Pay homage to the humble hedgehog with our fluffy little friends

What you need...

• DK yarn: pink, lilac, peach, 25g of each, dark brown and yellow oddments
  3.5mm knitting needles
  4.5mm crochet hook
  Safety toy stuffing
  Four 4mm sew-on eyes
  Tapestry needle
  
  Size: Length: 11cm
  
  Special abbreviations:
  
  ml (make loop): k first st but do not drop st from LH needle, bring yarn to front, wrap once around left thumb and take back between needles, k same st again and drop off LH needle, lift first st over second st and off RH needle to complete
  

instructions

1. Head and body - Using 4.5mm needles and pink (lilac), cast on 20 sts
   Row 1 (WS): (k1, kfb) to end. 30 sts
   Row 2: ml in each st to end
   Row 3: k to end
   Rows 4-17: rep Rows 2-3 seven times more
   Row 18: rep Row 2
   Row 19: (k1, k2tog) to end. 20 sts
   Rows 20-25: rep Rows 2-3 three times more
   Change to peach
   Row 26: k to end
   Row 27: p to end
   Row 28: k5, k2tog, k6, k2tog, k to end. 18 sts
   Row 29: p5, p2tog, p4, p2tog, p to end. 16 sts
   Row 30: k5, k2tog, k2, k2tog, k to end. 14 sts
   Row 31: p5, (p2tog) twice, p to
   end. 12 sts
   Row 32: k5, k2tog, k to end. 11 sts
   Row 33: p4, p3tog, p to end. Nine sts
   Row 34: k to end
   Row 35: (p1, p2tog) to end. Six sts
   
   Cut yarn leaving a long tail, thread through rem sts, pull tight and fasten off

2. Ear - Make four
   
   Using 4.5mm needles and peach, cast on five sts
   
   Row 1: p to end
   Row 2: k to end
   
   Cut yarn leaving a long tail, thread through rem sts, pull tight and fasten off

3. Flower - Using 4.5mm hook and lilac, make 4ch
   Rnd 1: sl st in each ch to end
   Fasten off
   

4. To make up - With fastened-off yarn end, sew Head closed. With cast-on yarn end, work a gathering thread along cast-on edge and pull tightly. Stuff Body and seam. Sew ends of Ears together into a semicircle shape and attach to Head. Sew eyes to face. Using dark brown DK, make short back stitches for nose. Attach Flower to one Hedgehog and use two strands of yellow DK to make a French knot in centre. Weave in all ends.