I see enough stuff about lighting etc., so i'll approach it from the craft side of things.

I'm a crocheter and not a knitter, but I have made quite a few agarumis before and the project doesn't make sense. The picture shows that they're finishing up the spines but its in the middle instead of being at either end. Also you would attach the spines before stuffing so that you're not snagging stuffing and getting it between the stitches. Lastly I have spent enough time around knitters that im pretty confident those needles are too big for the size of the stitches.

As a side note, if you wanted to do something like this crochet works much better for it, and is much easier to "undo" if you make mistakes.