The epic frog

Back in May, I came up with the idea of turning this drawing:

which I did as an avatar for chum @narkyness into a felted critter, much in the same way as these previous efforts.

As it turned out, I underestimated the work involved.. I spent an initial 9 hours putting together the body and legs and then got really stuck on the fiddly detail of the feet.

As I am currently both on vacation and bed ridden with cold (can you say overworked? ) I thought I’d have another go at finishing her off.

And, as we say where I come from… yer tis:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I even lost a felting needle to this frog

I’ll spare you the chaotic self-stabbing that constituted frog feet.. but here they are..