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Welcome back! Today’s project is “Chubby Frogs”. These cute, chunky frogs are quick and easy to make – no sewing required! Perfect for beginners or anyone who wants a fast project. Just follow my simple steps, and you’ll have your own chubby frogs in no time. Great for toys or decorations. Happy crocheting!

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This pattern is written using US terms and is worked in continuous rounds, unless stated otherwise. If you use different hooks and yarn sizes, you may have to change safety eyes accordingly. Using the listed materials, the plushie will be around 7 cm tall. Due to your tension, you may have to change the position of the BBL stitches in order to align them.

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Materials :

• 10 mm safety eyes (Buy here)

• Stitch Marker

• Fiber fill (Buy here)

• Yarn needles

• Chenille yarn 100 gr./120 m. (Buy here)

Abbreviations:

• MR – Magic ring

• CH – Chain

• SC – Single Crochet

• INC – Increase

• DEC – Invisible Decrease

• FLO – Front loop only

• BBL – Bobble stitch (3 half DC) VIDEO TUTORIAL HERE

To make a keychain follow this video tutorial HERE

Pattern / Head to body

Start with head color.

Rnd 1. Make 6 sc into a MR (6)

Rnd 2. 6 inc (12)

Rnd 3. (1sc, inc) x6 (18)

Rnd 4. 1 sc, inc, (2sc, inc) x5, 1 sc (24)

Rnd 5. 8 sc, 1BBL, 5sc, 1BBL, 9 sc (24)

Rnd 6 to 8 – (3 rounds) 24 sc (24)

The bbl stitches will be the eyes.

Now we start the color changing.

A = Body color b= Belly color

Rnd. 9 – 9 sc, color B inc, (1sc, inc) x3, color A 8 sc (28)

Put the safety eyes in the bbl and close them from inside the body.

Embroider a smile on rnd 6.

In next round we will crochet the arms.

Rnd. 10 – 9 sc, ch4 crochet back on the chain starting in 2nd ch. from hook and make 3 sc, close with a slst in the same stitch (the 9th sc). This will be the arm.

The slst won‘t count as a stitch for the next round, you have to skip it.

Continue the round with color B with 11 sc, color A 1 sc, ch 4 and repeat the same pattern for the arm,7 sc (28)

Rnd.11 – 5sc, dec, 2sc, color B 3sc, dec, 4sc, dec, color A 6sc, dec (24)

In next round we will crochet the LEGS and continue with body color only.

Rnd .12 – (2sc, dec) x2, 1sc, 1BBL, dec, 2sc, dec, 1BBL, 1sc, dec, 2sc, dec (18)

Stuff with fiberfill and continue to fill as you go. Put a lot of fill in the belly and push it to give the chubby shape.

Rnd 13 – (1sc, dec) x6 (12)

Rnd 14 – 6 dec (6)

Fasten off leaving a long tail. With a yarn needle, insert the tail into the 6 stitches left, into the flo only, insert the needle in the middle of the mr, pull it out from the back and pull firmly to close it.

With the same tail, do 1 or 2 stitches on each arm to keep them in place on the belly as the picture.

CONGRATS! Your chubby frog is all done! Now you can make your colorful army !