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Home : Patterns : William the Hedgehog
 

Free Knitting Pattern: William the Hedgehog

Lion Brand® Fun Fur - Wool-Ease® Thick & Quick®
Pattern #: 50855
Rating: ****
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SKILL LEVEL:  Intermediate

SIZE: One Size
10 ½ inches [26.5 cm] long

CORRECTIONS: None
 

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Color (A)
Fun Fur

Click here to enlarge image and see more about item 320-126: Fun Fur Yarn: Chocolate
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Color (B)
Fun Fur

Click here to enlarge image and see more about item 320-205: Fun Fur Yarn: Sandstone
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Color (C)
Wool-Ease® Thick & Quick®

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To change colors, simply select color name from the drop-down above or else click the swatch you want to change and then click a color below
Wool-Ease® Thick & Quick®
Linen Fisherman Blossom Sky Blue Navy Raspberry Denim Taupe
Oatmeal Barley Hazelnut Grass Lemongrass Pumpkin Citron Spice
Apricot Cranberry Claret Fig Charcoal Black Grey Marble Snapdragon
Cilantro Pine Butterscotch Denim Twist Wheat Wood
Fun Fur
Ivory White Soft Pink Light Blue Bright Blue Sapphire Raspberry Red
Champagne Tigers Eye Chocolate Copper Lavender Turquoise Silver Fox Onyx
Black Soft Yellow Peacock Violet Lime Hot Pink Sherbet Indigo
Lava Sandstone Confetti Citrus Tropical Mango Rainbow Hawaii
Caribbean Fireworks Fiji Capri Cotton Candy South Beach Mexicana Copacabana
Night Sky Deep Sea Lime Blue
*Fun Fur (Article #320) is a novelty "eyelash" yarn. Solids: 1¾/50g; 60 yd/54m per ball Prints: 1½ oz/40g; 57 yd/52m per ball 100% polyester.

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MATERIALS
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QUANTITY PRICE ALT QTY  
•  320-126 Fun Fur Yarn: Chocolate   ball $ 4.29  
Note: (A)
•  320-205 Fun Fur Yarn: Sandstone   ball $ 4.29  
Note: (B)
•  640-402 Wool-Ease Thick & Quick Yarn: Wheat   ball $ 6.99  
Note: (C)
Lion Brand Knitting Needles Size 11 [8 mm]   $ 5.95  
Large-Eye Blunt Needles (Set of 6)   $ 3.59  
Additional Materials
  1. Fiberfill stuffing
  2. Scraps of leather or felt for feet
  3. Scraps of brown and blue embroidery thread for the eyes and nose
  4. Sewing needle and thread for attaching the feet
 
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William the Hedgehog

Lion Brand® Fun Fur - Wool-Ease® Thick & Quick®

GAUGE:

10 sts + 12 rows = 4" [10 cm] in St st (k on right side, p on wrong side) with 2 strands of A, 1 strand of B, and 1 strand of C held tog. BE SURE TO CHECK YOUR GAUGE. When you match the gauge in a pattern, your project will be the size specified in the pattern and the materials specified in the pattern will be sufficient. If it takes you fewer stitches and rows to make a 4 in. [10 cm] square, try using a smaller size hook or needles; if more stitches and rows, try a larger size hook or needles.

STITCH EXPLANATION:

Inc 1 (increase 1 st) Knit into front and back of st.

NOTES:

Hedgehog is knit using 4 strands of yarn held together
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HEDGEHOG
Beginning at rear end of hedgehog, and leaving a long tail of each yarn, cast on 20 sts using 2 strands of A, 1 strand of B, and 1 strand of C held tog.
Row 1 Inc 1, k 18, inc 1 – 22 sts.
Row 2 K 1, inc 1, k 18, inc 1, k 1 – 24 sts.
Row 3 K 1, inc 1, k 20, inc 1, k 1 – 26 sts.
Row 4 Drop 2 strands of A. K 5 with B and C only; pick up 2 strands of A and, working with 4 strands (2 of A, 1 strand each of B and C) held tog, k 16, drop 2 strands of A and, with B and C only, k 5.
Row 5
P 5 with B and C only, pick up 2 strands of A and k 16 with 2 strands of A and 1 strand each of B and C held tog, drop 2 strands of A, p 5 with B and C.
Rows 6, 8 and 10 Rep Row 4.
Rows 7, 9 and 11 Rep Row 5.
Row 12 K 6 with B and C only, pick up 2 strands of A and k 14 with 2 strands of A and 1 strand each of B and C held tog, drop 2 strands of A and, with B and C, k 6.
Rows 13, 15, 17 and 19 P 7 with B and C held tog, pick up 2 strands of A and k 12 with 2 strands of A and 1 strand each of B and C held tog, drop 2 strands of A and, with B and C, p 7.
Rows 14, 16 and 18 K 7 with B and C held tog, pick up 2 strands of A and k 12 with 2 strands of A and 1 strand each of B and C held tog, drop 2 strands of A and, with B and C, k 7.
Row 20 With B and C held tog, k2tog, k 5, pick up 2 strands of A and, working with 4 strands held tog, k2tog, k 8, k2tog, drop 2 strands of A and, with B and C, k 5, k2tog – 22 sts.
Row 21 With B and C held tog, p 6, pick up 2 strands of A and, working with 4 strands held tog, k 10, drop 2 strands of A and, with B and C, p 6.
Row 22 With B and C held tog, k2tog, k 4, pick up 2 strands of A and, working with 4 strands held tog, k2tog, k 6, k2tog, drop 2 strands of A and, with B and C, k 4, k2tog – 18 sts.
Row 23 With B and C held tog, p 5, pick up 2 strands of A and, working with 4 strands held tog, k 8, drop 2 strands of A and, with B and C, p 5.
Row 24 With B and C held tog, k2tog, k 3, pick up 2 strands of A and, working with 4 strands held tog, k2tog, k 4, k2tog, drop 2 strands of A and, with B and C, k 3, k2tog – 14 sts.
Row 25 Cut both strands of A. Working with only B and C, purl.
Row 26 K2tog, k 10, k2tog – 12 sts.
Row 27 Cut strand of B. Working with C only, purl.
Row 28 K2tog, k 8, k2tog – 10 sts.
Row 29 Purl.
Row 30 K2tog, k 6, k2tog – 8 sts.
Row 31 Purl.
Row 32 K2tog 4 times – 4 sts. Cut yarn, leaving a long tail.

FINISHING
Thread tail into large-eyed blunt needle, thread through remaining sts and gather tightly tog. Fasten off. Rep on cast on end of the Hedgehog. Sew seam, leaving an opening for stuffing. Stuff with fiberfill and sew opening closed. Weave in ends. Following photo, use brown embroidery thread to embroider nose and blue embroidery thread to embroider eyes.

Using pattern, cut 4 feet from brown leather or felt. Cut slit where marked. Sew feet through slit to underside of the Hedgehog.


 
ABBREVIATIONS / REFERENCES
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inc = increas(e)(s)(ing) k = knit
k2tog = knit 2 together p = purl
rep = repeat(s)(ing) st(s) = stitch(es)
tog = together  


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Pattern Average Rating: **** (based on 6 reviews)
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William the Hedgehog Reviewed by Eileen Carney on 2008-08-04 *****
Loved by young and old. Try varigated furry yarn and you don't have to keep changing yarns!
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