At last, I have some FO photos of the Flapjack Frogs to share with you! These knit up pretty quickly - each frog body took only a few hours, and I made all of the arms and legs over the course of a weekend. Sometimes, the hardest part of toy-making is sitting down and attaching all the fiddly bits and weaving in yarn ends - I find the best thing to do is pick a "finishing day" and allow enough time to get properly psyched up. To that end, I finished knitting these cute little guys and sorted all of my "frog parts" into piles for finishing at a later date. Last weekend, I got the spring cleaning bug, followed quickly by the finishing bug - and thus these frogs came to life! I love the way they turned out, and it made me realize that I need to get back to toy-making in earnest.
Pattern: Flapjack Frogs from Mochimochiland
Yarn: Cascade 220 in Palm, Highland Green and Herb, Berroco Vintage in White
Pattern: Flapjack Frogs from Mochimochiland
Yarn: Cascade 220 in Palm, Highland Green and Herb, Berroco Vintage in White
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Cool frogs :)
ReplyDeleteAnd I agree, the seaming and stuffing and so on, often takes longer time than the actual knitting...
Thanks! It's so funny how that's true - and in my case, getting myself into the right frame of mind is a good 2/3 of the battle! Always worth it in the end - just need to remind myself of that more often!
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