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Hedgehog with an Apple and a Worm crochet pattern

  • Mathematically BalancedChecked by script: in all 41 rounds the increases and decreases add up to the stitch count.

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Difficulty
2/3
Time
~2 h
Size
10 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 Hedgehog with an Apple and a Worm amigurumi, about 10 cm tall in DK yarn with a 2.5 mm hook. A low, long-snouted hedgehog with a cream face, pink cheeks and a spiky bobble back carries a shiny red apple with a little pink worm peeking out. You need about 60 m of yarn: 20 m grey brown, 15 m cream, 10 m red, 5 m pink, 5 m brown and 5 m green. Plan on roughly 2 hours. It makes a charming autumn-to-Christmas shelf buddy or a gift for hedgehog fans. You can spin the 3D model and follow the round-by-round pattern.

How to crochet the Hedgehog with an Apple and a Worm

Intermediate · 10 cm tall · about 2 h · DK yarn · 2.5 mm hook

  1. Crochet the 12 pieces in rounds: Hedgehog body, Snout, Ear ×2, Foot ×2, Cheek ×2, Apple, Worm, Stem, Leaf (70 rounds in all).
  2. Stuff and put it together in 9 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.

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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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  26. Size before assembly: about 5.9 cm at the widest, 8.7 cm long; 28 rounds. Multi-colour rounds are listed stitch by stitch from the round-start marker; keep the round start on the piece's centre top line (as it sits on the finished toy). The order is for right-handed crocheting (right to left on the outside); left-handed: reverse it.
  27. Change to cream (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R19).
  28. → Insert the safety eyes now (positions: see “Face”) and fix the backs. Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
  29. 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.

  5. Size before assembly: about 1.1 cm at the widest, 1.8 cm long; 5 rounds.
  6. → Insert the safety nose now (positions: see “Face”) and fix the backs. Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
  7. 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.

  4. Size before assembly: about 1 cm at the widest, 1.2 cm long; 4 rounds.
  5. 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 % -->

  4. Size before assembly: about 1.1 cm at the widest, 0.9 cm long; 3 rounds.
  5. 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 % -->

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

  12. Size before assembly: about 4.8 cm at the widest, 3.5 cm long; 14 rounds.
  13. → Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
  14. Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 12 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

  5. Size before assembly: about 0.8 cm at the widest, 3.2 cm long; 9 rounds.
  6. → Start stuffing (lightly) and keep adding as you decrease.
  7. Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 5 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside. Bend ≈ 80° around round 6<!-- the bend spreads over 4 rounds -->. After stuffing, bend the piece so the inner side of the bend faces forward on the finished toy (on the piece: in round 6, on the centre front line). On the inner side draw rounds 6 and 7 together (1 rounds go into the fold): with the needle and matching yarn make 3–4 stitches through the loops of both rounds over about 2 st, pull to the angle and hide the end inside.

  3. Size before assembly: about 0.7 cm at the widest, 1.3 cm long; 4 rounds.
  4. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.

  2. Flat motif — leaf (pointed leaf, worked in rounds, one layer of fabric), about 3.7 × 1.5 cm; 1 row.
  3. Fasten off leaving a long tail (~30 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff. Weave in the starting tail, pin the motif out to shape on a soft surface and steam it lightly.

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.

  • Embroidery in dark brown thread (on the hedgehog body), straight stitches through: (in round 28, on the centre top line ) → (in round 28, on the centre top line) → (in round 28, on the centre top line ).
  • Satin stitch (on the worm) (2, symmetric: the toy's left side is described, the right is its mirror image): in dark brown thread, a oval about 2.4 mm wide and 2.4 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 2, 0.5 st from the centre front line, downward .
  • Safety eyes with a printed glint 9 mm (on the hedgehog body): in round 24, 5 st apart (count along round 24: about 2.7 st each side of the centre top line).
  • Safety nose, oval, 6×4.5 mm (on the snout): at the centre of the last round.

Hedgehog body · R1–R5

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    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