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Free Knitting Pattern
William the Hedgehog
Lion Brand® Fun Fur - Wool-Ease® Thick & Quick®
Pattern Number: 50855
Image of William the Hedgehog

SKILL LEVEL:  Intermediate

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

CORRECTIONS: None

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•  320-126 Fun Fur Yarn: Chocolate 1 ball $4.99  
Note: (A)
•  320-205 Fun Fur Yarn: Sandstone 1 ball $4.99  
Note: (B)
•  640-402 Wool-Ease® Thick & Quick Yarn: Wheat 1 ball $6.99  
Note: (C)
Lion Brand Knitting Needles Size 11 [8 mm] 1 $5.95  
Large-Eye Blunt Needles (Set of 6) 1 $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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Color (A)
Fun Fur

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Color (B)
Fun Fur

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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®
Fisherman Sky Blue Navy Raspberry Denim Taupe Oatmeal Barley
Green Heather Grass Lemongrass Pumpkin Citron Spice Cranberry Claret
Fig Charcoal Black Cilantro Pine Butterscotch Denim Twist Wheat
Wood Lumberjack Red
Fun Fur
Ivory White Soft Pink Light Blue Bright Blue Sapphire Raspberry Red
Champagne Chocolate Kelly Green Olive Green Tangerine Copper Lavender Turquoise
Black Soft Yellow Bright Yellow Peacock Violet Lime Hot Pink Sherbet
Glacier 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 Icecap Fiesta

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 less 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

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  


  Learn to Knit instructions:  http://learnToKnit.LionBrand.com

Every effort has been made to have the knitting and crochet instructions accurate and complete. We cannot be responsible for variance of individual knitters and crocheters, human errors, or typographical mistakes.


*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.
*Wool-Ease® Thick & Quick® (Article #640) is the super bulky member of the Wool-Ease family. It has the feel, warmth and softness of wool with the easy care of acrylic. It is packaged in 6 oz/170g, 106 yd/97m skeins. Solids, Heathers, Twists: 80% acrylic, 20% wool; Wheat: 86% acrylic, 10% wool, 4% rayon


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William the Hedgehog Reviewed by micetr on 2008-03-13 ****
the finished product was wonderful though three strands of "fun fur" and one strand of "wool-ease thick and quick" is veryvery hard to knit

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