Heart Froglet

Free Heart Froglet crochet tutorial by @vsevyazanoe.

With this pattern, you can crochet a small plush Valentine frog. For this amigurumi project, any plush yarn and a matching crochet hook will work. The author offers a froglet with two leg options and a heart in its hands. The whole froglet is crocheted as one piece in a spiral. The eyes and legs are crocheted while making the body. Make the heart separately, then sew it to the hands.

You can use this toy as a keychain or as an original Valentine's Day gift.

Finished toy size is about 7-8 cm.

Materials and Tools

• Plush yarn: green, red
• Smooth thread for embroidering the face
• 4-4.5 mm crochet hook
• Safety eyes
• Synthetic poly filling
• Stitch markers
• Pins
• Needle for sewing parts together
• Scissors

Abbreviations

• MR - magic ring
• h-loop - half loop
• ch - chain stitch
• sl st - slip stitch
• sc - single crochet
• dc - double crochet
• inc - increase
• dec - decrease
• (...) x n - repeat n times

Amigurumi Heart Froglet Crochet Pattern

Head-Body

Stuff the toy as you crochet.

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 1 inc, eye (puff stitch made of 5 dc with one top), 1 sc in the same stitch, 2 inc, eye, 1 sc in the same stitch, 1 inc (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4-6. 18 sc (3 rounds)
7. 9 dec
8. 9 inc

Round 9 can be crocheted in 2 ways, depending on which legs you want.

For short legs

9. (2 sc, inc) x 2, 1 sc, leg (puff stitch made of 4 dc with one top), inc, 2 sc, inc, leg, 1 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc (24)

For long legs

9. (2 sc, inc) x 2, leg (6 ch, from the second chain from the hook work back along the chain 5 sc, sl st into the base of the leg), (2 sc, inc) x 3, leg, 2 sc, inc (24)

Continue crocheting

10-12. 24 sc (3 rounds)
13. 10 sc, leg (puff stitch made of 4 dc with one top, 6 sc, leg, 6 sc (24)
14. 12 dec
15. 6 dec

Cut the yarn, fasten off, close the opening, and hide the tail.

Heart

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 sc. Cut the yarn and fasten off.

Crochet the second piece the same way, but do not cut the yarn. Join the first piece and crochet 2 sc through both pieces to connect them.

3. 10 sc (4 sc on one piece + 1 sc in the middle between pieces so there is no hole + 4 sc on the second piece + 1 sc in the middle between pieces)
4. (3 sc, dec) x 2 (8)
5. (2 sc, dec) x 2 (6)

Cut the yarn, fasten off, close the opening, and hide the tail.

Your crocheted Valentine frog is ready! Please tag the author on social media: @vsevyazanoe.