AmiguruMEI is back to share her another stunning amigurumi pattern, specially contributed to Craft Passion, please welcome Mimi-chan, the cute little hedgehog amigurumi. [Update Jan 2015: here is a big amigurumi apple pattern if you need to make an apple for Mimi-chan :)]
In tribute to my sister’s pet hedgehog, I sewed and shared a hedgehog coin purse a few weeks ago (get the pattern here) and I also invited AmguruMei to design a hedgehog amigurumi for the same cause. I showed AmiguruMEI my hedgehog coin purse during the process of sewing.
Knowing the talent of amiguruMEI that she will definitely come out with a marvelous hedgehog amigurumi pattern, by all means, she still surprised me with this cute Mimi-chan. My jaws dropped when she delivered her articles to me. I really love the roll-up posture of Mimi-chan, the little hedgehog amigurumi, not to mention it’s fuzzy quills and it just got its own character. Crochet it with the amigurumi pattern below, great as a gift to anyone!!!
By the way, amiguruMEI has a new amigurumi book coming up and you can pre-order it via Amazon
Hedgehog Amigurumi
Mimi-chan
by amiguruMEI for Craft Passion
Skill level: Intermediate
Duration: About 5 hours
Size: 4″ Tall
Description: Mimi-chan (short for Ayumi) is a baby hedgehog who loves watching the autumn leaves fall. Her weakness? Sweet, ripe apples. She enjoys clambering from tree to tree. She hopes she will grow up to become a bushy-tailed squirrel 🙂
Abbreviations
• Ch: chain
• Sc: single crochet
• Dc: double crochet
• Dtr: double treble crochet
• Inv dec: invisible decrease
Materials
3mm hook
Acrylic yarn in beige, dark brown and sea green
Fuzzy yarn in dark brown
White and yellow felt
2 x 8mm black brads
1 x 8mm doll’s eye
Dark brown eye shadow
Pink blush
Cotton buds
Darning needle
Polyester fiberfill
Stuffing pellets
Body
With beige yarn and a 3mm hook:
Round 1: Sc 6 in magic ring {6}.
Round 2: [Inc] around {12}.
Round 3: [Inc, sc 1] around {18}.
Round 4: [Inc, sc 2] around {24}.
Round 5: [Inc, sc 3] around {30}.
Round 6: [Inc, sc 4] around {36}.
Round 7: [Inc, sc 5] around {42}.
Round 8: [Inc, sc 6] around {48}.
Round 9: [Inc, sc 7] around {54}.
Round 10: [Inc, sc 8] around {60}.
Round 11-14 (4 rounds altogether): Sc around {60}.
Change to dark brown yarn.
Round 15-20 (5 rounds altogether): Sc around {60}.
Round 21: [Inv dec, sc 8] around {54}.
Round 22: [Inv dec, sc 7] around {48}.
Round 23: [Inv dec, sc 6] around {42}.
Round 24: [Inv dec, sc 5] around {36}.
Round 25: [Inv dec, sc 4] around {30}.
Round 26: [Inv dec, sc 3] around {24}.
Round 27: [Inv dec, sc 2] around {18}.
Turn the beige part of the body towards you. This means the opening should be to the back of the doll, instead of at the bottom.
Fill with plastic pellets. This is to weigh down the doll.
Add stuffing. At this point, start shaping the doll as you would a triangle onigiri (rice ball).
Round 28: [Inv dec, sc 1] around {12}.
Round 29: [Inv dec] around {6}.
Fasten off and weave in ends.
Eye indentations
With a new strand of beige yarn and 3mm hook, thread it through a darning needle and bring it up to a spot below Round 9 of the head.
Make a horizontal backstitch and bring the yarn back down to the bottom of the body. Gently tug to create an indentation. Repeat on the other side. There should be about 10 stitches in between.
Bring yarn to the bottom of the head and trim excess.
Snout
With beige yarn and a 3mm hook:
Round 1: Sc 5 in magic ring {5}.
Round 2: [Inc] around {10}.
Round 3: Sc around{10}.
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Lips
With beige yarn and a 3mm hook:
Round 1: Sc 5 in magic ring {5}.
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Ears
Make 2 with beige yarn and a 3mm hook:
Round 1: Sc 7 in magic ring {7}.
Round 2: Sc around{7}.
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Arms
Make 2 starting with beige yarn and a 3mm hook:
Round 1: Sc 7 in magic ring {7}.
Round 2-5 (4 rounds altogether): Sc around {7}.
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Feet
Make 2 starting with beige yarn and a 3mm hook:
Round 1: Sc 6 in magic ring {6}.
Round 2: [Inc] around {12}.
Round 3-4: Sc around{12}.
Round 5: Inv dec around {6}.
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Flower
With sea green yarn and a 3mm hook:
Round 1: Ch 4. Slip stitch to first st to form a ring.
Round 2: *[Ch 3, 2 dtr, ss] repeat from * 3 more times. (4 petals altogether)
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Creating fuzzy hedgehog quills
With dark brown fuzzy yarn and 2.5mm hook, surface crochet with sc onto the dark brown part of the body. Using fuzzy yarn means it’s okay to make a mistake since it won’t be immediately visible.
Crochet around as you normally would in a spiral fashion and ensure you cover the entire back with fuzz.
Assembly
1. Cut two pieces of white felt into small crescents to match the size of the black brads.
2. Glue the brads and white felt in place as the eyes.
3. Insert the doll’s eyes (used as a nose here) into the snout piece and sew the snout in place.
4. Sew on the lips.
5. Sew on the arms, feet, and ears.
6. Use dark brown yarn to make eyebrows with the backstitch technique.
7. Glue a small yellow felt circle onto the center of the flower.
8. Use dark brown eyes shadow to give the eyes some depth and dimension. Apply with the help of a cotton bud.
9. Dab on some pink blush on the cheeks and the small center of the lips.
While you fill the body with stuffing, start shaping the doll as you would a triangle onigiri (rice ball).
Add eye indentations.
Sew on the snout and lips after gluing on the eyes in place.
Sew on the ears, arms, and feet.
Use fuzzy yarn to create hedgehog quills.
Highlight features with dark brown eye shadow and pink blusher.
Update: I really love the Mimi-Chan hedgehog amigurumi pattern Mei Li has designed, thus, I made one and called her Harumi. Due to the heavier weight yarn, Harumi is slightly bigger in size than Mimi-Chan.
“Hi, I am Harumi, the nanny of Mimi-Chan. I love to read a storybook with Mimi-Chan, we watched falling autumn leaves and eat apple together, that’s how we spend time while Mimi-Chan’s parents are away for work during the day.”
Thanks for the great Pattern! Can we publish a turkish translation of this pattern on our instagram page? You will be credited of course
Please provide us the Turkish pattern so that we can put it down here too.
Hello, thank you for the pattern, it’s super.I made with double yarn art jeans and samba. Hedgehog is cute.
Oh she is soooo cute, I can’t wait to attempt this. Can you please confirm if this pattern is UK or USA terms
Thank you
Hi Katrina, the pattern is in USA terms.
Brilliant thank you for replying I thought it was but new to crocheting so wanted to double check. Thanks again
Hi. I love your patterns. Its beautiful. They’re all so nice
Hi. This is a lovely pattern. Thank you for sharing. The pattern gives the two hook sizes used at the beginning of the pattern – but it does not tell you which hook was used on each part of the hedgehog. Can you amend the pattern to say which hook should be used for each part?
The 2.5mm hook is used on part of the body and the surface crochet. I have added this extra info about the hook size in the pattern. Hope you find it easy to understand now.
do you have vedio
Sorry, hanaa, we dont have video on this.
I did not understand thes step
Use fuzzy yarn to create hedgehog quills
It is surface crochet the fuzzy yarn to the stitches on the hedgehog.
I want to make the hedgehog with the little apple Amigurumi pattern but I have no idea what wool to use it doesnt mention sts sizes on the pattern or the yarn size can you help me please. I would like to but the Fuwu Fuwu yarn but no one has heard of it.
Hi Eileen, I guess it will be difficult for you to find the exact yarn near you. You may try to substitute it with any fuzzy yarn or chenille yarn.
Hi. I am having trouble downloading the pattern. I get only the pictures but not the actual instructions. Please help. Thank you.
I have reinstalled the printer function, please try again if they are working now. Sorry for the inconvenient.
I can’t fond The plastic bullets, what can I put instead?
Tank you for you’re help.
Hi Chantal, when you say “plastic bullets”, do you mean the black brads for the eyes and nose? You may use domed button eyes, perhaps 8mm is a good size for this hedgehog. You can buy it from Craft Passion Shop, here.
Very cute! I love how you’ve added blush to Mimi-chan’s rosy cheeks. 🙂
Hi FC,
You may use real blusher and brush it on Mimi-chan’s cheek with paint brush or cosmetic brush. Or, you can pick up some pink ink from your permanent fabric ink stamp pad with small paint brush and lightly brush on the cheek.
This hedgehog has to be the cutest thing ever! I’m currently trying to learn crochet because I really want to do amigurumi. I don’t know that I’ve had much success, but I’m not giving up yet. Pinning so I can make this cutie once I figure it out!
Hi
Can’t wait to try this owl x I have other patterns that I would like to try and make but this size can I just use pattern but smaller hook and thin thread?
Yes you may. The size of thread and corresponding hook will determine the sizes of your completed amigurumi 🙂
You showed the pattern for the hedgehog but what about the apple? I thought they liked to eat apples?
Hi Sherley, there is a big apple amigurumi pattern in a separate page, the apple is bigger than the one next to Mimi-chan.
Hi you cant have video tutorials please start doing that 🙂
You do such beautiful work. Thank you for sharing. GOD bless
Do you ever make video tutorials step by step of your animals? I really like them. Mikey makes them and also some others.
Oh, I can handle that 😉
Thank you so much for your help again! I appreciate it very much and I think a lot of other people too 😉
Or maybe a husband for her! A whole family 😉
Hello again 😉
I’m wondering; if I would like to make “children” for this hedgehog, is there a regulation/rule of how I can “minimize” the pattern?
Hi Laura, you can use different weight of yarn to make various sizes of hedgehogs. Here is the tip on how to do it.
I want to make this for my son. I love it, but having trouble finding the brown fuzzy yarn. can you post a link? Thank you
I can’t find a link for you, Laura, sorry about that. The yarn is available in Daiso, a Japanese Dollar store. You can substitute it with other fancy yarn with some fiber piles along.
Oh my goodness, thank you so much for this free pattern. My oldest daughter loves hedgies, and I love to make them for her. This will definitely be on my hook soon!!! THANK YOU!!!
Your daughter has a loving mom, she will definitely love the hedgehog her mom makes for her 🙂 Happy amigurumi!!!
Hello,
As soon as I saw the photo of this hedgehog I was in love…she is so cute! Although I am a starter, I am trying to make her anyway 😉
I just have a question, because when I finished round 27, I filled it up. I’m wondering why you chose to fill it first, and then sew the arms/legs etc. Ain’t it easier to sew all ‘parts’ and then to fill it up?
I hope you’re willing to answer me. Meanwhile, I continue with this lovely lady…
Thanks!
Hi Laura, thank you for liking this hedgehog 🙂 The normal practice of amigurumi is to sew the limbs after stuffing the body, so that we can get the exact place we want to sew them on. You may sew first then stuff if you prefer 🙂 Happy crochet amigurumi!!!
Delightful! Thank you so much.