Rainbow Crochet Frog

Meet Remington, my completely adorable crochet frog pattern, ready to hop on your hook!

Made with color transitioning super bulky yarn this cute guy works up quick and is so fun to crochet!

Sigh. Isn’t he JUST adorable?! He’s easy, fast and budget friendly because this cutie pie crochet frog is made with one Caron Chunky Cake in Rainbow Jellys color.

This guy is so easy to make. Just rewind your Caron Cake so that each color is in its own ball. The body is rainbow striped for those of you who love rainbows while the head and limbs use the traditional green.

You will only need to buy one Caron Chunky Cake to make Remington the frog in all his rainbow glory. I’m also including the yardage for each color segment you’ll need for the project. This will help you not run out of yarn if you decide to make any of my other rainbow cutie pies later.

If you’re wanting an all green frog, you can do that too; but you’ll have to buy a second cake to get all the green yarn you need. But if you love the rainbow vibe on his body, not only can you get this delightful little frog out of the one cake, but you very likely can make Ranger the crochet lion and Reagan the crochet bunny as well!

If you want to make all three of my rainbow cuties, be sure to check out this special priced collection that includes tips on getting all 3 amigurumi out of one yarn cake! Note: you can also purchase an ad-free version of just the frog. And of course the free version is below, if you’d prefer!

This crochet frog is such a fun crochet project. Because it’s made with Super Bulky weight yarn, the project goes really fast. The arms and legs are crocheted first and then they are crocheted right on to the body, eliminating the sewing on of limbs which can sometimes be tricky.

You can make this crocheted frog in an evening. He might just hop right into your heart!

Rainbow Frog

Materials

• Super Bulky Weight #6 yarn, sample used one Caron Chunky Cake, Rainbow Jellys color divided into segments by colors.  Quantity needed by color: 
  • Green: 37 yards
  • Red: 9 yards
  • Yellow: 10 yards
  • Blue: 8 yards
  • Orange: 7 yards
• Worsted weight #4 yarn, (sample used scrap yarn)
  • White: 7 yards
• Crochet Hook Sizes (these are my absolute favorite crochet hooks I recommend to everyone!).: 
  • K/10.5 6.50 mm for head, body, limbs, eyelids
  • G/7 4.00 mm for white eyeballs
• 12mm safety eyes.  
• Stitch markers to keep track of rows
• Fiberfill
• Tapestry Needle

Important Pattern Note

The rainbow frog is made from colors from one Caron Chunky Cake.  Before beginning to crochet, wind each color into it’s own ball.

Resources and tutorials you may find helpful in following this pattern: Crochet Abbreviations, US to UK Crochet Conversion Chart.  Find links to stitches on the “Tutorial” menu: Getting Started will show basic stitches used in many patterns and Crochet Stitch Dictionary shows our growing collection of crochet stitch tutorials.  I really like to use the invisible seamless join when finishing pieces that get sewn together.

Gauge:

Using the K/6.50 mm hook, my gauge is 5.5 sc to 2 inches.  

Resources and crochet tutorials you may find helpful in following this pattern: Crochet Abbreviations, US to UK Crochet Conversion Chart.  Find links to stitches and basic crochet skills on the “Tutorial” menu: Getting Started will show basic stitches such as the slip stitch, single crochet, double crochet stitch and chain stitch used in many patterns and Crochet Stitch Dictionary shows our growing collection of crochet stitch tutorials.

Crochet Abbreviations:

• ch = chain
• hdc = half double crochet
• sc = single crochet
• sl st = slip stitch
• st = stitch(es)

Finished Crochet Frog Size

Frog shown measures 12” from tip of foot to top of eyeballs

Head

With larger (K/6.50mm) hook and Green yarn, make a magic ring

R1:  6 sc into ring (6 sts).  (Do not join, worked in rounds)

R2:  2 sc in ea st (12 st)

R3: *sc in next st, 2 sc in next.  Repeat from * around.  (18 st)

R4: *sc in next 2 st, 2 sc in next.  Repeat from * around.  (24 st)

R5-9:  sc around (24 st)

R10: *sc in next 2 st, sc2tog.  Repeat from * around (18 st)  

R11: *sc in next st, sc2tog.  Repeat from * around (12 st). Fasten off leaving a long strand for sewing.

Stuff the head.

Green Eyelids (Make 2)

With Green yarn and larger hook, make a magic ring

R1:  6 sc into ring (6 sts).  (Do not join, worked in rounds)

R2:  *sc in next st, 2 sc in ea st. Repeat from * around. (9 st)

R3:  sc around (9 st).  At end of round, fasten off, using an invisible join and leaving a long strand for joining (or alternatively, join with a slip stitch instead).

Eyeballs (Make 2)

With white yarn and smaller (G/4.00mm) hook, make a magic ring

R1:  6 sc into ring (6 sts).  (Do not join, worked in rounds)

R2:  2 sc in ea st (12 st)

R3-4: sc around (12 st)

R4: *sc2tog.  Repeat from * around.  (6 st)  At end of round, carefully insert a safety eye between rows 3 & 4.  You may need to undo the last few stitches to fit the safety eye inside (and then redo them).  After the eye is in place, lightly stuff the eye and weave through the tops of the stitches and cinch closed, leaving a long strand for finishing.  

Place the eyeball inside the eyelid and use the yarn strand to carefully take a stitch at the back of the eyeball and inside the back of the eyelid to hold the eyeball inside the eyelid.  Sew completed eye units onto head over rows 3 & 4 of the head, as shown in the photos. 

For the mouth, take a long strand of green yarn and sew one large stitch across the face.  The stitch is between rows 8 and 9 on the head and goes over 12 stitches (on the sides it is just below where the eye is attached).

Pattern Note:  The arms and legs are made first, then crocheted in as the body is crocheted. From here on out the rest of the pattern is worked using the larger (K/6.50mm) hook.

Arms (Make 2)

With Green yarn and larger (K/6.50 mm) hook, make a magic ring

R1:  6 sc into ring (6 sts).

R2: Work 3 fingers as follows:  sl st to next st, *(ch 3, sl st to 1^st ch), sl st to next st from row 1.  Repeat from * 2 more times to complete 3 fingers. There are now 3 unworked stitches remaining on hand.  Now continue to work arm: Sl st to next stich, then chain 8.  Hdc in 3^rd ch from hook.  Hdc into remaining chains for a total of 6 hdc.  Skip the next stitch from row 1 and sl st into the last stitch.  Fasten off, using an invisible join, if desired.

Legs (Make 2)

With Green yarn and larger hook, make a magic ring

R1:  6 sc into ring (6 sts).

R2: Work 3 toes as follows:  sl st to next st, *(ch 3, sl st to 1^st ch), sl st to next st from row 1.  Repeat from * 2 more times to complete 3 toes. There are now 3 unworked stitches on foot.  Now continue to work leg: Sl st to next stich on foot, then chain 15.  hdc in 3^rd ch from hook.  Hdc into remaining chains for a total of 13 hdc.  Skip the next stitch from row 1 and sl st into the last stitch.  Fasten off, using an invisible join, if desired.

Body

With larger hook and Blue yarn, make a magic ring

R1:  6 sc into ring (6 sts).  (Do not join, worked in rounds)

R2:  2 sc in ea st (12 st)

R3: *sc in next st, 2 sc in next.  Repeat from * around.  (18 st)

R4: *sc in next 2 st, 2 sc in next.  Repeat from * around, changing to red yarn in last stitch.  (24 st)

The legs are attached in the next round.

R5: With red yarn, sc in next 2 st, holding one leg over next 2 stitches and working through both the leg and the body stitches, sc into the next 2 stitches (leg attached), sc in next 8 st, attach 2^nd leg in the same manner over the next 2 st, sc in last 10 st. (24 st)

R6:  sc around. (24 st)

R7:  sc around, changing to orange yarn in last stitch. (24 st)

R8-9:  With orange yarn, sc around (24 st)

R10: *sc in next 2 st, sc2tog.  Repeat from * around, changing to yellow yarn in last stitch (18 st)

R11: With yellow yarn, sc around (18 st)  

R12: *sc in next st, sc2tog.  Repeat from * around (12 st). 

To determine arm placement in the next round, fold body in half so that the legs are centered in the front of the body.  Determine the 2 side stitches on each side for placing each arm and mark with a stitch marker

R13:  sc around, attaching the arms at the markers on the sides of the body by working over both the arm and body in the next 2 sc.  The arms are separated by 4 sc stitches.  (12 st) Fasten off leaving a long strand for sewing.

Finishing

Stuff the body.  Then use a fastened off strand to sew head and body together, adding additional stuffing if needed.  Weave in any remaining ends.

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