Hedgehog Amigurumi

August 25, 2014 / by Craft Passion

Amigurumi, Crafts, Crochet, Her, Him, Intermediate, Kid, Stuffed Animals

AmiguruMEI is back to share 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 free hedgehog coin purse sewing pattern a few weeks ago 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 and she came out with this beautiful crochet hedgehog.

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 order it via Amazon. If you love Sanrio Friends, you shouldn’t miss this book. Read more about the book at amiguruMEI.

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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.”

Get your yarn and crochet ready, Ready, Set, GO!!!!

Happy Crochet!

Hedgehog Amigurumi

Yield: 4" Tall

Active Time: 5 hours

Total Time: 5 hours

Difficulty: Intermediate

Estimated Cost: $3 - $10

Get the free hedgehog amigurumi pattern for this cute little Mimi-chan. It is so cute that you would hold it on your palm with its roll-up posture.

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 🙂

by amiguruMEI for Craft Passion

Materials

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

Tools

3mm hook
Darning needle
Polyester fiberfill
Stuffing pellets

Instructions

Abbreviations

Ch: chain
Sc: single crochet
Dc: double crochet
Dtr: double treble crochet
Inv dec: invisible decrease

Crochet Pattern

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.