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A local mutual aid project.
Lincoln, NE

Funds are cycled back into community, mutual aid, and direct support.

At Mana Games, Bodhi Imports, Stuff Creative Reuse, or MakitTakit.

Instagram: @CommunityCritters
Venmo: MutualAidHedgehogs

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Success! A futon mattress for out comrade in need has been obtained! Thank you everyone who helped by sending funds. She is getting some of her first truly safe sleep in weeks.
An image with a reddish orange background and the community critters logo. Text says Mutual Aid. A futon mattress has been obtained. Thank you everyone who helped out! Our comrade is getting a safe space to sleep and recharge for awhile.
September 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Naturally, I need to share how the fund works. We create crochet critters. Hedgehogs, toadstools, little ghosts. They have beads so they can be used as a fidget. They are located at a few stores around the city as a donation based item. All funds are cycled back to community needs.
Crochet ghosts. One is purple and blue yarn with dark purple beads. The other is white with orange and yellow beads and glows in the dark. Four hedgehogs made out of yarn and beads. One is light gold/tan with gold breads, one is light sage with lilac beads, one is dark shimmery blue with dark purple beads and one is yellow gold with dark purple beads. Two hedgehogs made of yarn and beads. One is black glow in the dark yarn with beads that change to dark pink in the sun and glow green in the dark. The other is white and yellow yarn with dark blue beads. Four hedgehogs made of yarn and beads. One is black with multicolor beads, one is varying colors of brown with dark brown beads, one is teal and lavender with light pink beads, and one light to dark pink with clear pink sparkly beads.
September 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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I’m currently giving an unhoused, disabled woman a place to stay while we get her situated more permanently. I have local resources for that, but I’d like to try and get a futon mattress for her to sleep on. My fund is currently low.

Venmo: MutualAidHedgehogs
Screenshot from Amazon of a full size futon mattress that costs $125.99.
September 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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#MutualAidRequest

I’ve used my funds to send $50. Would anyone else be able to help get a community member to their $220 goal do electricity doesn’t get shut off?

Venmo/Cashapp: OmahaAutonomous
An image that says mutual aid request at the top with figurines on a table next to a bottle of hand sanitizer. The Venmo and cashapp of Omaha Autonomous are listed. Venmo: @OmahaAutonomous Cashapp: $OmahaAutonomous The post description reads: “Hey yall, a member of our community needs our help! After a sudden death in her family, on top of taking care of her three kids and everything else life throws at her, she's fallen behind on her OPPD payments. In total she owes just over $500, but has the opportunity to pay $220 of it by tomorrow to avoid her power being shut oft. She's been a regular at Street Kitchen for over a year now, and is constantly going out of her way to look out for everyone around her. Let's do the same for her! If you have any spare cash, you can Venmo us at @OmahaAutonomous or Cashapp us at $OmahaAutonomous. Please put OPPD in the description!” A screenshot confirming a $50 transaction from the Mutual Aid Hedgehogs Venmo account to the Omaha Autonomous Venmo account with “OPPD” as the description.
August 17, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Maybe my actual favorite. I love glow in the dark.
A collage picture of a hedgehog with yarn in blues, purples, pinks, and bright greens with purple beads on top. The bottom is the same hedgehog showing how it glows green in the dark.
May 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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When voice search does you dirty. (Or tells the future?)

“The middle acoustic” was the goal.
A picture of a Google chromecast search saying “the middle good dick”
April 22, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Sustainable hedgehog! This one is stuffed with leftover fabric scraps instead of fiber fill.

I think I read somewhere that fiber arts create an extreme amount of waste and don’t biodegrade very well so I’m hoping to do more of this.

#crochet #sustainable 🧶
A crochet stuffed hedgehog made with dark red yarn and gold beads.
April 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Some of the hedgies I’ve been working on lately. I had to take a hiatus in April. I’m still shocked with how popular these ended up being and I don’t want to short an organization for a month because there is literally no hedgehogs for people to donate for.
A collage with light yellow crochet hedgehog with glow in the dark beads in the color of a rainbow on top and the same hedgehog glowing green. A collage with a white crochet hedgehog and non binary beads on top and the same hedgehog glowing green on the bottom. A collage of a bright green/yellow hedgehog with dark green beads on top and the same hedgehog glowing green on the bottom. A crochet hedgehog with black yarn and iridescent beads in a rainbow pattern.
April 16, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Using the new lightbox, a crochet hedgehog in pale green yarn with dark free, lime green, and bright green beads where spines would be. It has a black nose and eyes. Using the new lightbox, a crochet hedgehog in pale green yarn with dark free, lime green, and bright green beads where spines would be. It has a black nose and eyes. Except it glows I'm the dark so now the yarn has a bright green-yellow glow and the lights have been dimmed.
March 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Due to an unfortunate misunderstanding, my rigged up "lightbox" for my pictures got thrown away. HOWEVER, literal trash to the rescue!

May I present lightbox 2.0 using an empty box of kitchen trash bags and matte sticker paper idk why I even have!

It is very much an improvement.

#photography 🧶
The original lightbox made with a cardboard box with cutouts on each side that are covered with white printer paper and a piece of white printer paper draped down the back to create a backdrop. Lightbox 2.0. one of the large sides is cut out of a basic trash bags box and the inside of the box is covered with carefully lined up matte white sticker paper.
March 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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The newest baby. My sister got me a bunch of glow in the dark yarn so they will be glow in the dark for the foreseeable future!
A crochet hedgehog made with black yarn and pink, yellow, orange, purple, blue, and clear glow-in-the-dark beads. It has a purple nose. The same black hedgehog activated by UV light so it is glowing in tones of green.
March 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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*heavy breathing*

GLOW IN THE DARK

that is all.

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A trio of hedgehogs made of yarn and beads. One is yellow, one is light teal, one is dark purple. Each has multi color beads. The same trio of Hedgehogs after being exposed to UV light showing that they glow in the dark. Each is flowing with a bright yellow/blue glow in both the yarn and the beads.
March 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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This yarn is GORGEOUS when you look at the raw yarn string. It doesn't quite translate like I hoped, but still an adorable little baby. I'm going to use it some more with some solid monotone colors. Teal, orange, yellow, red. Probably bright green. Yes! 🧶 🤌🏻
A crochet hedgehog in bright multicolor red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple with a black nose and clear glitter beads.
March 1, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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Rainbow variegated yarn with rainbow beads. Both of these are the same yarn ball!

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Two crochet hedgehogs against a white background in rainbow variegated yarn so one is a mix of blues, greens, and purples while the other is a mix of reds and oranges. Both have beads in a striped pattern in the colors of a rainbow.
February 28, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Here are a few hedgehogs that I've made so far!
A crochet hedgehog made out of a slate blue yarn and black beads with a purple oil slick sheen to the. A crochet hedgehog made with variegated green/white yarn and black beads. A crochet hedgehog made with light brown yarn and a mix of olive green, tan, cream, dark brown, and dark reddish brown beads. A crochet hedgehog made with black yarn and red beads. It has a red nose.
February 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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The first funds have gone out! This month's organizations are Lincoln Community Care and the Everett Free Grocery Program!

Instagrams:
@lincolncommunitycare
@everettfreegroceryprogram
A screenshot from Venmo showing a $20 donation from Mutual Aid Hedgehogs to Lincoln Community Care and Everett Free Grocery Program.
February 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Hello Everyone! Mutual aid is important to me. I believe that the best way to help many people is to just give them money.

I make crochet hedgehogs, available for donations, that hang out at a local cafe. All funds collected are being cycled back into the community and individuals who need it.
A pile of crochet hedgehogs with beads where the spines would be. The yarn and beads are in assorted colors.
February 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM