Yohan - A Gentlemen of a Frog

How a 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 brown frog in pictures. A mere tadpole in the making, basking in the egg carton pool of cardboard life with the others, he was one of the last to hatch.

Only still wee ones but they loved sitting in the sunlight dreaming of the adventures they may go on. He is there in the second row on the left behind the ginger frog dreaming of adventures.

Next were limbs, arms were asked for first this time.

At this stage they tend to announce their gender and name. Some froglets are timid and not sure what style to go, for some are very sure. First of all he decided his name was YoYo, but eventually as he worked out who he was he asked to be called Yohan.

Once legs were on he wanted to have his photo taken with Blossom. He was trying on these yellow trainers but wasn’t sure on them.

Like the others he had opinions on what he wanted to wear. First of all changed his trainers for black boots, then he wanted a red waistcoat, then came the request for a pocket watch.

Now at this point Yohan started to up the anti and asked for quite a few ostentatious items. A monocle, a top, hat, an Albert chain, and a walking cane. So I obliged and made them all.

It took a while to work out how to dress his bottom half. Yohan was undecided about trousers, though we had some lovely suggestions for pin stripes with turn ups. Not sure my sewing skills were up to it anyway. But a lovely person suggest a kilt, I think as a joke, but Yohan liked the idea and I gave making a mini kilt pin and sporran a go.

I did a bit of research on how to make kilts and found some good ribbon to make one with. Pleats at the back etc. I did okay I feel.

And there we are. He’s all done. He is up for adoption if anyone fancies him.

Till next time peeps, Tx

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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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