​Crochet “Frog” Romper

You’ll need:

70g of green CoCo yarn (100% cotton; 240m/50g);

Odds of white and red yarn;

Crochet hook 2;

2 buttons;

Thin satin lace.

Instructions

Shorts

Crochet from up to down. Make a chain of the same length as waist circumference + 3 cm for loose fitting, circle in the ring. Make 20 rows due to the scheme 1.

Then, divide your work into 2 parts (pants), leave 2 pattern repeats in front part and 3 pattern repeats in back part between them. Join the yarn in the center of shorts (at the place of 2 pattern repeats) and make gore of double crochets, increase 1 st in every 2^nd row from both sides. Make 8 such rows. Join the obtained stripe to the previously left 3 pattern repeats of back. Then, work due to the scheme 1, making every pant for 6 more rows. Then, make 4 rows of single crochets and turn to work due to the scheme 2.

Chest

Make 5 chain sts and circle them in the ring. Make 12 double crochets in the center of ring. Then, make 9 rows around, increase 12 double crochets in every row. Make the last row due to the scheme 3.

Back

Make 35 chain sts + 3 chain sts increase and make 12 rows of double crochets.

Assembly

Sew chest and back to shorts. Fasten pants with fringe of single crochets and picots with white yarn.

Eyes

Make 2 smallrounds. Sew them to the chest and sew button in the center of each round.

Make mouth: make 30 chain sts + 2 chain sts increase with red yarn. Make 6 single crochets, 2 double crochets, 2 treble crochets, 10 triple crochets, 2 treble crochets, 1 double crochet, 6 single crochets. Sew. Insert 2 satin laces, connect the upper corners of back and chest, make bows.