Frog Lily Pond Comforter

I had been wanting to create a little comfort blanket pattern for a while, and I realised that I had yet to do a frog (one of my favourite animals as it happens!), so it made sense to bring the two together into a new pattern. I thought having a frog sitting on a lily pad in the middle of a small pond would be a rather nice theme for a baby comfort blanket.

Materials

• Approximately 30-50g each of Blue, Pond Blue, Pond Green, Dirt Brown and Grass Green; oddments of Orange, White and Black
• 4.5 mm and 3 mm crochet hooks
• Tapestry Needle
• Stitch marker
• Small amount of toy stuffing

Blue – Stylecraft Special DK – Turquoise (1068)

Pond Blue – Stylecraft Special DK – Storm Blue (1722)

Pond Green – Stylecraft Special DK – Sage (1725)

Dirt Brown – Stylecraft Special DK – Walnut (1054)

Grass Green – Stylecraft Special DK – Green (1116)

Orange – James C Brett Top Value DK – Bright Orange (8443)

Skill Level

Easy. You will need to be able to work sc, hdc and dc stitches, to increase and decrease and to change colours in the round.

Abbreviations

Please note that I am using US crochet terms throughout. I am actually British, but I find the US terms more intuitive. Measurements are metric.

sc – single crochet (UK = dc)

hdc – half double crochet (UK = htr)

dc – double crochet (UK=tr)

sl – slip stitch

ch – chain

mr – magic ring

st – stitch

inc – increase by 2 st (2 stitches into the same stitch from previous row)

dec – decrease over 2 st (1 stitch across 2 stitches from previous row)

start(x) – Either mr (x sc in mr) or ch2, x sc in 2nd chain from hook – whatever you like best [I am personally not a fan of mr and just stick to the ch2 method]

(x) – x = number of stitches at end of round

Y/O – Yarn Over

F/O – Fasten Off

Special Stitch – 5 dc Bobble

Y/O, insert hook through st, draw through 2 loops. Leave remaining loops on hook. Repeat 5 times. Y/O and draw through all of the remaining loops on hook. Ch 1.

Special Stitch – 3 dc Bobble

Y/O, insert hook through st, draw through 2 loops. Leave remaining loops on hook. Repeat 3 times. Y/O and draw through all of the remaining loops on hook. Ch 1.

Pattern

Blanket (with Blue, Pond Blue, Pond Green, Dirt Brown, Grass Green)

Using a 4.5 mm hook:

Round 1: With Blue, start(6)

Round 2: inc*, repeat * around (12)

Round 3: (1 sc, inc)* – repeat * around (18)

Round 4: (2 sc, inc)* – repeat * around (24)

Round 5: (3 sc, inc)* – repeat * around (30)

Round 6: (4 sc, inc)* – repeat * around (36)

Round 7: (5 sc, inc)* – repeat * around (42)

Round 8: (6 sc, inc)* – repeat * around (48)

Round 9: 3 dc, 4 sc, sc inc, [9]

4 dc, 3 sc, sc inc, [9]

3 sc, 4 dc, sc inc, [9]

3 sc, 4 dc, dc inc, [9]

6 sc,1 dc, dc inc, [9]

2 dc,5 sc,dc inc, [9] (54)

Round 10: (8 dc inc)* – repeat * around (60)

Round 11: (9 dc inc)* – repeat * around (66)

Round 12: 8 dc, 2 sc, sc inc, [12]

4 sc, 4 dc,2 sc,sc inc, [12]

3 sc,6 dc, sc, sc inc, [12]

2 sc, 4 dc, 3 sc, dc,dc inc, [12]

2 dc,6 sc,2 dc, dc inc, 12]

3 dc,5 sc,2 dc, dc inc; [12] Change to Pond Blue on last st (72)

Round 13: (11 dc, inc)* – repeat * around (78)

Round 14: (12 dc, inc)* – repeat * around (84)

Round 15: (13 dc, inc)* – repeat * around; change to Pond Green on last st (90)

Round 16: 3 dc, 2ch, 3 dc in first gap between dcs;

(ch2, skip 2 gaps, 3 dc in next gap) * – repeat * 7 times in total;

[Ch 2; 3dc, 2 ch, 3 dc in next gap

(ch2, skip 2 gaps, 3 dc in next gap) * – repeat * 7 times in total;

] ** – repeat ** another 2 times;

Join to Round 17 in first corner ch 2 space with sl st

Rnd 17-19: [Ch 3,2 dc; ch 2, 3 dc] into first corner space;

(ch2,3 dc in next ch2 space) * – Repeat * to next corner space

{[3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc in corner space];

(ch2,3 dc in next ch2 space)* – repeat to next corner space}** –

repeat ** 2 more times

Change to Dirt Brown on last st of Row 19

sl st into first corner space of previous row.

Rnds 20-21: Repeat row 19, changing to Grass Green on the last st of row 21

Rnds 22-24: Repeat row 19.

F/O, weave in loose ends

Big Lily Pad (with Grass Green)

Using a 4.5 mm hook:

Round 1: start(6)

Round 2: inc*, repeat * around (12)

Round 3: (1 sc, inc)* – repeat * around (18)

Round 4: (2 sc, inc)* – repeat * around (24), turn

Round 5: Ch1 (does not count as a st) ; (3 sc, inc)* – repeat * around (30), turn

Round 6: Ch 1 (does not count as a st);(4 sc, inc)* – repeat * around (36), turn

Round 7: sl st around (36)

F/O

Small Lily Pads (with Grass Green, make 2)

Using a 4.5 mm hook:

Round 1: start(6)

Round 2: inc*, repeat * around (12), turn

Round 3: Ch1 (does not count as a st) ;(1 sc, inc)* – repeat * around (18), turn

Round 4: sl st around (18)

F/O

Flowers (with Orange, make 2)

Using a 3mm hook:

Round 1: ch 3, join with a sl st

Round 2: (ch 4, sc in second ch from hook; hdc in next ch, dc in last ch) *

Repeat * another 5 times. Join back into the middle with a sl st.

F/O

Frog (with Pond Green, Orange, Black, White)

Using a 3mm hook:

Body (with Pond Green)

Round 1: start(6)

Round 2: inc * – repeat * around (12)

Round 3: (1 sc, inc)* – repeat * around (18)

Rnds 4-6: 18 sc around

F/O

Head (with Pond Green)

Round 1: start(6)

Round 2: inc * – repeat * around (12)

Round 3: (1 sc, inc)* – repeat * around (18)

Round 4: (2 sc, inc)* – repeat * around (24)

Round 5: (3 sc, inc)* – repeat * around (30)

Rnds 6-8: 30 sc around

Round 9: (4 sc, dec)* – repeat * around (25)

Round 10: (3 sc, dec)* – repeat * around (20)

Round 11: (2 sc, dec)* – repeat * around (15)

Round 12: (1 sc, dec)* – repeat * around (10)

Stuff Head

Round 13: Dec * – repeat around (5)

F/O, leaving a long tail for sewing

Eyes (with Pond Green, White, Black, make 2)

Back of Eye

Round 1: with Pond Green, start(6)

Round 2: inc * – repeat * around (12)

Round 3: (4 sc, inc)* – repeat * around (15)

Round 4: 15 sc around

F/O, leaving a tail for sewing

Front of Eye

Round 1: with White, start(6)

Round 2: inc * – repeat * around (12)

Rnds 3-4: 12 sc around

Round 5: (4 sc, inc)* – repeat * around (15)

F/O, leaving a tail for sewing

Back Feet (with Pond Green,Orange, make 2)

Round 1: with Pond Green, start(6)

Round 2: inc* – repeat * around (12)

Round 3: (1 sc, inc)* – repeat * around, changing to Orange on last st (18)

Round 4: (5 dc bobble, sl st)* – repeat 3 times in total.

F/O, leaving the remaining stitches unworked.

Front Feet (with Pond Green,Orange, make 2)

Round 1: with Pond Green, start(6)

Rnds 2-4: 6 sc around, changing to Orange on last st (6)

Round 5: (3 dc bobble, sl st)* – repeat 3 times in total.

F/O, leaving the remaining stitches unworked.

Assembly

1. Sew Flower into centres of Small Lily Pads
2. Stuff Body and sew Back Feet onto bottom of Body (there will be some open space left).
3. Sew the Front Feet onto the Body.
4. Sew Body with Back Feet onto Big Lily Pad.
5. Using Black, sew two pupils into the front of the Eyes (Frog pupils tend to be elongated like cat’s eyes, but it’s up to you if you want to make them round instead)
6. Stuff back of Eyes and sew the front of the Eyes to the back, ensuring that there is a green rim around the white front parts.
7. Sew the Eyes on to the top of the Head
8. Using Black, sew a happy mouth onto the Head. Frogs have very wide mouths.
9. Sew Head onto Body. You can use the tail from the bottom of the Head to pull through both the Body and bottom of the Big Lily Pad.
10. Sew the Big Lily Pad roughly into the centre of the Blanket and the two Small Lily Pads where you would like them in the middle area of the pond.

There you have it. A Frog Lily Pond comfort blanket for a little person. If you have any questions feel free to contact me on any of my social media links.

The Legal Stuff

Copyright 2021- Cazimodo Creative by Caz Thomson. I am very happy for you to make and also sell items using this pattern, but please don’t sell or otherwise distribute the pattern itself. Please credit me with a link to the pattern if you do sell your finished item online.