Crocheted Frog Hat Directions

I've recently picked up my crochet hooks after an almost 20 year hiatus and I've been making hats like a wild woman. GlitterGurl asked me to make a frog hat for her bff's baby shower and I couldn't find one that was as cute as I wanted. So I looked at about 4 different ones on Etsy and Pinterest and combined the features I liked best to make the cutie pie below. 

I usually crochet by sight and this is my first attempt at writing the directions down legibly, so that someone other than myself can actually read them. Please bear with me. If they don't make sense, I'll try to clarify if you just ask.

 

Hat

Directions are written with dc, but you can use 1/2 dc for a tighter stitch. Use an F or G hook. To make sure the hat fits your little one, measure around head and divide by 3.14 That's the diameter your hat should measure after round 5.
 
With green yarn chain 4, join with slipstitch 

ch 2, 11 dc in ring. join to top of ch 2 (12 sts)

ch2, dc in same dc as ch 2.  2dc in each dc (24 st) join every round

ch 2, dc in same dc as ch 2. (2dc in next dc, dc in next dc) around (36 sts)

ch2, dc in same dc as ch 2 (2dc in next st, dc in next two sts) around (48 sts)

ch2, dc in same dc as ch 2 (2dc in next st, dc in next three sts) around (60 sts)

ch 2, dc in same st, dc all the way around. (60 sts each row) Continue 9 rows of dc are done, OR until hat is desired height

Optional: Single crochet one row around bottom with contrasting color


Cheeks (make 2)

Chain 4, join with slipstitch 

ch 2, 9 sc in ring. join to top of ch 2 (10 sts)

ch2, sc in same sc as ch 2.  2sc in each sc (20 st)

leave a long tail of yarn for sewing to hat (about 8")

Eyes (make 2)

With black yarn Chain 4, join with slipstitch

With white yarn ch2. sc in same sc as ch 2.  2sc in each sc (20 st)

Leave a long tail of yarn for sewing to hat (about 8")

Tongue (make 1)

Using pink yarn, leave a small tail (used to secure fly) ch 14, sc in second chain from hook and in each chain. (12 st)

ch 2, sc in 2nd sc from hook and then in each sc (11 sc after ch 2, 12 st across.

Leave a tail for sewing to hat

With black yarn twist a little bit to make a fly.

Place fly on tip of tongue (where the small tail from your starting point is) and roll up slightly. Use that short length of yarn to sew the fly to the curl and to keep the curl from unrolling.
 
Mouth (make 1)

Using black yarn, make a double foundation chain (http://crochethub.com/2007/09/21/double-foundation-chain/) about 5" long

Pin all parts onto hat, tongue under mouth and mouth under cheeks. When sewing the eyes on, only sew the bottom to the hat, then take your green yarn and single crochet around one eye, joining in the middle of the two eyes and around other eye.

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