Hedgie

Apr21

The hedgehog, he is done.


Em has dubbed him “Hedgie”

He is so adorably cute, it’s almost nauseous.
Specs:
Pattern: Huggable Hedgehogs by Debbie Radtke for Fiber Trends
Yarn: Main yarn is Ella Rae Classic, Paws are Lincraft Cosy Wool, the Floof is Sandnes Garn Funny.
Needles: 6.5mm and 8mm Knitpicks Options.
Thoughts:
This was a relatively easy knit. It’s all in garter stitch, the hardest skills required are picking up stitches and short rows.
Of course, short rows require counting, and I can’t concentrate that long, so there was some tinking involved.
The Ella Rae Classic felts like a dream. One wash cycle was all he needed to get to the feltedness I wanted. He did shrink quite a bit, but I didn’t think to take before and after measurements.
I picked up packets of cheap eyes and noses at Spotlight, and I now own enough eyes to make 6 more hedgehogs! If I were to make him again, I think I’d hold the floof double, as I think he’s looking a little threadbare. I might also use a darker yarn on his back, as I think the light coloured yarn makes him look even more threadbare. If I’d used darker yarn on his back, it wouldn’t be so obvious.
In the end though, a complete success. He is intended for David’s sister, but I think there will be a struggle to extract him from Emily.
And just to push the cute level right over the edge in this post, I actually got Twinkie to snuggle with me yesterday morning. Please pardon the morning hair and pyjamas, I don’t think Twink would’ve let me go get dressed so a picture could be taken.

Altogether now… “aawwww”

28 thoughts on “Hedgie”

  1. I can never get Fiona or Orlando to let me pick them up – I’m allowed to do lots of nose rubs and chin rubs, but never never never to be picked up.

  2. Oh the hedgehog did turn out just so cute. I wouldnt want to give him up either. Twinkie does look as though he likes his cuddles now too.

  5. Hedgie is soooo cute!
    I had rabbits when I was a teenager but they weren’t all that keen on being held either, Twinkie looks pretty happy there though.

  7. Awwwww……he’s too lovely. Can you make another one and auction him or something? 😉
    Love the bunny/pjs/couch knitting shot.

  10. I cannot handle all the cuteness at one! Love the hedgi but Twinkie always wins. I always assumed Twinkie was a cuddler. No?

  15. That hedgehog is incredibly cute! I think I might even have that pattern somewhere.
    The Twinkie picture really takes the cake, of course. But tell the truth… she was in a potato coma, wasn’t she? 😉 One of my rabbits will let me pick him up, though his eyes bug out while I do it. I’m pretty sure Mrs. Cooper would just bite me. 🙂

  17. That is the cutest hedgehog ever! I love how fat he is. BTW, I love your PJs! I’m a huge fan of PJs…have over a dozen sets of cold weather ones. My birthday is in December so I don’t get a lot of warm weather PJs as presents.

  20. if not for the fact that i hate putting together stuffed animals, i cast on for a hedgehog of my own right away. that is just too cute for words!

  22. Awwwwwww! My current guinea pigs only let me hold them if food is involved. Otherwise, they are very skeptical of my purpose.

  26. Hi, I have NEVER had any desire to knit a stuffed animal, or to felt anything, but I LOVE the hedgehog!!! I shall be getting that pattern!!

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