MATERIALS NEEDED:

• 4.0 mm crochet hook

• Tan yarn

• Dark blue yarn

• Stuffing

• Two safety eyes

• Scissors

• That's all!

ABBREVIATIONS:

• ch (chain stitch)

• sc (single crochet

• dec (decrease)

• inc (increase)

• Let's get started!

HEAD:

• Use tan yarn for this part

• R1 - MG with 6 sc in it

• R2 - all sc

• R3 through R5 - alternate between inc and sc

• R6 - all sc

• R7 - alternate between sc and inc

• R8 - all sc

• Insert your safety eyes in between R5 and R6

• Tie off yarn and... you're done with the hedgehog head!

• Let's move on to the body

BODY:

• Use blue yarn for this part

• Attach the yarn onto the head of the hedgehog

• R1 through R5 - all sc

• R6 - Follow this pattern: sc, sc, dec. sc, sc, dec...

• This is the time to stuff the head and body! Make sure to put enough in.

• R7 and on - all dec until closed

• Tie off your yarn.

PRICKLES:

• Now, this is the hardest part, so listen carefully!

• Attach the blue yarn to the top of the hedgehog's body using slst and make 5 ch as shown in the images below.

• Now attach the 5 ch to the next stitch using slst

• Hooray! You have made your first prickle!

• Repeat this process to make the rest of the prickles, covering all of the body except for the belly

• (I had to use red for the back because I ran out of blue!)

FOR THE PAWS:

• R1 - Make a MG with 6 sc in it

• R2 - all sc

• R3 - crochet the paw onto the body using slst

• Repeat these steps to make the other paw

FINISHING TOUCH!

• Use a black marker to draw a nose onto your hedgehog.

• Hooray! You are done making the Holiday Hedgehog!