Hedgehog Hedda

 The hedgehog Hedda

A free crochet pattern

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Abbreviations – US terms 

ch – chain 

yo – yarn over 

st – stitch 

sl st – slip stitch 

sc – single crochet 

lp st – loop stitch 

lp st dec – loop stitch decrease, crochet two loop stitches together

yo – yarn over

hdc – half double crochet

Materials 

Filling materials

Stitch marker

Crochet hook 6 mm/ J – 10  

Safety eyes 20 mm 

Scissors

Chunky yarn about 80 g/2.9 oz for one hedgehog.  Small amounts of black yarn (5 g/0.18 oz).

The Hedgehog is made in continuous rounds, use a stitch marker and move it up as you finish the rounds. First, the head with single crochet is made, and then the body is being crocheted with the loop stitches.  

There are step-by-step instructions on how to make the loop stitches and how to do the decreases. 

Worsted weight yarn and smaller hook can be used, but your hedgehog will be smaller. Use a smaller hook than the yarn label recommends. 

Size. 20 x 15 cm

• Skill level: Intermediate  
  

With white/beige chunky yarn

R 1: 6 sc in a mr = 6 sc

R 2: 6 sc

R 3: sc inc x 6 = 12 sc

R 4: (1 sc, sc inc) x 6 = 18 sc

R 5: 18 sc 

R 6: (2 sc, sc inc) x 6 = 24 sc

R 7: (3 sc, sc inc) x 6 = 30 sc

R 8-10: 30 sc for 3 rounds 

Fasten off and cut off the yarn. 

Fasten safety eyes between rows 7-9. Sew on a little triangular nose on round 1. See picture below. 

R 11 – 20:  Turn the work so that you crochet from the inside out, this will ensure that the loop stitches appears on the outside. See the tutorial below for detailed instructions on how to do the loop stitches. 

1 lp st in each st for 10 rounds = 30 lp st

R 21: (3 lp st, lp st dec) x 6 = 24 lp st 

R 22: (2 lp st, lp st dec) x 6 = 18 lp st

Stuff the hedgehog with filling material. 

R 23: (1 lp st, lp st dec) x 6 = 12 lp st

R 24: lp st dec x 6 = 6 lp st

Fasten off. Sew the hole closed. Weave in ends. 

Tail

Same color as the body

Row 1) ch 6, turn. 1 hdc in the second ch from the hook and in each ch = 5 hdc

Fasten off. Leave a long tail for attaching. Sew on the tail on round 25.

How to make a smaller/bigger hedgehog

You can make a smaller one by starting the pattern and increase as normal to for example 24 sc. The skip to round 8 and do 3 rounds with 24 sc instead of 30. Then, do 24 loop stitches instead of 30. In the same way you can increase to 36 stitches and do 36 stitches on rounds 8-10 to make your hedgehog bigger. If you wish to follow the pattern, just use worsted weight yarn instead of a chunky one. 

How to do the loop stitch 

Attach yarn on the hook. Flip your work so you are crocheting from the inside out. This will ensure that the loop stitches appear on the right side. Insert the hook in the next stitch. Hold your index finger like in the picture.  

Place the hook behind the two strands of yarn that you are holding up with your index finger. 

Grab the strand furthest from the hook and pull through both loops. 

Now you have three loops on the hook.

If you wish to, you can make the loops bigger at this point. Simply pull the index finger away from you. To make the loop smaller pull on the strand. 

When you are happy with the size, yo and pull through all three loops. 

Try to make sure that the loops have about the same size. 

Sew on the nose and attach eyes

Make a little triangular and fill with black yarn. Attach the eyes on round 7, leave 7 sc space apart. 

See the video above for a reference!

Loop stitch decrease

Start like on a normal loop stitch and stop when you have three loops on the hook (after you’ve adjusted the size on the loop).  Just let go of the loop that you have on the index finger and insert the hook in the next stitch and start a new loop stitch. 

Grab the strand furthest away from the hook and pull through all five loops.

You can tell the loop stitch decreases from the other stitches apart because they are thicker when you look at the stitches from the inside.

That’s it! Your hedgehog is finished! I hope that you liked this pattern! If there is something that is unclear, please contact me: yarnhild@outlook.com