
BL: 1ch, 2 sc into this stitch, (sc inc)x13, sl st. Cut the thread, hide all the ends into the
leg.

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 The upper paws (fore legs)
Start with brown colour:
Row 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
Row 2: 6 inc (12)
Rows 3 – 5: 12 sc (3 rows)
Row 6: (4 sc, dec) х 2 (10)
Stuff the lower part of leg tight, do not stuff further.
Rows 7 – 8: 10 sc, switch to another colour
Rows 9 – 16: 10 sc (8 rows)
Fold the piece into two halves and work 5 sc through the both sides. Cut the thread,
hide the end.

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 Body
Row 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
Row 2: 6 inc (12)
Row 3: (1 sc, inc) х 6 (18)
Row 4: (2 sc, inc) х 6 (24)
Row 5: (3 sc, inc) х 6 (30)
Row 6: (4 sc, inc) х 6 (36)
Row 7: (5 sc, inc) х 6 (42)
Row 8: (6 sc, inc) х 6 (48)
Row 9: (7 sc, inc) х 6 (54)
Row 10: (8 sc, inc) х 6 (60)
Row 11: Start crocheting the lower paws (hindlegs) into the body in this row: 11 sc, 7 sc
together with the first leg, 24 sc, 7 sc together with the second leg, 11 sc (60)

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Rows 12 – 15: 60 sc (4 rows)
Row 16: (8 sc, dec) х 6 (54)
Rows 17 – 18: 54 sc
Row 19: (16 sc, dec) х 3 (51)
Row 20: 8 sc, dec, (15 sc, dec) х 2, 7 sc (48)

Fasten the legs with a few stitches from the inner side of the body at the level of
Rows 7-8 (use a needle with a thread), so that later they won`t stick out.

Row 21: (14 sc, dec) х 3 (45)

Row 22: 7 sc, dec (13 sc, dec) х 2, 6 sc (42)
Row 23: (12 sc, dec) х 3 (39)

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 Start stuffing the body.
Row 24: 6 sc, dec, (11 sc, dec) х 2, 5 sc (36)
Row 25: (10 sc, dec) х 3 (33)
Row 26: 5 sc, dec, (9 sc, dec) х 2, 4 sc (30)
Row 27: (8 sc, dec) х 3 (27)
Row 28: 4 sc, dec, (7 sc, dec) х 2, 3 sc (24)

Row 29: Start crocheting the upper paws into the body in this row: 7 sc, 5 sc together
with the first paw, 7 sc, 5 sc together with the second paw.

Row 30: (6 sc, dec) х 3 (21)

Row 31: 21 sc, sl st. Cut the thread, hide the end.

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 Ears
8 sc in mc. DO NOT make a sl st at the end of the row. Cut the thread leaving a
long tail for sewing.

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 Nose
Row 1: 6 sc in mc
Row 2: (1 sc, inc) х 3 (9)
Row 3: 9 sc, sl st.
Cut the thread leaving a long tail for sewing.

How to assemble the toy

1. Sew the head to the body.

Take a long thread of the head colour and tie a big knot on its end. Find the centre
of the head and match it with the centre of the body. Start sewing them together stitch
into stitch. Stuff the area of the neck tight in the process.

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2. Tighten the eyes
Watch the video:
https://rutube.ru/video/private/25b675b44debea11b5b44fe73041f4a4/?p=8vU4UKL1H9
0DbWjy_Wv-qQ

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3. Embroider the eyelids.
Make one stitch with a thread of body colour above each eye.

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4. Embroider the whites of the eyes.
Make one stitch with a thread of white colour at the bottom of each eye.

5. Embroider the eyelashes and the eyebrows.

For doing it, I separate the thread of Yarn art jeans yarn into strands and use only
one of them. Embroider the eyebrows at the level of Row 12 of the head.

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6. Sew the nose and the ears to the head.
For sewing the nose choose the top and the “peakiest” part of the nose by eye. Sew
the nose to that part. Do not stuff.
Sew the ears at the level of Rows 18-29 of the head. The distance between an eye
and an ear should be 5-6 sc.

7. Embroider the spines

Watch the video:
https://rutube.ru/video/private/240f11581d43e38a9d6ca729e2b48746/?p=6tvCEqgEPbs
i-VG7UE8Big
Explanation: For working the spines I use 2mm crocheting hook, but for your
convenience you can take the hook of the bigger size (2.5mm). It is necessary to start
working the head from the back of the neck. Fasten the thread there and keep working
the head with sc (do not work sc into every stitch, miss 1-2 stitches in between). First,
determine the boundaries of the spines: on the neck at the back, behind the ears, on the
head at the front between Rows 7 and 8. Then work in spirals filling gradually all the
area within the boundaries. The distance between each spiral row should be
approximately 1 sc. It is not necessary to count the stitches while working the spines,
insert the hook where it is convenient for you, work by eye.

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 Your hedgehog is done!

Overalls
Row 1: Cast on 57 ch, join into a circle. Then work in rounds (DO NOT work neither ch
at the beginning of the row nor sl st at the end of the row!)

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Rows 2 – 16: 56 sc (15 rows)

Then work the bridge and start shaping trouser legs. Each trouser leg consists of 28
stitches. Keep working:
Cast on 14 ch, miss 28 stitches, insert the hook into the 29th stitch, work 28 sc
along the trouser leg and 14 sc along the chain (42).

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 Work 7 more rows with 42 sc, sl st. Cut the thread, hide the end.

Work the second leg in the same manner. Insert the hook into the place that is
shown on the photo, work 1 ch (count it as the 1st sc), work 27 sc along the trouser leg
and 14 sc along the other side of the chain.

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 Work 7 more rows with 42 sc, sl st.

Turn one trouser leg out and fasten it this way with a few stitches (use a sewing
needle). Do the same actions with the second trouser leg.

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 Sew the button. Work the strap (60 ch). Sew the strap through the both ends to the
back of the overalls, fasten it with the button at the front.

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 Mushroom
Stem (use yarn colour №03)
Row 1: 6 sc in mc
Row 2: 6 inc (12)
Row 3: (1 sc, dec) х 4 (8)
Row 4: 8 sc
Fold the piece into two halves and work 4 sc through the both sides. Cut the thread
leaving a long tail for sewing.

Cap (work with yarn colour №70)

Row 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
Row 2: 6 inc (12)
Row 3: (1 sc, inc) х 6 (18)
Row 4: 18 sc
Fold the piece into two halves and work 9 sc through the both sides. Cut the thread
leaving a long tail for sewing.

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 First, sew the cap to the stem of the mushroom, then sew the mushroom itself to
the overalls. Fasten it at three places (at the bottom of the stem, at the top of the cap and
at the place where the cap is sewn to the stem).

Leaves
Cast on 6 ch, turn the piece, start from the 2nd stitch from the hook:
sl st, 1 sc, dc inc, sc, sl st, 1 ch, keep working along the other side of the chain -
sl st, sc, dc inc, 1 sc, sl st. Cut the thread leaving a tail.
Work the second leaf in the same manner. Tie the both leaves together and tie them
around the button.

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 Dress
Row 1: Cast on 25 ch, turn the piece. Insert the hook into the 2nd stitch from the hook
and keep working back and forth rows. Start each row with 1 ch.
Row 2: 24 sc
Row 3: (sc inc) x 24 (48)
Row 4: 48 sc (48)
Row 5: 2 ch, 48 dc (48)

Row 6: Start shaping the sleeves in this row: 7 sc, 4 ch, miss 10 sc, insert the hook into
the 11th stitch, work 14 sc, 4 ch, miss 10 sc, insert the hook into the 11th stitch and work
7 sc (36)

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Row 7: 36 sc

Row 8: Shape the skirt: (hdc inc) x2, 3 hdc inc, (hdc inc) x2, 3 hdc inc – work to the end
of the row (84)
Rows 9 – 15: 84 hdc (7 rows)

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Row 16: Ruffles: 4 ch, miss 1 stitch, sl st into the next stitch, 4 ch, miss 1 stitch, sl st
into the next stitch – work in this manner to the end of the row.
Do not cut the thread, keep working: work one side of the dress with sc, make the
first strap (36 ch). Tie a knot at the end of the strap, cut the thread.

Now work the second strap: first, work 36 ch, then join this thread to the other side
of the dress and work it with sc. Cut the thread, leave the end.

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 Sew the dress at the back at the level of the last six rows, use the thread end that
have been left.

Collar
Join the white thread as it is shown on the photo.
Work the first row into the stitches on the neck of the dress: 4 sc, 1 hdc, dc inc, 1 tr,
tr inc, 2 tr, dc inc, sl st, dc inc, 2 tr, tr inc, 1 tr, dc inc, 1 hdc, 4 sc.
Turn the piece and work the second row: 1 ch, 2 sc, 1 hdc, dc inc, 2 tr, (tr inc)x2,
(dc inc)x2, 1 dc, 1 hdc, sl st, 1 hdc, 1 dc, (dc inc)x2, (tr inc)x2, 2 tr, dc inc, 1 hdc, 2 sc,
sl st.
Cut the thread, hide the end.
You can iron the collar so that it would lay evenly on the dress.

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 Apple
Row 1: 6 sc in mc
Row 2: 6 inc (12)
Row 3: (1 sc, inc) х 6 (18), sl st.
Cut the thread, leaving a tail for sewing.
Sew the apple to the dress. Embroider the twig with yarn colour №70. Sew the leaf
(work it in the same manner as the leaves for the overalls).

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 Bow
Row 1: Cast on 31 ch, join into a circle. Then work in rounds.
Row 2 – 7: 30 sc (6 rows), sl st.
Make the bridge and sew the bow to the head with a leftover end of the thread.

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