Fritz the Frog (Yuki Yarn Designs)

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Crochet pattern

Fritz the Frog

Skill level: easy

Abbreviations

ch(s) - chain(s) dc - double crochet hdc - half double crochet rnd(s) - round(s) sc - single crochet sc2tog - sc 2 st together (= sc decrease) st(s) - stitch(es)

Materials

• 3.5 mm crochet hook (size E) • DK, light worsted yarn: o green: 170 m/ 185 yards o light yellow: 30 m/32 yards o small amount of white for the eyeballs o very small amount of black for embroidering nostrils • polyfill to stuff • a pair of 12 mm golden safety eyes • tapestry needle • stitchmarker and pins(optional)

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Yarn, finished size and gauge

This sample was made with Merino 120 Superwash from Lang Yarns: green # 34.0416 and light yellow # 34.0049. Finished size: 12.6 inches (32 cm) tall, including stretched legs. Because this is a pattern for a stuffed animal, gauge is not really important. You can use any weight yarn, if you make sure that your hook is appropriately sized for your yarn, so that you get a nice, solid fabric. Using a different size hook and yarn weight will change the size of your finished project.

Stitches and crochet techniques used

• Single crochet in rounds and in rows, half double crochet and double crochet • Magic adjustable ring • Single crochet increasing and decreasing (see tip for invisible sc decrease!) If you need assistance with learning the basic crochet stitches and how to read a crochet pattern, visit www.craftyarncouncil.com. Tip for invisible single crochet decrease Insert the hook in the front loop of the first stitch and directly in the front loop of the second stitch (Image 1.1). Yarn over and draw up a loop through the first two (front) loops on hook, yarn over again and draw through remaining two loops on hook (Image 1.2). You can use this technique for every sc2tog when working in the round, because the back of your work will not be visible.

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Invisible fasten off Use the invisible fasten off to finish an open part from which the edge will be visible. After completing your last stitch, cut yarn, leaving a 4” (10 cm) tail. Pull up on hook until the cut end is drawn through. Thread cut end onto tapestry needle. Insert needle from the front to the back under both loops of not the first but the second stitch before where you are and pull through (Image 2.1). Do not draw too tightly. Then stitch back into the middle of the last stitch you completed. Insert needle from the front to the back under the back loop only (Image 2.2). Pull the yarn end gently until the loop is the same size as the ‘V’ at the top of all your other stitches (Image 2.3). Weave the end through several stitches at the back of your work to secure it.

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Pattern instructions

Important notes: • All parts but the tummy patch are crocheted in continuous spirals, without joining the rounds. You can use a stitch marker to keep track of your rounds.

Head Image 3 - Work in front loops only in rnd 15

Image 4 - Top part of head

Top part Start at the top with magic adjustable ring and green yarn. Rnd 1: 6 sc into the center of the ring, pull tail to close ring (6) Rnd 2: 2 sc in each st around (12) Rnd 3: (sc in next st, 2 sc in next st) 6x (18) Rnd 4: (sc in next 2 sts, 2 sc in next st) 6x (24) Rnd 5: (sc in next 3 sts, 2 sc in next st) 6x (30) Rnd 6: (sc in next 4 sts, 2 sc in next st) 6x (36) Rnd 7: (sc in next 5 sts, 2 sc in next st) 6x (42) Rnd 8: (sc in next 6 sts, 2 sc in next st) 6x (48) Rnd 9: (sc in next 7 sts, 2 sc in next st) 6x (54) Rnd 10: (sc in next 8 sts, 2 sc in next st) 6x (60) Rnd 11-14: sc in each st around (60) Rnd 15: Work this rnd in front loops only (Image 3): sc in each st around (60) Rnd 16: sc in next 27 sts, hdc in next 2 sts, 2 dc in next st, ch1, 2 dc in next st, hdc in next 2 sts, sc in next 27 sts (62 + ch1) Invisible fasten off, weave in end. (Image 4) Bottom part Start at the bottom with magic adjustable ring and light yellow yarn Rnd 1-12: Repeat rnds 1-12 of top part of head. Fasten off, leave long tail. (Image 5)

Image 5 - Bottom part of head

Joining head parts Place the bottom part on top of the top part, with wrong sides facing each other. Line up stitches. With tapestry needle, sew the two parts of the head together. Insert needle from outside to inside through the remaining back loops of rnd 15 of the top part and then from the inside to the outside under both loops of corresponding st of the bottom part (Image 6). Stop about 8 stitches before the end and stuff the head. Then finish the sewing. Weave in end. You have created a rim now, that forms the mouth of the frog (Image 7).

Image 6 - Joining head parts

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Body

Image 7 - Head

Image 8 - Body

Start at the bottom with magic adjustable ring and green yarn. Rnd 1-14: Repeat rnds 1-14 of top part of head (60) Rnd 15: (sc in next 8 sts, sc2tog) 6x (54) Rnd 16-17: sc in each st around (54) Rnd 18: (sc in next 16 sts, sc2tog) 3x (51) Rnd 19: sc in each st around (51) Rnd 20: (sc in next 15 sts, sc2tog) 3x (48) Rnd 21: sc in each st around (48) Rnd 22: (sc in next 14 sts, sc2tog) 3x (45) Rnd 23: sc in each st around (45) Rnd 24: (sc in next 13 sts, sc2tog) 3x (42) Rnd 25: sc in each st around (42) Rnd 26: (sc in next 12 sts, sc2tog) 3x (39) Rnd 27-28: sc in each st around (39) Fasten off, leave long tail. Stuff the body. (Image 8) Sew the body to the head (Image 11 & 12). Sew 6 stitches to the rim of the head, sew next stitch to the seam of the head parts, sew next 12 stitches to the 12 rounds of the bottom part of the head until you reach the center. Sew one stitch to the center, then again next 12 stitches to the 12 rounds of the bottom part of the head and one stitch to the seam of the head parts, sew the last 6 stitches tot the rim of the head again (39 sts in total). Sewing tip for the rim: Insert needle parallel to the open edge of the body from front to back between two stitches of the last round and come up on the other side of the stitch (Image 9). Do the same on the corresponding stitch on the other side. By working ‘around the post of the stitch’ like this, you will get an almost seamless join (Image 10).

Image 9 - Sew head to body

Image 10 - Seamless join

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Image 11 - Head attached 

Image 12 - Head attached Fritz the Frog

Tummy patch

Image 13 - Tummy patch

Image 14 - Tummy patch attached

This piece is made in back and forth rows. The turning ch1 at the end of each row does not count as st. Start at the neck with light yellow yarn. Row 1: ch9, sc in 2nd ch from hook and remaining 7 chs (8), ch1 & turn Row 2: sc in each st across (8), ch1 & turn Row 3: 2 sc in first st, sc in next 6 sts, 2 sc in last st (10), ch1 & turn Row 4-5: sc in each st across (10), ch1 & turn Row 6: 2 sc in first st, sc in next 8 sts, 2 sc in last st (12), ch1 & turn Row 7-8: sc in each st across (12), ch1 & turn Row 9: 2 sc in first st, sc in next 10 sts, 2 sc in last st (14), ch1 & turn Row 10-15: sc in each st across (14), ch1 & turn Row 16: sc2tog, sc in next 10 sts, sc2tog (12), ch1 & turn Row 17: sc in each st across (12), ch1 & turn Row 18: sc2tog, sc in next 8 sts, sc2tog (10), ch1 & turn Row 19: sc in each st across (10), ch1 & turn Row 20: sc2tog, sc in next 6 sts, sc2tog (8) Fasten off, leave long tail. Weave in beginning tail. (Image 13) Sew edges of tummy patch to rnds 9-28 of the body, with row 1 of the tummy patch at the neck and row 20 at the bottom (Image 14). If you want, you can pin it into place first.

Eye

Make 2. Each eye consists of an eyeball and an eye socket part. Eyeball Start with magic adjustable ring and white yarn. Rnd 1: 6 sc into the center of the ring, pull tail to close ring a bit, but leave space to insert the eye posts (6) Rnd 2: 2 sc in each st around (12) Rnd 3: (sc in next st, 2 sc in next st) 6x (18) Invisible fasten off, weave in end. Fasten eyes to the eyeball, insert posts in the center and pull magic ring tight around them.

Image 15 - Joining eye parts

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Eye socket Start with magic adjustable ring and green yarn. Rnd 1: 6 sc into the center of the ring, pull tail to close ring (6) Rnd 2: 2 sc in each st around (12) Rnd 3: (sc in next 3 sts, 2 sc in next st) 3x (15) Rnd 4: (sc in next 4 sts, 2 sc in next st) 3x (18) Rnd 5: (sc in next 5 sts, 2 sc in next st) 3x (21) 

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Rnd 6: sc in each st around (21) Rnd 7: (sc in next 5 sts, sc2tog) 3x (18) Invisible fasten off, weave in end.

Image 16 - Eyes

C

B 2 1

3 4

A

Image 17 - Shaping ot head

B C

Joining eye parts with sc Place the eyeball on top of the eye socket part, with wrong sides facing each other. Line up stitches. Attach green yarn with sc to both the eyeball AND the eye socket (= Begin with slip knot on hook. Insert hook through both loops of a st of rnd 3 of the eyeball AND both loops of corresponding st of rnd 7 of the eye socket, yarn over (Image 15) and draw up a loop, yarn over again an pull through both loops.) Sc around in next 17 sts of both the eyeball and the eye socket. This creates a rim as eyelid. Stop about 6 sts before the end and stuff the eye. Then finish the crocheting. Invisible fasten off, leave long tail. Weave in beginning end. (Image 16) Shape the places where you will attach the eyes onto the head (Image 17 & 18). Take a 10” (25 cm) long piece of green yarn and thread it into tapestry needle. Insert needle in the bottom center of the head (A) all the way through the head and come up, between rnds 8 and 9, about 8 sts apart from the midline (B). Do not pull all the yarn trough but leave a piece of about 3” hanging outside and hold this in place. Insert needle again one st down between rnds 9 and 10 (C) and go back to bottom center of the head (A). Reinsert needle in same hole and repeat for the other eye. Then pull both yarn ends slightly to indent the head. Tie a knot of both yarn ends and with tapestry needle, insert them in the same hole again, so the knot is encased in the head. (Image 19)

Image 18 - Shaping of head

Now sew the eyes to rnds 6-11/12 of the head, about 6 sts (of rnd 11) apart from the midline. The top of the stitches of the rim should stay visible, so sew just below them. (Image 20 & 21)

Image 19 - Head shaped

Image 20 - Eyes attached

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Image 21 - Eyes attached Fritz the Frog

Hind foot

Make 2. Each foot has 3 toes.

Toes

Image 22 - Toes joined

Image 23 - Rnd 1 of leg

Image 24 - Sc through both sides

Image 25 - Rnd 16, front loops

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Make 3. Start with magic adjustable ring and green yarn. Rnd 1: 6 sc into the center of the ring, pull tail to close ring (6) Rnd 2: 2 sc in each st around (12) Rnd 3: sc in each st around (12) Rnd 4: (sc2tog) 6x (6) Stuff the toe lightly. Rnd 5-6: sc in each st around (6) For first toe: fasten off, weave in end. For second toe: Rnd 7: sc in each st around (6), fasten off, weave in end. For third toe: do not fasten off! You will continue to work this toe to join all three together for the foot. Rnd 7: sc in next 3 sts of the toe you are working on. Then, sc in 3 sts of rnd 7 of the second toe, then sc in all 6 sts of rnd 6 of the first toe. Sc in the remaining 3 sts of the second toe, then sc in the final 3 sts of the third toe (18) (Image 22) Rnd 8: sc in each st around (18) Rnd 9: (sc in next 4 sts, sc2tog) 3x (15) Rnd 10: (sc in next 3 sts, sc2tog) 3x (12) Rnd 11-12: sc in each st around (12) Rnd 13: (sc in next 2 sts, sc2tog) 3x (9) Stuff the foot lightly. Rnd 14: (sc in next st, sc2tog) 3x (6) Fasten off, with tapestry needle, weave tail through front loops of remaining 6 stitches and pull tight to close. Weave in end. (Image 27) You may notice holes between where the toes are joined. Use a piece of green yarn or the yarn end of the foot to close up the gaps.

Leg

Make 2. Start with green yarn. Leave a 4” (10 cm) tail of yarn before you make your slip knot, to sew the leg to the foot later on. Rnd 1: ch 9, sc in first ch to form a ring (Image 23) and sc in next 8 chs (9) Rnd 2-6: sc in each st around (9) Rnd 7: (sc in next 2 sts, 2 sc in next st) 3x (12) Rnd 8: sc in each st around (12) Rnd 9: (sc in next 3 sts, 2 sc in next st) 3x (15) Rnd 10-11: sc in each st around (15) Rnd 12: (sc in next 3 sts, sc2tog) 3x (12) Rnd 13: (sc in next st, sc2tog) 4x (8) Rnd 14: sc in each st around (8) 

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Image 26 - Rnd 16, back loops

Image 27 - Feet en hind legs

Rnd 15: ch 1 (does not count as a st), flatten leg and line up stitches, sc through both sides to the end (Image 24) and turn (4) Rnd 16: ch 1 (does not count as a st), working in front loops only: sc in next 4 sts (Image 25), turn, sc in each of the remaining 4 back loops (Image 26) (8) Rnd 17-18: sc in each st around (8) Rnd 19: (sc in next st, 2 sc in next st) 4x (12) Rnd 20: sc in each st around (12) Rnd 21: (sc in next 3 sts, 2 sc in next st) 3x (15) Rnd 22-25: sc in each st around (15) Rnd 26: (sc in next 4 sts, 2 sc in next st) 3x (18) Rnd 27: sc in each st around (18) Rnd 28: (sc in next 5 sts, 2 sc in next st) 3x (21) Rnd 29-30: sc in each st around (21) Rnd 31: (sc in next 5 sts, sc2tog) 3x (18) Rnd 32: (sc in next 4 sts, sc2tog) 3x (15) Rnd 33: (sc in next 3 sts, sc2tog) 3x (12) Stuff the thigh. Rnd 34: sc until you reach the side of the leg, flatten leg and line up stitches, ch1 (does not count as st), sc in next 6 sts through both sides Fasten off, leave long tail. Stuff the lower leg. (Image 27) Sew the lower leg to the heel of the foot, so that the knee is bending towards the middle toe. (Image 27) Sew the legs on both sides of the body between rnds 7 and 8. (Image 28)

Arm

Make 2. Each arm has 3 fingers.

Fingers

Image 28 - Legs attached

Image 29 - Arms

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Make 3. Start with magic adjustable ring and green yarn. Rnd 1: 4 sc into the center of the ring, pull tail to close ring (4) Rnd 2: 2 sc in each st around (8) Rnd 3: sc in each st around (8) Rnd 4: (sc2tog) 4x (4) Rnd 5: sc in each st around (4) For first toe: fasten off, weave in end. For second toe: Rnd 6: sc in each st around (4), fasten off, weave in end. For third toe: do not fasten off! You will continue to work this toe to join all three together for the leg. Rnd 6: sc in next 2 sts of the toe you are working on. Then, sc in 2 sts of rnd 6 of the second toe, then sc in all 4 sts of rnd 5 of the first toe. Sc in the remaining 2 sts of the second toe, then sc in the final 2 sts of the third toe (12) Rnd 7: sc in each st around (12) Rnd 8: (sc in next 2 sts, sc2tog) 3x (9) 

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Rnd 9: sc in each st around (9) Stuff the hand lightly. Rnd 10: (sc in next st, sc2tog) 3x (6) Rnd 11-26: sc in each st around (6) Rnd 27: sc until you reach the side of the arm, flatten arm and line up stitches, ch1 (does not count as st), sc in next 3 sts through both sides Fasten off, leave long tail. (Image 29)

Image 30 - Arms attached

Sew arms on both sides of the body between rnds 27 en 28, about 1or 2 sts apart from the tummy patch (Image 30). Embroider two nostrils with black yarn (Image 31). Now your frog is finished! (Image 32)

Image 31 - Embroider nostrils

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