Fern is a round green frog with a wide smile, little arms and legs, and two eye bumps topped with safety eyes. A red mushroom hat with a cream underside and white spots finishes the look.
The head and body are crocheted as one piece in spiral rounds. Make the pieces in sport cotton with a 2.5 mm hook, then sew them together and embroider Fern’s smile.
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Fern the Frog Free Crochet Pattern
What You’ll Need
- Sport / fine (size 2) cotton yarn: green, red, cream, white, and black sport cotton yarn
- 2.5 mm crochet hook (a hook smaller than the yarn label suggests keeps the stitches tight)
- 8 to 10 mm safety eyes (or black yarn to embroider them)
- Fiberfill stuffing
- Tapestry needle, sewing pins and a stitch marker
The finished size depends on your yarn and hook: thicker yarn and a bigger hook make a bigger piece.
Abbreviations (US terms)
- MR magic ring
- sc single crochet
- inc increase: 2 sc in the same stitch
- dec decrease (an invisible decrease gives the smoothest finish)
- ch chain
- sl st slip stitch
- R round; Row row worked flat; the number in brackets is the stitch count at the end
Head, Body and Limbs
The head and body are one round piece. Add the short arms and legs so Fern sits with the feet pointing forward.
Head and body (green, make 1)
- R1: 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
- R2: inc ×6 (12)
- R3: (1 sc, inc) ×6 (18)
- R4: (2 sc, inc) ×6 (24)
- R5: (3 sc, inc) ×6 (30)
- R6: (4 sc, inc) ×6 (36)
- R7: (5 sc, inc) ×6 (42)
- R8: (6 sc, inc) ×6 (48)
- R9-16: sc around (48)
- Stuff the lower half firmly and keep stuffing as you decrease.
- R17: (6 sc, dec) ×6 (42)
- R18: (5 sc, dec) ×6 (36)
- R19: (4 sc, dec) ×6 (30)
- R20: (3 sc, dec) ×6 (24)
- R21: (2 sc, dec) ×6 (18)
- R22: (1 sc, dec) ×6 (12)
- R23: dec ×6 (6)
- Fasten off and pull the opening closed. The starting end is the top of the head.
Arms (green, make 2)
- R1: 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
- R2: inc ×6 (12)
- R3-5: sc around (12)
- Stuff lightly, then flatten the opening.
- Close: 6 sc through both layers (6)
- Fasten off, leaving a tail to sew the arm to the side of the body.
Legs (green, make 2)
- R1: 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
- R2: inc ×6 (12)
- R3: (1 sc, inc) ×6 (18)
- R4-5: sc around (18)
- Stuff lightly and flatten the opening.
- Close: 9 sc through both layers (9)
- Fasten off, leaving a tail to sew the leg low on the body, with the foot pointing forward.
Mushroom Hat
A rounded red cap, cream underside, and little white circles make Fern’s mushroom hat.
Mushroom cap (red, make 1)
- R1: 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
- R2: inc ×6 (12)
- R3: (1 sc, inc) ×6 (18)
- R4: (2 sc, inc) ×6 (24)
- R5: (3 sc, inc) ×6 (30)
- R6: (4 sc, inc) ×6 (36)
- R7: (5 sc, inc) ×6 (42)
- R8: (6 sc, inc) ×6 (48)
- R9-11: sc around (48)
- R12: (6 sc, dec) ×6 (42)
- R13: (5 sc, dec) ×6 (36)
- R14: (4 sc, dec) ×6 (30)
- R15: (3 sc, dec) ×6 (24)
- R16: (2 sc, dec) ×6 (18)
- R17: (1 sc, dec) ×6 (12)
- R18: dec ×6 (6)
- Stuff lightly before closing. Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Cream underside (cream, make 1)
- R1: 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
- R2: inc ×6 (12)
- R3: (1 sc, inc) ×6 (18)
- R4: (2 sc, inc) ×6 (24)
- R5: (3 sc, inc) ×6 (30)
- R6: (4 sc, inc) ×6 (36)
- R7: (5 sc, inc) ×6 (42)
- R8: (6 sc, inc) ×6 (48)
- R9: sc around (48)
- Fasten off, leaving a long tail to sew this flat circle over the base of the red cap.
White spots (white, make 6)
- R1: 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
- Fasten off, leaving a tail to sew each small circle onto the red mushroom cap.
Eyes, Smile and Assembly
Eye bumps (green, make 2)
- R1: 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
- R2: inc ×6 (12)
- R3: (1 sc, inc) ×6 (18)
- R4-5: sc around (18)
- Leave these as open cups. Insert a small safety eye in each cup, stuff lightly, and sew the open edges to the top of the head.
- Sew the flattened arms to the sides of the body and the flattened legs low on the front, with the feet pointing forward so Fern sits.
- Place the eye bumps side by side on top of the head, with the safety eyes facing forward, and sew them securely in place.
- Sew the cream circle to the base of the red mushroom cap. Sew the six white spots across the red top, then sew the hat onto the head behind the eye bumps.
- Embroider a wide curved smile in black across the lower front of the face.
Make a Strawberry Hat Fern Version
Make the cap red, embroider small yellow seeds across it, and sew a small green leaf to the top.
FAQ
Can I embroider the eyes instead?
Yes. Leave out the safety eyes and embroider two small black eyes on the raised bumps before sewing the bumps to the head.
Can I make the mushroom spots bigger?
Yes. Use fewer white crochet circles or embroider larger spots with white yarn.
How do I make the strawberry hat?
Use the red cap, add small yellow embroidered seeds, and sew a small green leaf to the top.
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