R1with frog green: 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)
R736 sc(36)
R83 sc, (inc, 5 sc) ×5, inc, 2 sc(42)
R9–1242 sc(42)
R13(5 sc, dec) ×6(36)
R1436 sc(36)
R15(4 sc, dec) ×6(30)
R162 sc, (dec, 3 sc) ×5, dec, 1 sc(24)
R17(2 sc, dec) ×6(18)
R18(1 sc, dec) ×6(12)
R19dec ×6(6)
Size before assembly: about 4.3 cm at the widest, 3.6 cm long; 19 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 6 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)
R3inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc(18)
R41 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 5 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 2 sc(24)
A flat oval about 2.8 × 2.2 cm; 4 rounds. Worked around a chain, so it is an oval: sew it on with its long side (along the chain) running side to side. 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 cream: ch 4.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.

R1with frog green: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2inc ×6(12)
R3–512 sc(12)
R6dec ×6(6)
Size before assembly: about 1.2 cm at the widest, 1.5 cm long; 6 rounds.
→ Insert the safety eyes now (positions: see “Face”) and fix the backs. 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 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

R1with grass green: 5 sc in MR(5)
R2inc ×2, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc(8)
R38 sc(8)
Size before assembly: about 0.8 cm at the widest, 0.7 cm long; 3 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly only and press it flat to about 4 mm thick.

R1with soft gold: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2(inc ×2, 1 sc) ×2(10)
R3–410 sc(10)
R5(dec ×2, 1 sc) ×2(6)
Size before assembly: about 1 cm at the widest, 1.3 cm long; 5 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 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

R1with soft gold: ch 16 and join into a ring with a sl st in the first ch (do not twist); 16 sc, one in each ch of the ring(16)
R216 sc(16)
Size before assembly: about 1.5 cm at the widest (lies flat); 2 rounds. Each piece is two circles (front and back): make 2 circles — 1 as below and 1 plain in soft gold (same rounds, no colour changes).
Fasten off. Hold a front and a plain circle wrong sides together and sc around through both layers: 16 sc. Do not stuff. Leave a long tail (~30 cm) for sewing.

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 eye with a printed glint 7 mm (on the eye bump) (2: one on each eye bump; the left one is described, the right is its mirror): in round 3, on the centre front line .
Embroidery in dark green thread (on the head-body ball), straight stitches through: (between rounds 12 and 13, 3 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 11, 1.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 10 and 11, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 10 and 11, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 11, 1.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 12 and 13, 3 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).

Frog in an Elf Hat Ornament

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