Mr Prickles Valentine Hedgehog by Phoeny

Mr Prickles Valentine Hedgehog

by Phoeny
Knitting
January 2016
DK (11 wpi) ?
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
US 6 - 4.0 mm
6.5 /16.5cm high
English
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Mr Prickles sits 6 ½ inches high.He would be ideal for a Valentine gift for the one you love, or as a bath shower gift or just for a hedgehog lover.
He is knitted flat on 3 and 4 mm needles, using fun fur yarn and DK.
The pattern is easy to follow with no complicated stitches or shaping.

Materials used
3mm and 4mm knitting needles 50grms fun fur type yarn, as like Lion Brand Fun fur or Style Craft Eskimo
25grms DK or equivalent yarn in medium brown shade
Scrap of DK or equivalent yarn in Dark brown
Scrap of DK or equivalent yarn in light brown
Scrap of DK or equivalent yarn in flesh of pale peach
Scrap of DK or equivalent yarn in black
Scrap of red for heart
Scrap of white felt
Pair of 6mm plastic toy eyes One 6mm plastic dog nose Scrap of stiff card (optional)
Fiberfill Clear glue

Abbreviations
K = knit P = purl
Ss = stocking stitch (knit one row, purl one row)
Inc1 = increase a stitch by knitting into the front and the back of the next stitch.
Please note: if you increase using any other method but this, your stitch count may not work out.
Tog = knit/purl next two stitches together to make one
St/sts = stitch/stitches
Please note that the purl side is the right side of the fun fur pieces