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It’s June but the toy production here is more like Santa’s workshop in the final push before Christmas. This sweetie is another Annita Wilschut pattern, Frog Kikker. That pattern name is a total lingual stutter because Kikker is “frog” in Dutch. I’ve taken to calling him Froggie Frog.
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I knit Froggie Frog in Merino Extrafine 120 by Schachenmayr, a DK weight. You have to keep your knit wits about you to get those joints turning correctly. But the directions are spot on correct. Watch especially for directions that tell a knitter to knit a certain number of stitches beyond the end of a round marker.
Especially since Jutta posed nude in my last post, I decided Froggie Frog should take his swim trunks off. He was unphased by the request and doesn’t understand one bit why Jutta objected.
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Totally cute critter.
Next up is Wilschut’s Piglet Knor. Google translates “knor” as “oink.” Sounds right to me. Some knit this oinker in a different colorway for different sections. That was loads of fun in Olivier. But this time I decided to go for a bit less color.
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Hard to accept that shocking pink as a bit less color, though. The upturned snout gives Oink a bit of an attitude.
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And the curly tail. Well, every oinker needs a curly tail.
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Next? The best monkey on Ravelry: Jacobus. I’ve knit Jacobus (and Saar) before and dressed them in Wilschut’s patterns. This time I decided to let the yarn dress Jacobus. Adriafil KnitCol (DK) did quite a nice job of it.
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The yarn’s self-patterning features make it look like Jake’s wearing a jumpsuit.
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And now, in profile.
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Such a nicely shaped jaw line. Oh. Muzzle. I guess that would be a monkey’s muzzle.
All great patterns. And wonderfully fun to knit. I know. Do you think I’m a bit of a Wilschut fangirl?