KNITTED FROG LEG SUPPLEMENT PLUS ARMATURE

FINISHED SIZE Approx. 10cm/ 4in tall

YARN

A Small amount 4-ply/ fingering weight I used Drops Nord-Mix shade 10 Lemongrass

B Small amount 4-ply/ fingering weight I used Drops Nord shade 01 Off-White

KNITTING NEEDLES Pair of 2mm/ US size 0 straight, single-point knitting needles

(NOTE: If you find 2mm a little too tight try knitting with 2.5mm needles instead)

GAUGE 16 rows and 11 stitches over 2.5cm with 2mm needles and yarn A

EXTRAS 7.5mm toy safety eyes with washer backs; Pack fine Armature Wire in 26 Gauge - you’ll need
3 x 36cm/ 14in lengths

SUPPLIERS
Drops Yarn I buy from here - Woolwarehouse.co.uk
Toy Safety Eyes I buy from here - CelloExpress.com
Armature Wire I buy from here - HeidiFeathers Etsy Shop

NOTE:
For this pattern to make any sense you’ll need to have the whole frog pattern to hand, replacing the
Foreleg and Hind Leg Instructions with the following pattern. There is also a brief explanation on how
to add a wire armature into the body.

Here are the pattern links:

Ravelry - Ravelry Frog Pattern
Etsy - Etsy Frog Pattern

FORELEGS
The Forelegs are knitted independently then sewn onto the body as follows:
Make 2 alike
With yarn A cast on 11 sts
Rows 1-5. Beginning with a purl row work five rows stocking stitch
Row 6. (dec) Cast off first 7 sts, k3 to end of row – 4sts
Row 7. Purl
Cast off all 4 sts for Top of the Foreleg.

HIND LEGS
The Hind Legs are knitted independently then sewn onto the body as follows:
Make 2 alike
With yarn A cast on 16 sts
Rows 1-7. Beginning with a purl row work seven rows stocking stitch
Row 8. (dec) Cast off first 10 sts, k5 to end of row – 6sts
Row 9. Purl
Cast off all 6 sts for Top of the Hind Leg.

WIRE ARMATURE
Body Armature
I’ve added this here just in case you wish to add a body armature as well as the leg armature:
1. Push all of your yarn endings into the lower back/ back.
2. Take one fine (26 gauge/ 36cm/ 14in length) wire and join the two ends together to make a circle.
3. Squash the circle together then bend in half (so reducing the 36cm/ 14in wire by a quarter).
4. Twist the wire in the centre to create a spoon shape top and bottom then bend one of the spoons
over as the photo shows. – See Fig. 1
5. Fit one of the spoon shapes into the head and the other into the rear end adding stuffing in and
around the armature. – See Fig. 2

Fig. 1 Fig. 2
To Make Wire Feet Armature
1. Take two fine (26 gauge) wires and cut each in half so you have 4 lengths.
2. Working with one of the four wires at a time, take some stick glue (similar to Pritt) and smear
almost all of the wire with the glue (leave about 2.5cm/ 1 inch free of glue at each end).
3. Wind yarn A round and around the tacky part of the wire in a single layer to cover the glued wire
(it’s actually easier to twizzle the wire against the yarn). – See Fig. 3
4. Bend the covered wire, as the photo shows, to make three digits, then twist the remaining ends of
wire together to neaten (NOTE: the foreleg digits and slightly shorter than the hind leg digits).
– See Fig. 4
5. Squeeze the wire digits together with your fingers to close the bent loops.
6. Take another length of yarn C and wrap neatly around the foot and in between the digits to create a
solid looking webbed foot. – See Fig. 5
Fig. 3 Fig. 4 Fig. 5
Add the Knitted Forelegs to the Foot Wire Armatures
Lay the foot armature onto the WS/ purl-side of the knitted foreleg and enclose it by mattress stitching
the cast-on and cast-off edges from the knitted foreleg together. – See Fig. 6

NOTE: I found it easier to start the mattress stitching first for a few rows then slipping the armature
into the tube before completing the foreleg back seam.
Work around the row end edge that’s nearest to the foot to neatly join the knitted leg to the wired
foot.
NOTE: You will have some wire sticking out from the top of the leg – See Fig. 7, this you will poke
into the body when you attach leg to body as follows:

Attach the Forelegs to the Body

*Adjust the leg seam so that it sits under the foreleg then place the row end edge, that’s on the other
side to the foot, against the body, referring to the photograph at the end of this supplement for
placement. – See Figs. 6 to 11
Poke the extra wires into the body at the marker, making sure they sit well into the stuffing. And with
you yarn endings you can either thread them back into the leg or into the body or carefully trim them
flush with the top of the leg. – See Fig. 8
Work over-stitch around the top of the leg to join leg top to body**. – See Fig. 8
Attach the Hind Legs to the Body
Attach as Foreleg from * to **.
Fig. 6 Fig. 7 Fig. 8

Fig. 9 Fig. 10 Fig. 11