Crafty Manolo

I love hedgehogs. As a child, my favorite Beatrix Potter story was Mrs. Tiggywinkle, mostly because I thought (and still think!) hedgehogs are so darn cute.

Just look at that adorable little crittur!

And then imagine my delight when I spotted these colorful ceramic hedgehogs by Etsy crafter iktomi!

They’re hand formed and fired twice in delicious glazes. Just $36.00 USD gets you all three 3″ hedgies.

Oh, and did I mention that English lacemakers consider hedgehogs sort of mascots? Nobody is certain quite why that came about, but one theory is that they resemble little live pincushions with their quills.

Let’s see… hedgehog:

vs. pincusion:

 (photo via Urban Debris, where you can find the link to the free instructions)

You be the judge.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, September 14th, 2011 at 1:25 pm by Twistie and is filed under Ceramics, Crafts For Sale, Instructions, Sewing. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.