Cheerful Frog
Free crochet tutorial for Cheerful Frog by Daria Pikulik @raduga_live_d.
With this pattern, you can crochet a cheerful little frog with a tongue. For this amigurumi project, you will need any plush yarn. You need two colors: green (the main color for the little frog), and pink or red (for the tongue).
The frog toy can be used as a bag keychain.
Materials and Tools
- Plush yarn: green and pink
- 4-4.5 mm crochet hook
- Safety eyes
- Toy stuffing
- Stitch markers
- Pins
- Needle for sewing pieces together
- Scissors
Abbreviations
- MR — magic ring
- sl st — slip stitch
- sc — single crochet
- inc — increase
- dec — decrease
- (...) x n — repeat n times
Amigurumi Cheerful Frog Crochet Pattern
Head
Round 1. 6 in MR
Round 2. 6 inc
Round 3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Round 4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
Round 5. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Round 6. (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
Round 7. (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
Cut the yarn and hide the tail.
Eyes (make 2) - do not stuff
Round 1. 6 in MR
Round 2. (1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)
Round 3. 4-5 dec
Insert a safety eye (2-3 mm) into the center of the MR. Pull the opening closed, then cut the yarn, leaving a tail for sewing.
Body
Round 1. 6 in MR
Round 2. 6 inc
Round 3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Rounds 4-6. 18 sc (3 rounds)
Round 7. (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Round 8. 12 sc
Stuff as you crochet
Round 9. (1 sc, dec) x 4 (8)
Rounds 10-11. 8 sc (2 rounds)
4 dec, pull the opening closed, then cut the yarn and hide the tail.
Tongue
With red yarn, ch 10, starting in the second chain from the hook: 9 sc. Cut the yarn; you will sew the tongue inside the head.
Legs (make 4)
Ch 10, then work the following 3 times into the last chain: ch 4, sl st. Work 8 sl st back to the beginning, then cut the yarn, leaving a tail for sewing.
Next, fold the head in half, placing the tongue inside, and sew it to the body. Sew the eyes to the top of the head while joining everything to the body.
Your crocheted little frog is ready! Please tag the author on social media: @raduga_live_d.
