Frog Lilies is a two-in-one pattern where you can either keep your fingers free with mitts or keep knitting to create mittens. This pattern features a frilly picot edge at the cuff and a frog pond done in stranded colorwork around the hand. These grumpy frogs’ blushing cheeks and whites of their eyes are added afterwards with duplicate stitch.

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The Frog Lilies are worked in the round with stranded knitting. This pattern is recommended for knitters who have experience with stranded colorwork, knitting in the round, and reading charts.

Yarn
Four skeins of Lattes & Llamas Vacation Yarn (100 grams/ 463 yards) or a comparable fingering weight yarn in four contrasting colorways.

Samples are shown in ‘Archdruid’ as Color A, ‘Baskerville’ as Color B, ‘My Warlock Girlfriend’ as Color C, and ‘Stars Hollow’ as Color D.

Yardage Requirements for the Mitts:
Color A: 26 grams/ 121 yards
Color B: 2 grams/ 10 yards
Color C: 2 grams/ 10 yards
Color D: 20 grams/ 93 yards

Yardage Requirements for the Mittens:
Color A: 34 grams/ 158 yards
Color B: 2 grams/ 10 yards
Color C: 2 grams/ 10 yards
Color D: 32 grams/ 148 yards

When choosing your yarn, make sure that Color A contrasts strongly with Color D while Color B contrasts strongly with Color C. I recommend taking a photograph of the yarns together, and then changing it into black and white to see if the colors contrast strongly enough.

Needles
US2 / 2.75 mm to work in Magic Loop or size needed to obtain gauge

US1/ 2.25 mm DPNs to work the mitten thumbs

I prefer the Magic Loop method when knitting mitts. If you are more comfortable using DPNs or two circulars, this pattern is easily converted.

Gauge
32 sts and 38 rnds = 4” in stranded colorwork, knit in the round and blocked.

Adjusting the gauge listed above or the pattern will alter the size of your mitts and change the yardage requirements.

Finished Size
Mitts One Size: 8.5 inches long and 8 inches in circumference after blocking.

Mittens One Size: 12 inches long and 8 inches in circumference after blocking.

Instructions are included to modify the size of your mitts by going up or down a needle size.