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Little Hedgehog crochet pattern

  • Mathematically BalancedChecked by script: in all 9 rounds the increases and decreases add up to the stitch count.

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Difficulty
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Time
~2 h
Size
6.1 cm
Weirdness
1/5
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A4 PDF: materials, every round with a tick box, assembly and face

Free crochet hedgehog pattern: a Little Hedgehog amigurumi, about 6 cm tall in DK yarn with a 2.5 mm hook. It is a round hedgehog with a cream face, pink cheeks, a tiny black nose and a brown back worked in bobble stitches. You need about 30 m of yarn: 15 m brown, 10 m cream and 5 m pink. Plan on roughly 1 hour. Beginner friendly and a quick make, it is a sweet desk buddy or a small gift for hedgehog lovers. Spin the 3D model to see the bobble back, then follow the round-by-round pattern.

How to crochet the Little Hedgehog

Beginner-friendly · 6 cm tall · about 2 h · DK yarn · 2.5 mm hook

  1. Crochet the 7 pieces in rounds: Hedgehog body, Ear ×2, Foot ×2, Cheek ×2 (32 rounds in all).
  2. Stuff and put it together in 4 steps; each one lights up where it goes on the 3D model.
  3. Add the face: safety eyes by round and stitch, or embroider them for a child under 3.

Every round with its stitch count is in the Pattern tab below, and in the free printable PDF.

What you'll need

Tick things off as you gather them.

0 of 8 gathered

Gauge

1 sc ≈ 4 mm wide, 1 round ≈ 3.6 mm tall (10 cm ≈ 25 sc × 28 rounds); yarn about 1.9 mm thick. The gauge sets the size of the toy; crochet tightly so the stuffing does not show.

Worked in

Continuous spiral rounds. Don't join. Move a stitch marker up every round.

Parts

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0 of 31 rounds done

  1. Size before assembly: about 5.9 cm at the widest, 6.6 cm long; 23 rounds.
  2. Change to cream (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R16).
  3. → Insert the safety eyes and the safety nose now (positions: see “Face”) and fix the backs. Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
  4. Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

  1. Size before assembly: about 1 cm at the widest, 1.2 cm long; 4 rounds.
  2. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff. Press the piece flat (the opening becomes a straight line), front and back walls together.<!-- flattened 50 % -->

  1. Size before assembly: about 1.1 cm at the widest, 0.9 cm long; 3 rounds.
  2. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly only and press it flat to about 6 mm thick.<!-- flattened 50 % -->

  1. A flat circle about 1.5 cm across; 2 rounds.
  2. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.

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    1. Hedgehog body is the base; its magic ring is at the back.
    1. Ear → hedgehog body (make 2). Centre: between rounds 16 and 17, 6 st from the centre top line, toward the toy's left (the one on the toy's left is described; sew the other as its mirror image). Flatten the opening (4 st against 4 st) and sew it on in a straight line side to side (across the toy), along the round: rounds 16–17 of the hedgehog body, about 3 st wide. It points up and slightly outward.
    1. Foot → hedgehog body (make 2). Centre: in round 16, 4 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's left (the one on the toy's left is described; sew the other as its mirror image). Flatten the opening (4 st against 4 st) and sew it on in a straight line side to side (across the toy), along the round: rounds 15–17 of the hedgehog body, about 3 st wide. It points forward and down.
    1. Cheek → hedgehog body (make 2). Centre: in round 20, 4 st from the centre top line, toward the toy's left (the one on the toy's left is described; sew the other as its mirror image). Sew it flat all round its edge; it covers rounds 18–22 of the hedgehog body, about 3 st wide.

    Safety eyes and noses go in before the piece is stuffed and closed (see the pieces above); embroidery is easier before the piece is sewn on.

    • Safety eyes with a printed glint 9 mm (on the hedgehog body): between rounds 19 and 20, 5 st apart (count along round 19: about 2.7 st each side of the centre top line).
    • Safety nose, oval, 6×4.5 mm (on the hedgehog body): between rounds 22 and 23, on the centre bottom line .
    • Embroidery in dark brown thread (on the hedgehog body) (2, symmetric: the toy's left side is described, the right is its mirror image), straight stitches through: (between rounds 21 and 22, on the centre bottom line ) → (in round 21, 0.5 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 21, 1 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's left ).

    Hedgehog body · R1–R5

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    × scV incΛ dec

    Abbreviations

    MR
    magic ring
    sc
    single crochet
    inc
    2 sc in the same stitch
    dec
    single crochet two stitches together (invisible decrease recommended)
    BLO
    work the round in back loops only
    FLO
    work the round in front loops only
    ch
    chain
    sl st
    slip stitch
    st
    stitch
    R5
    round 5; R7–14 = rounds 7 to 14 are the same
    (…) ×6
    repeat 6 times
    (24)
    stitches in the round when it is done
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