Product Description
What a great way to make sure you keep something super safe!
This cute pocket frog will guard the things you hold most dear in its big red mouth or just look sweet on your desk as a paperclip or elastic band holder.
Why not knit one for the little girl or boy in your life and turn it into a bag by adding a simple strap? They'll be the envy of their neighborhood!
The pocket frog pdf knitting pattern gives you clear step by step instructions for knitting a big or little frog and two simple straps if you would like to make the bag version.
This pattern is suitable for an intermediate knitter or a beginner wishing to expand their skill set.
Skills used: Casting on and off, Increasing and decreasing
Stitches used: Stocking stitch, Moss stitch or I-cord for strap
Pocket Frogs Knitted Toy Pattern
What is Being Made
Pocket Frogs is a knitting pattern for creating small stuffed frog toys in two sizes: a big pocket frog approximately 4 inches high and a baby pocket frog about 3 to 3.5 inches high. These are charming handmade toys suitable for gift-giving or personal collection, designed by independent designer ButterflyLove1.
Yarn and Materials
This project uses DK weight yarn in multiple colors to create distinct frog features:
- 10-20g dark or bright green yarn for the frog body
- 5-10g bright red or pink yarn for the mouth detail
- 5g white yarn for the eyeballs
- 10-20g additional green yarn if creating a strap attachment
- 2 black toy safety eyes (6mm diameter) or black yarn as an alternative
- 2 buttons for the moss stitch strap
- Polyfil stuffing for filling the completed toy
- 1 tapestry needle for finishing and weaving in ends
Knitting Needles and Tension
The pattern recommends using US2.5 (3mm) knitting needles, or needles sized two to three sizes below the minimum recommended for your chosen yarn weight. This tight needle sizing creates a densely knit fabric that prevents stuffing from showing through the stitches—essential for toy construction.
Target tension is 30 stitches and 40 rows to a 4-inch (10cm) square. Working to this tension with US2.5 needles produces the specified finished sizes.
Knitting Techniques and Stitches
Pocket Frogs uses fundamental knitting techniques appropriate for intermediate-level knitters:
- Knit (K) stitch for creating the main fabric
- Purl (P) stitch for texture variation and shaping
- Increase (Inc) stitches for shaping the frog body and features
- Moss stitch for the decorative strap detail, created by alternating knit and purl stitches in a checkerboard pattern
The pattern involves color changes to create the frog's distinct features, including the bright mouth and white eyeballs. Toy safety eyes are sewn in place, or black yarn can be embroidered as an alternative. Polyfil stuffing is added during construction before final seaming, and a tapestry needle is used to weave in yarn ends and close seams neatly.
Project Type
Pocket Frogs is classified as a toy and general craft project, making it an ideal pattern for knitters seeking to expand beyond garment construction into three-dimensional stuffed toy creation.
Specifications
| Brand: | Independent Designer |
| Yarn Weight: | DK | Light Worsted |
| Pages: | 0 |
| Designer: | ButterflyLove1 |
| Craft: | Knitting |
| Format: | Downloadable PDF |
| Languages: | English |
| Notes: | Plastic toy safety eyes |
| Number of Patterns: | 1 |
| Skill Level: | Intermediate |
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