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. Could short rows be used to create a chin or knee caps? What stitch might work best to mimic a webbed foot? It was an evening of smiling and experimenting and revisiting the pages of Lobel’s magic with new appreciation. Several years ago, while visiting my parents for Christmas, I found our tattered copy of Frog and Toad Are Friends on the shelf 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. 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. 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.
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