The Claire Garland Green Frog & Sweater

“Amphibians—the word comes from the Greek meaning ‘double life.”
― Elizabeth Kolbert, The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

It’s that time of year again, Autumn into Winter and it is around this time of year that my urge for knitting awakens.

All year round I’ve been admiring the patterns of Claire Garland, you have probably seen them on social media, the quite realistic knitted frogs that keep popping up on Instagram or Tik-Tok beautifully knitting with little garments and wearing leather miniature Blythe doll shoes. The original patterns called for knitting an icord for the limbs, but recently, Claire updated the pattern to include a wire armature, allowing this version to become fully posable.

I purchased a copy and set to work on making the little guy along with his signature sweater. The pattern was quick and easy to knit, it was the making up which took time. I found using a sharp darning needle made it easier to make up, I also used Paul(a)’s Daylight Company LED magnifying light to sew up the little creature. I recommend purchasing one of these as it made the mattress stitch quick, easy, neat and the finished product seamless.