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Cute Crochet Hedgehog Doll Pattern

Create your own adorable crochet hedgehog doll with this detailed step-by-step guide. This project is worked primarily from the bottom up in a spiral, resulting in a finished toy approximately 20 cm (8 inches) tall.

Materials and Tools

• Crochet hook suitable for your chosen yarn
• Yarn: Cotton blend (such as YarnArt Jeans) in skin tone, brown (for nose and hair), green (for pants), and various colors for the shirt
• Fiberfill stuffing
• 10mm safety eyes (or glue-on beads)
• 15mm white felt circles (for eye whites)
• Tapestry needle, scissors, pins, and marker thread
• Strong thread for face sculpting
• Optional: 57-60mm wide toy glasses

Crochet Abbreviations (US Terms)

• MR: Magic Ring
• sc: Single crochet
• dc: Double crochet
• ch: Chain
• inc: Increase (2 sc in one stitch)
• dec: Decrease (sc 2 together)
• sl st: Slip stitch
• BLO: Back loop only
• FLO: Front loop only
• (…) * X: Repeat the sequence inside brackets X times

Step-by-Step Instructions

Upper Arms (Make 2)

• Round 1: 5 sc in MR (5)
• Round 2: 5 inc (10)
• Rounds 3-12: 10 sc (10)
• Round 13: Change to shirt sleeve color, 10 sc (10)
• Rounds 13-16: 10 sc (10)

Stuff only the bottom part. Fold in half and sc 5 across both layers to close. Fasten off, leaving a tail for sewing/attaching.

The Nose

• Ch 5. Starting from the 2nd chain from the hook:
• Round 1: inc, 2 sc, 4 sc in the next stitch, 2 sc, inc (12)
• Round 2: 2 inc, 2 sc, 4 inc, 2 sc, 2 inc (20)
• Rounds 3-4: 20 sc (20)
• Round 5: 10 dec (10)

Fasten off and leave a tail. This will be crocheted into the head.

The Head

• Round 1: 6 sc in MR (6)
• Round 2: 6 inc (12)
• Round 3: (1 sc, inc) * 6 (18)
• Round 4: (2 sc, inc) * 6 (24)
• Round 5: (3 sc, inc) * 6 (30)
• Round 6: (4 sc, inc) * 6 (36)
• Round 7: (5 sc, inc) * 6 (42)
• Round 8: (6 sc, inc) * 6 (48)
• Round 9: (7 sc, inc) * 6 (54)
• Round 10: (8 sc, inc) * 6 (60)
• Rounds 11-12: 60 sc (60)
• Round 13: (9 sc, inc) * 6 (66)
• Rounds 14-18: 66 sc (66)
• Round 19 (Attaching Nose): 19 sc, (1 sc, inc) * 6, 5 sc together with the 5 stitches of the nose, (inc, 1 sc) * 6, 18 sc (78)
• Round 20: 37 sc, 5 sc over the remaining nose stitches, 36 sc (78)

Stuff the nose lightly. Continue with the head:

• Rounds 21-30: 78 sc (78)

Note: If using safety eyes, install them now between rounds 17 and 18.

• Round 31: (11 sc, dec) * 6 (72)
• Round 32: (7 sc, dec) * 8 (64)
• Round 33: (6 sc, dec) * 8 (56)
• Round 34: (5 sc, dec) * 8 (48)
• Round 35: (4 sc, dec) * 8 (40)
• Round 36: (3 sc, dec) * 8 (32)
• Round 37: (2 sc, dec) * 8 (24)

Stuff the head firmly. Fasten off and hide the end.

Lower Legs (Make 2)

• Round 1: 6 sc in MR (6)
• Round 2: 6 inc (12)
• Round 3: (1 sc, inc) * 6 (18)
• Rounds 4-5: 18 sc (18)
• Round 6: 3 sc, 6 dec, 3 sc (12)
• Round 7: Change to pants color, 12 sc (12)
• Round 8 (BLO): 12 sc (12)
• Round 9: (1 sc, inc) * 6 (18)
• Round 10: 18 sc (18)
• Round 11: (2 sc, inc) * 6 (24)
• Round 12: 24 sc (24)

For the first leg: Crochet an additional 6 sc, fasten off. Count 12 stitches back from the end and place a marker; this is the joining point for the second leg.

For the second leg: Crochet an additional 6 sc, but do not fasten off.

The Body

Join the two legs with a chain of 3. Work in a spiral.

• Round 1: 24 sc around the first leg, 3 sc along the chain, 24 sc around the second leg, 3 sc along the chain (54)
• Round 2: (8 sc, inc) * 6 (60)
• Round 3: 60 sc (60)
• Round 4: (9 sc, inc) * 6 (66)
• Rounds 5-11: 66 sc (66)
• Round 12: (9 sc, dec) * 6 (60)
• Round 13: 60 sc (60)
• Round 14: (8 sc, dec) * 6 (54)
• Round 15: 54 sc (54)
• Round 16: (7 sc, dec) * 6 (48)

Shirt Section: Change colors every 2 rows for stripes.

• Round 17 (BLO): 48 sc (48)
• Round 18: (6 sc, dec) * 6 (42)
• Round 19: Change color, 42 sc (42)
• Round 20: (5 sc, dec) * 6 (36)
• Round 21: Change color, 36 sc (36)
• Round 22: (4 sc, dec) * 6 (30)
• Round 23: Change color, 30 sc (30)
• Round 24 (Attaching Arms): 6 sc, 5 sc together with arm, 10 sc, 5 sc together with arm, 4 sc (30)
• Round 25: Change color, 30 sc (30)
• Round 26: (3 sc, dec) * 6 (24)
• Round 27: Change to skin color, 24 sc (24)

Fasten off, leaving a long tail (approx. 50 cm) to sew the head to the body.

Assembly and Finishing

Pants Finish: Crochet sc around the remaining outer loops of Round 8 (legs) and Round 17 (top of pants) to create a clean edge.

Head: Sew the head to the body, stuffing the neck firmly as you go.

Face Sculpting: Use a strong thread to create eye sockets and a mouth by pulling the stitches from the center of the head toward the face. Follow a 6-point mapping system to pull the fabric inward for a 3D effect.

Ears: R1: 6 sc in MR, R2: 6 inc (12), R3: (1 sc, inc) * 6 (18). Fold in half and sew to the head at Round 21 (measured from the crown), with 42 sc between the ears.

Lower Lip: 6 sc in MR, pull tight into a semi-circle. Sew 2-3 rounds below the mouth sculpting.

Eyes: Glue the eyes to the white felt circles, then glue the circles onto the head.

The Wig (Hair)

Option 1 (Smooth Yarn): Work in BLO.
R1: 6 sc in MR, R2: 6 inc, R3: (1 sc, inc) * 6, R4: (2 sc, inc) * 6, R5: (3 sc, inc) * 6, R6: (4 sc, inc) * 6, R7: (5 sc, inc) * 6, R8: (6 sc, inc) * 6, R9: (7 sc, inc) * 6, R10: (8 sc, inc) * 6, R11-12: 60 sc.
To create “spikes,” attach the yarn to the outer loops, ch 12, sl st back into the next loop. Repeat around the cap.

Option 2 (Fluffy/Samba Yarn):
R1: 6 sc in MR, R2: 6 inc, R3: (1 sc, inc) * 6, R4: (2 sc, inc) * 6, R5: (3 sc, inc) * 6, R6: (4 sc, inc) * 6, R7: (5 sc, inc) * 6, R8: (6 sc, inc) * 6, R9-14: 48 sc.
Pin and sew the cap to the head.

Optional Accessories

Skirt: Attach yarn to the remaining loops of Round 13 of the body.
R1: 2 dc in each st (120), R2: 2 dc in each st (240), R3: 240 dc.

Hat:
R1: 6 sc in MR, R2: 6 inc, R3: (inc, 1 sc) * 6 (18), R4: (2 sc, inc) * 6 (24), R5: (inc, 3 sc) * 6 (30), R6: (2 sc, inc, 2 sc) * 6 (36), R7: (4 sc, inc, 1 sc) * 6 (42), R8: 42 sc BLO, R9-13: 42 sc (with color changes), R14: (6 sc, inc) * 6 FLO (48), R15: (inc, 7 sc) * 6 (54), R16: (2 sc, inc, 6 sc) * 6 (60), R17: 60 crab stitches.

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