Warning…… fun fur up ahead.

Purple fun fur….. shield your eyes.

And bad photography too!

You’ve been warned!!!!!

I decided to make the Fiber Trends Hedgehog for Anna Grace. So this past week I let Anna Grace pick out what color yarn she wanted. I was a little caught off guard by her choice of fur.

In my mind we would make a cute brown hedgehog. Anna Grace had other plans. All in all, it was a fun project and Anna Grace has fallen in love with the thing. She is carrying it around everywhere and could not wait for me to finish. She even helped with some of the knitting with me doing hand-over-hand knitting with her. And I got an opportunity to practice my short rows.

So, without further adieu…. I introduce to you….

 

Shelley the Hedgehog (Anna Grace picked that name BTW).

 

 

Shelley in her pre-felting state.

 

 

Side view of Shelley… pre-felting

 

 

Shelley… all felted and stitched up

 

Stats: Huggable Hedgehog a.k.a. Shelley the Hedgehog

Yarn: Cascade 220 and bright, hideous, purple fun fur

Modifications: I didn’t do a contrasting color for the paws because I was too lazy. And cheap. I didn’t want to use a whole second skein for just that small amount and I didn’t have any leftover yarn that would felt.

If I had to do it all over again: I wouldn’t have used such a light color of Cascade 220. I worried the whole time that it might not felt. So, I’d go for more of a sure bet next time and I’d probably do the contrasting color for the paws. I think I would like to make one normal-hued hedgehog so I may make this again. Total knitting time was less than a day.

In other news….

We took Anna Grace out to the Magic Kingdom on Saturday afternoon and stayed for a few hours. Anna Grace hadn’t been there since she was a baby so she didn’t really understand where we were going. When we were almost to the gate I told her that we were going to the place where Cinderella lives. She got a smile from ear to ear!

 

Anna Grace sees Cinderella dancing at the castle

 

 

Anna Grace gets a great view of the festivities

 

 

Anna Grace playing in the 100 Acre Wood playground/water feature

Anna Grace was a little miffed that we couldn’t go in the castle and didn’t understand why we didn’t just ring the doorbell to get Cinderella to come out. She believed everything was real.

What a blast!!!