OMG - It was too cute to resist! Harinezumi (ハリネズミ)!

I'm finally on a 4/10 (four 10 hour days) schedule and have (finally) settled into my new routine.  On my first (real) day off (I've been on this schedule for two (2) months now but have been occupied by other "necessary" tasks until now), I had a chance to visit some of my favorite places in our Downtown area.  I got revisit many places that I had already known about, new places that I heard had moved into the area and even discovered a few new places.  One of those places happens to be a yarn shop, Isle Knit.  It's a tiny little store in an office building that is packed (floor to ceiling) full of yarn! 😍  And, the owner, Sue, is just as sweet as can be.  While I stopped by to have a look see of her stash of yarn, I ran across this:

Hedgehogs!! 😍💖 (in an array of colours!)  Sue makes them for our local Ronald McDonald Charity house for the kids; she says it gives them a little something to hold on to and it provides them a bit of comfort.  I totally fell in love with it and had to make a pair for my girls.  So here's what I ended up getting:

The pattern

The yarn

Poor Sue ...  She had to watch me waffle back and forth on several skeins of yarn in several colours; to make matters worse, she introduced me to more yarn! 😵😱  I finally settled on these two so she could finally close up shop and go home.

I need to finish up on another project before I start this one (and I can't wait to do so)!  More to come! 😃