Intermediate
What the pattern's own author called it. Nothing here is graded again.
Amigurumi 10 Laid out for paper No account, no download
Tiny amigurumi frog pattern with popcorn-stitch eyes
6 cm amigurumi frog, 11 rounds, 3 mm hook, popcorn-stitch eyes, legs built into the body.
- Skill
- Intermediate
- Time
- 1-2 hours
- Yarn weight
- Worsted
- Hook
- 3 mm
- Rounds
- 10
Worsted
What the sample was worked in. Any weight works; the size moves with it.
10
Each one is typed out whole and gets its own line.
This mini frog is worked in continuous rounds from a magic ring, growing from 6 to 16 stitches before shaping narrows again, with a pair of 4-dc popcorn bumps set into round 4 to form the bulging eyes. Each leg is not made separately but built directly onto the body: a chain-6 foundation and a short run of slip stitches at a marked stitch in rounds 7 and 10, forming three toes per leg. Before starting, have a 3 mm hook, one color of yarn, stuffing, a stitch marker, a tapestry needle, yellow cotton-blend yarn for eye detail, and 12 mm safety eyes within reach.
Common mistakes and their fixes
- Popcorn eye bump collapses flat
- Pull the working yarn snug when closing the shared top of the 4-dc popcorn so the loop stays small; a loose top lets the bump sag instead of standing out as an eye.
- Losing track of round starts
- Move the stitch marker at the end of every round. Without it, the specific placement of the eye bumps in round 4 and the leg attachment points in rounds 7 and 10 are easy to miscount.
- Leg attachment pulls the body chain tight
- Work the toe sequence — base toe, second toe, third toe — at even, gentle tension so the return along the ch-6 foundation doesn't cinch the marked body stitch out of shape.
The materials list
- Yarn in one color (sample uses YarnArt Dolce Plush #772 and #793)
- 3 mm crochet hook
- Stuffing (polyfill or fiberfill)
- Yellow cotton-blend yarn for eye embroidery
- Tapestry needle
- Stitch marker
- Scissors
- 12 mm safety eyes (sew-on or safety-back)
Size note
- Using the materials listed above, the finished frog measures approximately 6 cm (about 2.4 inches). Your finished size may vary depending on your hook size and personal tension. This sample was worked tightly with a 3 mm hook, which creates a firm, dense fabric — ideal for amigurumi.
Listed by the pattern's own author, in their words.
Key to this pattern, 8 short forms
Main Pattern
The body is worked in continuous spiral rounds. Use a stitch marker to track the beginning of each round.
Round 1
6 sc in mr (6)
Round 2
(sc, inc) x3 (9)
Round 3
(sc, inc, sc) x3 (12)
Round 4
2 sc, inc 3 times, [eye bump], 4 sc, [eye bump], inc 3 times, 2 sc (16)Work a 4-dc Popcorn stitch — 4 double crochets all into the same stitch, with a shared top (closed at the tip). This creates the raised, rounded bump that gives the frog its characteristic bulging eyes.
Round 5
6 sc, dec 2 times, 6 sc (14)📌 Insert safety eyes into the center of each eye bump (the 4-dc popcorn cluster worked into one stitch).
Round 6
2 sc, dec 3 times, 4 sc, dec 3 times, 2 sc (10)
Round 7
1 sc, [leg], inc 3 times, inc, 2 sc, inc, inc 3 times, [leg], sc (16)
Rounds 8–9
16 sc (work 2 rounds even) (16)
Round 10
3 sc, [leg], dec 3 times, 4 sc, dec 3 times, [leg], sc (12)
📌 Stuff the body firmly with fiberfill before continuing.
Round 11
dec 6 times (6)Fasten off, close the opening, and weave in all ends. Embroider the eye outline using yellow yarn.
Leg
Work the leg as an attached appendage directly at the marked stitch in rounds 7 and 10.
Step by step Step by step: sc into the body stitch; ch 6; sl st into the 3rd ch from hook (this is the base toe; the next two sl sts are also worked into this same ch); ch 2, sl st into the 3rd ch from hook (second toe); ch 2, sl st into the 3rd ch from hook (third toe); 3 sl st back along the main ch-6 foundation chain to return to the body.
Assembly, in order
Step 1Once all rounds are complete and the body is stuffed:
Step 2Close the opening by pulling the yarn tail through the remaining 6 stitches and cinching tight.
Step 3Weave in all ends securely on the inside of the toy.
Step 4Embroider eye outlines using yellow cotton-blend yarn and a tapestry needle, stitching around each safety eye for a polished, cartoon-like finish.
Step 5The legs are worked directly into the body during rounds 7 and 10, so no separate attachment is needed — they’re already part of the structure!
Check these before you start
- Keep tension firm throughout the Main Pattern's 11 rounds; the dense fabric produced at 3 mm is what holds the shape and contains the stuffing at this small scale.
- Place a stitch marker at the start of every round to track position, and mark the exact stitches in rounds 7 and 10 where each leg will attach.
- Add stuffing gradually as the rounds progress rather than all at once at the end, since the shape narrows quickly after the increases in round 4 and the decreases in round 5.
On one line
| Rounds | 10 |
|---|---|
| Parts | 2 |
| Level | Intermediate |
| Time | 1-2 hours |
| Hook | 3 mm |
| Yarn | Worsted |
Set-up
- Work a small swatch first — the sample's 6 cm finished size depends on a tight, dense fabric at 3 mm, and a looser tension will change the measurement.
- Confirm you have enough yarn in a single color; the pattern uses only one shade for the entire Main Pattern and both legs.
- Read round 4 before starting the body — the popcorn eye bumps are worked mid-round while the surrounding stitches continue in single crochet, so it helps to see the placement in advance.
- Read through the Leg part before reaching round 7, since the legs attach directly at a marked body stitch rather than being made as a separate piece.
Finishing
- Weave in the starting tail from the magic ring and any other loose ends with a tapestry needle.
- Insert the 12 mm safety eyes at the popcorn bumps formed in round 4, then stuff the body firmly before the final rounds close.
- Close the last round and fasten off, work each leg's chain-6 toes at the marked stitches in rounds 7 and 10, and finish by embroidering eye detail with the yellow cotton-blend yarn.
Construction
The Main Pattern increases steadily from 6 to 9 to 12 to 16 stitches across rounds 1 through 4, spreading the shaping evenly around the head before the two popcorn eye bumps are set into round 4 itself, then round 5 removes 2 stitches to begin narrowing.
The legs are built as flat chain-and-slip-stitch appendages rather than worked in the round, then returned along the same ch-6 foundation to rejoin the body — this produces three protruding toes per leg without altering the Main Pattern's stitch count.
Time per section
| Main Pattern (11 rounds) | about 45-60 minutes because the body shapes through increases, two popcorn eye bumps, and decreases across 11 rounds. |
|---|---|
| Legs (attached at rounds 7 and 10) | about 20-30 minutes because each three-toed leg requires a separate chain-6 foundation and several slip stitches worked at a marked body stitch. |
| Finishing (eyes, stuffing, embroidery) | about 15-20 minutes because the safety eyes, stuffing, and yellow-yarn eye embroidery each need careful placement on a piece only 6 cm tall. |
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Common questions
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