At last I have a picture of the hedgehogs in our garden!
OK, so I cheated – but the truth is that I feel really mean blasting the real ones with the camera flash while they're eating!
So here are the knitted hodgers that I made over the weekend. I'm still playing around with shaping but am hoping to write up this hedgehog pattern to share very soon.
little cotton rabbits 
these are so cute. I can’t wait until you make a pattern for us.
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SO good to hear from you .Those hedgehogs are gorgeous.You are so clever.have you given them names?
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Very cute!
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oh they are gorgeous!
April xx
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How absolutely lovely! I adore hedgehogs and have been hoping you would knit some! (by the way my mother loved the bunny egg cosy that I knitted for her – thank you once again for making the pattern available)
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These are sooooooooo gorgeous, you have the patience of a saint. Can’t wait for the pattern……..
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They’re really lovely, Julie! (And I bet they don’t poo all over the place like the real ones in our garden)
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Love these. I have a dear friend who is crazy for hedgehogs! Can’t wait to purchase the pattern.
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Cute!
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I love them! Would love to knit them for my grandmother
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What? Those hedgehogs aren’t real? I’m sure you must be mistaken!!!!
Lucy x
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At first sight I thought they were for real… You have a head full of gorgeous ideas!
And the yarn you chose goes PERFECT with those little, round fellows.
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I love the hedgehogs. I remember the 4 wonderful years I lived in England near Oxford. I loved the whuffling noise the hedgehogs made as they moved through the garden. I, too, look forward to your pattern. Your moles are wonderful, too. Thanks for all the pleasure you give us with your patterns. I made many, many cupcakes for gifts for friends over Christmas. I think I knitted more than 4 dozen. Cheers, Judy
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They are so cute !
Love the way you photographed them.
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Those hedgehogs are just the CUTEST little things ever. I just love them!
When I was a little girl, my sister and I found an injured hedgehog in the back garden. We put him in a shoebox in the garage and tried to nurse him back to health. Mum made us let him go. We named him Spikey because my sister had a book about a hedgehog named Spikey. I wonder where that book is now.
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cute as can be!
but not quite as cute as your hens – how great is there new run??
i have not been by for awhile and now i find you with hens, hedgies and moles – fantastic 🙂
many hugs to you
t x
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Simply adorable, I am in awe of you!!
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Very cute Julie!
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Wow, I looked at these and at first thought they were real!!!!!!!! Fabulous creations, as always
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So cute and a lot quieter than the real thing! My daughter loves hedgehogs so can’t wait for the pattern. You are so clever!
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oh these are so cute!!
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They are lovely and you don’t have to worry about them getting squished on the road!
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A hedgehog pattern? Can’t wait!
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So darn cute, and as for the moles… OMG!
x
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These guys are cute! I’m not a hedgehog fan, but you made a very cute pattern of them!
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How adorable! A bit less photo-shy than the real McCoy, by the looks of it! 😀 x
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Those are too cute!
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They are so adorable and I love their colors, makes them look so real doesnt it.
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They are wonderful. Can’t wait for the pattern so I can try them out. Thank you!!!
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Just like the shots of the real thing these little knitted hedge hoggers went down a treat with Freya!
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Oh they are so cute. I will have to make some of those. You are so clever.
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Hi!!! the are lovely can’t wait for the patern (regardeless the fact that I can’t follow anything)…
I also have hedgehog my garden but don’t see often… how can I encourage them to stay around longer?
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They are super. When I lived in SE England we had hedgehogs in our garden all the time. They are unbelievably noisy in th emiddle of the night.
We don’t get the here in our northen city garden
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they are so cute!
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Gorgeous, as usual! Will you be selling them in your shop aswell as creating a pattern? My youngest loves hedgehogs but I am not a knitter 😦
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Julie, these are just so perfect. I love their little faces and the gorgeous tweedy wool for their bodies. What a great designer you are.
Love Zoe x
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Super cute. I’d love to buy the pattern.
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So beautiful creatures! Very lovely and cosy! I’ll wait for your pattern 🙂
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Your love for these little guys really comes through. Can chickens be far behind?
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They are adorable! You are so creative! 🙂
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Awww — love them!
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You are SO good at making your little creatures just real enough, but just whimsical enough. Perfection on the hedgehogs!!!
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These are lovely! Well done you!
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Aaaaargh they’re so gorgeous! Their little garter stitch prickles amuse me mucho =)
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Oh, they’re gorgeous!!!
We had two hodgers here for a summer (munching Moog’s food) but no sign of them for a year or three. I may have to knit some to make up for my hodge-freeness.
Re: dottycookie’s comment – show off! just ‘cos she’s GOT hodgers – humph!
Re: Ramie’s comment ‘not a hedgehog fan’ – oh my…how can you not love a hodger?
Each to there own, I suppose 🙂
If we all loved hodgers, there wouldn’t be enough to go round.
xxx
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Hedgehogs rule!!
Especially yours! They are super cute! Keep them coming!
Love
Sonja
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Oh they are so CUTE! I love them….
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Those are soooo CUTE!!!
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how sweet!!
and I bet they’re much less prickly than the real thing…
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Those hedgehogs are very cute!
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They are beautiful Julie – and I love their little turned up noses! Can’t wait to buy the pattern
Rosy xx
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awww these are just the sweetest. I too have been enjoying watching SpringWatch on tv, lovely to see all your wildlife in your garden. Love your chucks too in the dirt bath 🙂 Hugs, Catherine
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Oh Julie, they’re adorable! I take it then, that your real hedgehogs are surviving well in the garden?
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They are so cute, not so keen on the moles though, we have a very large mole population at the moment and they are getting nearer the veg garden .
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These are super cute!!xxx
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Remember my address, Julie? I think these must be for me!
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oh so lovely, julie dear. so sweet too!!
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Gorgeous, as ever, Julie!
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very cute, at first glance I thought they were stone !!
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Oh! so cute knitted hedgehogs. I also want to learn that. So I can give it to my friends. I am sure they will like it too. Thanks for posting.
-fern-
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These are fabulous! Can’t wait for the pattern!
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So sweet. I would be happy to buy a pattern.
Pat
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How cute…They look right at home in the garden ;o)
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They are sooo completely and utterly gorgeous! I can’t wait for the pattern.x
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WONDERFUL!
I get them in our garden too, at least 2, every night. We feed them “Spike’s Dinner”. I love hedgermahogins!
How could anyone not be a hedgie fan???
We had a tiny one in the garden last autumn, far too small to hibernate, so we took him in. The wildlife sanctuary near us couldn’t take him in till the next day so we had to keep him overnight. He wouldn’t settle in his box so we rang for advice, and they said that cuddles would help! So I sat up most the night holding him on my lap, on a cushion, wrapped in a towel. When he slept, he curled his foot round my finger. Every now and then he woke up and went walkabout up my arm! So cute!!
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Good grief, these are precious beyond belief Julie! I got wind of them from my friend(and yours) Mary. She said I HAD to come take a look at your blog and see them!! You truly do get better and better my friend
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Que lindos…estou tentando aprender mas …
Que bonecos adoráveis …
Obrigada.
marialuisa
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Oh, oh, oh! These are the cutest, Julie!
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totally totally totally adorable!!!
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Love the hedgehogs, we have them in our garden and they are very partial to any left over cat food.
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absolutely adorable!
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never thought i’d say this but those are the cutest hedgehogs ever.
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I love your work and your adorables hedgehogs that look really cute. I wish I could knitt something like that! Danka
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