![]() ![]() 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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