Use your stash leftovers to whip up this unfrogettable make
• BONUS PROJECT • BONUS PROJECT •
We’re hopping mad for this fabulous amphibian, in all his colourful glory! He only uses a little bit of each yarn so he’s a great stashbuster – or why not create your very own species by using a combination of colours from your magazine kit? His realistic-looking legs are made by inserting a length of pipe cleaner into each knitted limb and bending into shape, so he looks poised and ready to spring away.
YOU WILL NEED
YARN DK, shades (A) Green (10g), (B) Cream (5g), (C) Red (10g), (D) Petrol Blue (5g), (E) Yellow (5g), oddments of black and grey DK
PLUS
3.25mm needles, pins, tapestry needle, toy stuffing, four pipe cleaners
SIZE 15cm across
TENSION
26 sts x 34 rows 10cm x 10cm Stocking stitch 3.25mm needles
TROPICAL TREE FROG
Note: use long tail thumb method (see panel) for all cast ons
underside of body
Using 3.25mm needles and yarn A cast on six sts
Row 1: p
Row 2: (k1, m1, k1, m1, k1) twice. Ten sts
Rows 3-5: work three rows in st st
Row 6: k1, m1, k3, m1, k2, m1, k3, m1, k1. 14 sts
Rows 7-9: work three rows in st st
Row 10: k1, m1, k3, m1, k6, m1, k3, m1, k1. 18 sts
Rows 11-13: work three rows in st st
Row 14: k1, m1, k3, m1, k10, m1, k3, m1, k1. 22 sts
Rows 15-31: work 17 rows in st st
Row 32: k4, (k2tog) seven times, k4. 15 sts
Row 33: p Change to yarn B
Row 34: k3, (m1, k1) ten times, k2. 25 sts
Rows 35-41: work seven rows in st st
Row 42: k2tog, k to last two sts, k2tog. 23 sts
Row 43: p
Rows 44-45: rep Rows 42-43 once. 21 sts
Row 46: k2tog, k2, k2tog, k9, k2tog, k2, k2tog. 17 sts
Row 47: p2tog, p to last two sts, p2tog. 15 sts
Row 48: k2tog, k to last two sts, k2tog. 13 sts
Row 49: p2tog, p to last two sts, p2tog. 11 sts Cast off
top of body
Using yarn A throughout work
as for Underside of Body
hind leg Make two
Using 3.25mm needles and yarn C cast on nine sts
Rows 1-7: beg with a p row work seven rows in st st Change to yarn D
Rows 8-15: work eight rows in st st
Row 16: (k2tog, k1) to end. Six sts
Row 17: p
Row 18: k1, (m1, k1) to end. 11 sts
Rows 19-33: work 15 rows in st st
Row 34: k2tog, (k1, k2tog) to end. Seven sts
Row 35: p
Row 36: k1, (m1, k1) to end. 13 sts
Rows 37-45: work nine rows in st st
Row 46: k2tog, k to last two sts, k2tog. 11 sts
Row 47: p
Rows 48-53: rep Rows 46-47 three times more. Five sts
Row 54: k2tog, k1, k2tog. Three sts Cut yarn leaving a tail, thread through rem sts, pull tight and fasten off
forearm
Make two
Using 3.25mm needles and yarn C cast on nine sts
Rows 1-5: beg with a
