A green afternoon and a tree frog tutorial
I spent a snuggly afternoon crocheting another tree frog and writing up the pattern. I used the same new tutorial format to update some of the other tutorials too, and I will hopefully write up the pomeranian, kitten and hippo patterns soon, in the same way. I hope that they are easy to use, please let me know if there are any problems. So voila, enjoy!
I am really struggling to find something decent to read after finishing all the Amelia Peabody's... I have been picking books up and putting them down again for days. I think I really want to be transported instantly somewhere and its just not happening.
I read the House at Riverton http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_at_Riverton and it was a beautiful book but somehow slightly forced. It felt very aware of itself and slightly hulking. I think I am going to try Possesion next...I am sure I will find something eventually.
It's Sunday tomorrow and, in Edinburgh, that means hordes of people will be rushing all over the city to visit flats from 2-4 during open viewings, and tomorrow I will be joining them. It is very strange experience when you end up at a few of the same flats as fellow hunters. You share a laugh, but all the while you know you may very well be facing them off in a biding war. The thing that astounds me is that, before I started looking to buy a flat, I would have never known that this Sunday afternoon frenzy was going on behind the seeming quietude of lazy, weekend Edinburgh.
Thanks so much for taking the time to write up the pattern! You really do a bunch of reading, huh? I have not buried my nose in a good book since the last Harry Potter came out. Does that count? Hehe.
Posted by: shirley | September 16, 2007 at 12:37 PM
Your tutorial looks great - thanks for taking the time to write it! Can't wait to see your Pom pattern either :)
Posted by: planetjune | September 16, 2007 at 12:51 PM
The treefrog is so adorable! Thanks so much for making the pattern available. :-)
Posted by: beanchild | September 18, 2007 at 04:34 PM
I saw your post on Craftster and promptly printed your tute from your blog. What total fun! I will have to make him. Thanks for the detailed instrux. When I make it, I'll take pics and let you know how the pattern worked. Thanks so much!
Posted by: Bri | September 20, 2007 at 09:43 PM
That's fun that your name is Brie too! Mine is short for Briana and I have a food blog called www.figswithbri.com. Kind of a fun pun. I'm pretty sure I have all the necessary colors of yarn and eyes already, so it's just a matter of finding the time. Thanks again!
Posted by: Bri | September 20, 2007 at 11:31 PM
What an adorable frog. :)
If you haven't read them already, you could try the Marcus Didius Falco novels by Lindsey Davis. Wonderful hard-boiled detective novels, with backstabbing beaurocrats, femme fatales, and royal treachery and intrigue--but set in the Roman Empire under Vespasian. Very interesting how typical urban human behaviour hasn't changed much.
Ellis Peters' Brother Cadfael novels are also wonderful. That mystery series is set in England in the late 12th century, and the main character is a monk and herbalist who fought in the Crusades before he came to the cowl.
A little more modern are the novels by Barbara Hambly set in New Orleans in the 1830s. The main character is Benjamin January, a free black man, French-trained physician, and pianist.
All the series capture the time period and the atmosphere of the area very well.
Posted by: Baroque | September 22, 2007 at 04:58 AM
I love the frogs!! My husband is a big fan so I think that I will have to make one or two to grace his desk. Not sure if you are into this style of book, but I read Then Looking Glass Wars and loved it. Thanks for sharing your love of crochet!!
Posted by: Brooke | September 23, 2007 at 10:04 PM
think his wonderful would love the pattern how do i go about getting this
Posted by: kylie | December 03, 2007 at 09:28 AM
This tree frog is so adorable. I was wanting to know if anyone knows the instructions to make it.
Posted by: Jamie looking for mother Sue | February 01, 2008 at 04:21 AM
I can't get the pattern to download for the darling tree frog can you help me to obtain it? thank you, do you have the one for the tortise also?
Posted by: cyndie | March 06, 2008 at 06:32 AM
That's the cutest darn thing! I'm going to make one for my niece who is crazy about frogs!
Posted by: Pamela | June 01, 2008 at 10:48 AM
Stumbled across your site somehow, searching for crochet patterns I believe and I just had to stop and comment on what a great site you have, it is so HAPPY, I didn't know that I loved frogs until now. I'll be back - hope to make some friends as well.
Posted by: Kari Sehl | June 27, 2008 at 06:20 PM