Frog & Cast is a company that was launched by a woman named Kristina McGowan. She started this project driven by a goal to put her knitting patterns out into the world, share her works with other knitters, and inspire people to learn new things and to notice the beauty surrounding them. The site currently has a few knitting patterns available, including hats, pullovers, and a blanket.
There’s one pattern, though, that has recently stolen everyone’s attention and even gone viral on Twitter and Reddit. And it’s a pattern of the adorable Frog and Toad from “Frog and Toad Are Friends.” People seem to be absolutely obsessed with these two knitted boys, and we’re not surprised at all. We here are equally as obsessed.
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Turns out, Arnold Lobel’s Frog and Toad series are Kristina’s most memorable childhood books
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“I’ve always loved the saying that ‘reading is dreaming with your eyes open,’ and as a child, no book filled my dreamscape more vividly than Arnold Lobel’s Frog and Toad series,” Kristina McGowan writes on her website. “Tucked under our quilts, my parents would often read the books to my twin sister and me before bed and the sense of comfort and home they provided was immense.”
While visiting her parents’ house, the woman came across her old copy of Frog and Toad Are Friends
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A few years ago, while visiting her parents at Christmas, Kristina happened across an old copy of Frog and Toad Are Friends that her parents used to read to her and her twin sister. “And armed with a strong Manhattan, sat by the woodstove with a ball of green yarn and sock needles and began to experiment with how one might make a Frog,” Kristina writes.
This unexpected find inspired her to create a knitting pattern for these two
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“Could short rows be used to create a chin or knee caps? What stitch might work best to mimic a webbed foot?” Kristina was wondering. “It was an evening of smiling and experimenting and revisiting the pages of Lobel’s magic with new appreciation. After completing the Frog, a stockier Toad followed, along with clothing from several of my favorite scenes, including a bathing suit, a jacket, and pair of pants.”
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If you’d like to make these two yourself, you can buy a knitting pattern available on Kristina’s website
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“For the filling, I chose pellets that I found at a local craft store and really liked the weighty bean bag feel they provided. But wanting to also try a non-plastic option, I eventually found an alternative material created out of ground walnut shells and lavender buds,” the knitter explains.
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“As deeply rooted as knitting can be in our family histories, being able to articulate this particular childhood memory of mine in knitted form has been a special thrill and one I feel grateful to be able to share with all of you now,” Kristina’s website reads.
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If you’d like, you can get yourself the knitting pattern on Kristina’s website.
“Being able to articulate this particular childhood memory of mine in knitted form has been a special thrill”
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People seem to be absolutely obsessed with these plushies
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