Sunflower - A Frog with Green Fingers
How a gardening froglet came into being
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(I have been using patterns by Claire Garland from Dot Pebbles Knit for most of these little animals. She has a fab Instagram account. Shoes are sadly not made by me but from various sellers on Etsy.)
Hello Knitting Cabbage Heads,
This is the story of the making of a little yellow frog in pictures. A mere tadpole in the making, basking in the pool of cardboard life with the others.
Eyes have developed. Some tadpoles are lagging behind, others are already fat and ready to spout legs. Yellow frog still needs to eat more.
Only still wee ones but they love sitting in the sunlight dreaming of the adventures they may go on.
Yellow frog is amongst the first group read for legs. Pink frog being the first.
Yay! Legs are on. The first stage towards independence.
On the way to arms.
Just checking that the shade is correct. It wouldn’t do to be mismatched.
Then the cheeky blighter stole that hat for the arms photo op
She then whispered in my ear that she wanted to be a gardener. So I knitted up some sunflower dungarees and she set to work thinking about what seeds to plant next. And then took a well earned rest.
And that’s Sunflower, a gardening frog for you.
Till next time peeps, Tx
Froglets🐸, other animals🐇🦊🦡🐭🐘🦏🦎🦥🦧etc, and other miniatures are (or will be) available either from me on here (message me) or in my Etsy store A Midnight Emporium. They are considered collectibles, are unsuitable for under 14s due to the wires, are not CE/UKCA tested (collectibles do not need to be), and are therefore priced as such. Also contact me here if you fancy something you see but I haven’t put in my shop. I do have ME/CFS and photographing and listing them all takes a lot of energy and is a very slow process. I do occasionally knit to order too, but be aware a froglet with a jumper takes around 3 to 4 days for me to make on average. The smaller they are the longer they take as they are more intricate and fiddly. Orifice hooks and stitch markers for crochet and knitting are available from The Purple Peapod. Thank you muchly.
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This post was the balm!!! Love the little froggies, they are so cute!!
She is just precious. Exactly what I needed to see today. Thank you.