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Why Crawl When You Can Hop
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When I saw my local yarn crawl was featuring a frog, I wanted a fun colorwork cowl with a frog and didn’t really find something to my liking so combined some of my favorite techniques in this colorwork cowl featuring a frog on a lily pad with a lily/lotus flower and cattails. Where possible, color changes were optimized for shorter repeat to reduce how often floats need to be trapped (I trap/wrap color every 4-5 stitches). This pattern also feature Latvian braids.
Needles: 16-24” Circular needles size US 2 (2.75mm)
for ribbing and braid, US 4 (3.5mm) for Colorwork.
Yarn: Fingering/Sock Weight in 2 colors.
70g Main Color (MC), 55g Contrast Color (CC).
Dark MC and light CC recommended.
Sample was done in Cascade Heritage (MC-black) and Mu Fibers (CC-Guacamole).
Notions: 2 stitch markers
Gauge: A good fabric is more important than gauge.
Example is 30 stitches by 32 rows per 4” after
blocking.
Size: Sample measures 12.5” (31.5cm) tall by 13.5”
(34cm) wide blocked. Width is half Circumference
around.
Alternative suggested yarn: Berocco Vintage Sock.
Our local frog population is mostly greens and reddish brown, but frogs are fun in lots of colors!
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