If you haven’t yet discovered the stop-motion videos by India Rose Crawford of her knitted frog and toad, then you’re in for a treat. In addition to her knitted frog and toad, she creates miniature rooms and accessories for them, and scripts lovely videos. You can find her on Instagram, right here.

You can also find the pattern to make a frog of your own on Ravelry, right here.

I’ve had this pattern in my favorites for ages, but at the end of September, I finally bought it and cast on. My frog – probably the first of several – is knit from stash leftovers. The green is Jody Long Alba in Moss (left over from my Quintessential Cardigan) held with Kidsilk Haze in Jelly. The white is Jamieson & Smith 2ply (left over from Harriet’s Hat) held with Sugar Bush Drizzle in Icicle.

Here’s the back and all four yarns:

I used 2.5mm needles for this, even though the pattern recommends larger ones. That’s the size I used for Tarragon the dragon, which was knit of a DK yarn and KSH held together as well, and I liked the firm fabric that resulted. Maybe my frog is a little smaller as a result.

The pattern is pretty easy to follow, especially if you’ve knit toys before. She must have knit on straight needles as there’s a lot of intructions for moving stitches from one needle to the other for the i-cord bits – with dpns, you just have to move the needle to your other hand.

Here it is, mostly done. He needs another leg here:

I found cat eyes at the fabric store, which have an elongated pupil but not a pointy one like the dragon eyes. They are 12mm.

I think I did something wrong, as he has two feet that seem to be the wrong way around. I can twist them into place, though, so will just pay more attention next time.

Here he is, completed and with the froggie sweater from Claire Garland’s pattern.

I knit the sweater on 3mm needles, using KnitPicks Palette in two colours from the stash. The cast-on edge at the neck is a tiny bit tight, but it looks tight in her pix, too. I used a long tail cast-on, so will try a stretchier one next time.

The chair is in 1:6 scale and worked out perfectly for him.

Oops. I think there’s a fly on that plant…

I see that there’s an addendum with wire included in the legs, and also another pattern for both frog and toad, along with some garments. I’ll make Froggie a friend first.