R1with yellow: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2inc ×6(12)
R3(1 sc, inc) ×6(18)
R41 sc, (inc, 2 sc) ×5, inc, 1 sc(24)
R5(3 sc, inc) ×6(30)
R62 sc, (inc, 4 sc) ×5, inc, 2 sc(36)
R7(5 sc, inc) ×6(42)
R83 sc, (inc, 6 sc) ×5, inc, 3 sc(48)
R9(7 sc, inc) ×6(54)
R10–1454 sc(54)
Size before assembly: about 7.6 cm at the widest, 3.5 cm long; 14 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff firmly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.

R1with frog: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2inc ×6(12)
R3(1 sc, inc) ×6(18)
R43 sc, (inc, 5 sc) ×2, inc, 2 sc(21)
R5–721 sc(21)
R8(1 sc, dec, 1 sc, dec, 1 sc) ×3(15)
R9(dec ×2, 1 sc) ×3(9)
Size before assembly: about 2.8 cm at the widest, 2.6 cm long; 9 rounds.
→ Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 9 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

R1starting in the 2nd ch from hook: sc 2, 3 sc in the last ch; continue along the other side of the chain: sc 1, 2 sc in the last ch (the one you made the first sc in)(8)
R2inc, 1 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc(12)
R31 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc(16)
R4–516 sc(16)
Size before assembly: an oval about 2.4 × 1.6 cm at the widest, 1.6 cm long; 5 rounds. The piece is oval: the rounds go around the chain, and on the finished toy the chain (the long side of the oval) runs side to side; the starting chain is at the front of the piece (on the finished toy). The round-start marker is in the middle of a long side (the piece's centre line), while R1 starts at a turn: after R1 shift the round start — sc 1 more (not counted in any round) and place the marker there. The increases fall on the turns.
With bill: ch 4.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly, then press the piece slightly flat (oval cross-section; flattened 40 %).

R1with bill: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2inc ×6(12)
R3(1 sc, inc) ×6(18)
R4–518 sc(18)
R6(1 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 2 sc) ×2(14)
Size before assembly: about 2.3 cm at the widest, 1.7 cm long; 6 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly only and press it flat to about 1.1 cm thick.

R1with yellow: 5 sc in MR(5)
R2inc ×5(10)
R3(1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc) ×2(14)
R414 sc(14)
Size before assembly: about 1.9 cm at the widest, 1.1 cm long; 4 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.

R1starting in the 2nd ch from hook: sc 5, 3 sc in the last ch; continue along the other side of the chain: sc 4, 2 sc in the last ch (the one you made the first sc in)(14)
R22 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 5 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc(18)
R32 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 7 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 3 sc(22)
A flat oval about 4.2 × 2.2 cm; 3 rounds. Worked around a chain, so it is an oval: sew it on with its long side (along the chain) running front to back. The round-start marker is in the middle of a long side (the piece's centre line), while R1 starts at a turn: after R1 shift the round start — sc 2 more (not counted in any round) and place the marker there. The increases fall on the turns.
With yellow: ch 7.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.

Safety eyes and noses go in before the piece is stuffed and closed (see the pieces above); embroidery is easier before the piece is sewn on.

Safety eyes with a printed glint 12 mm (on the head): in round 16, 10 st apart (count along round 16: about 5 st each side of the centre front line).
Embroidered eyes (on the eye white) (2: one on each eye white; the left one is described, the right is its mirror): in black thread, a oval about 9 mm wide and 9 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 1, on the centre top line.
Eye glint (on the eye white) (2: one on each eye white; the left one is described, the right is its mirror): in white thread over the embroidered eye, a oval about 2.6 mm wide and 2.6 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 1, on the centre top line, then moved 1.5 mm to the right and 1.8 mm up (looking at the toy's face).
Embroidery in frogmouth thread (on the frog hat), straight stitches through: (between rounds 11 and 12, 4 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 12, 2 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 12 and 13, on the centre front line) → (in round 12, 2 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 11 and 12, 4 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).

Duck in a Frog Hat

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