The friendliest first chart in crochet — a 24-stitch frog face you can finish tonight.
If colorwork intimidates you, start here. This frog face is 24 × 16 stitches — small enough to finish in one sitting, simple enough that you won't lose count, and cute enough that you'll want a second one immediately. It's the chart we give people who say they can't read charts.
Two colorways below: classic pond green and strawberry pink. Same chart, same 384 stitches, different mood.
The original. Five colors, big eyes, pink cheeks — the perfect first graphgan motif and a great use of green scraps.
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Same frog, berry-pink body. Swap the cheeks to red for the full strawberry effect.
Download chart (PNG) ⬇️You need about 25 yards total — this is a stash-buster. Worsted weight and a 5.0 mm (H/8) hook give a panel of roughly 17 × 11 cm.
One cell = one single crochet, from the bottom up. The eyes are the only fiddly bit: two stitches of black, then straight back to green.
Sew it onto a blanket corner, a pouch, a beanie — or repeat it in a grid for a full frog blanket. Then graduate to the dragon chart.
Have a photo you love? The free generator turns it into a stitch-ready chart — grid, palette, and stitch counts included.
It's the ideal first chart: only 24 × 16 stitches, five colors, and big connected areas with no single-stitch confetti. If you can single crochet, you can finish it in one evening — and you'll learn color changes on something forgiving.
Yes — each cell becomes one C2C block worked diagonally. In C2C with worsted yarn the frog comes out about 30 × 20 cm, a nice size for a pillow front or baby blanket square.
Yes, free for personal use in both colorways. It's an original design made for this site.
The chart only uses five colors — swap the main green for any color you like (the strawberry pink version is just a palette swap). Keep the eye whites and cheeks as they are for the full effect.
Yes — the pattern generator converts any clear photo or drawing into a stitch grid with counted colors. Simple subjects with bold shapes work best at small sizes like the frog's 24 stitches.