Recently a lot of people in one of my online crochet groups were crocheting these adorable fidget hedgehogs, so I jumped on the bandwagon and made some for myself!
I started by basically following the pattern exactly, with worsted weight yarn and pony beads. (Actually, I did modify the pattern every time I used it; as written, the pattern has no beads on the butt, which makes the hedgehog look oddly naked from behind, so I sewed extra buttons on the butt for each of them).
Next, I used a bulkier yarn and some “large hole beads” or “European beads” (no idea why they’re called that; which European country, even?) to make this cute brown one:
These are so satisfying to fidget with, especially the bigger one, because the beads are all different textures, too, so I can either twist/spin them on the yarn, or just run my fingers over the textures!
. You did a wonderful job.