I love Grover. He was my favorite Sesame Street character when I was a kid and I loved my Grover stuffed animal. This promted me to want to knit a Grover stuffed animal for my friend who was having a baby at the end of May. I ended up crocheting Grover on the Bobaknit retreat because at that point I knew knitting was causing me pain, but I thought I could crochet. I actually didn’t know how to crochet, but I brought the Stitch n’ Bitch Happy Hooker book with me and learned so I would have something crafty to do on the retreat. I managed to crochet the body and head, and Grover’s legs before the pain got to me. Kristi crocheted his arms and Anabel crocheted his nose and sewed his features on his face. Thanks Kristi & Anabel! I made his eyes out of felt to match my Grover’s eyes. I crocheted him free-form, based on my Grover, but a bit smaller because I was afraid of running out of the eyelash yarn.
P.S. The CA Wool & Fiber Festival went well — I’ll post photos when I download them!
at 11:37 am
Grover looks great! I am now sorry for all of the impolite thoughts I had about him. He is innocent and very cute. Looks like a fun photo shoot!!! He is a great model.
at 12:17 pm
Aww, those are such sweet pictures of the two Grovers together. I know you made him for a gift but man it would be so hard for me to give him away as cute as he turned out!! (And as sweet as it was for Kristi and Anabel to help out!)
at 7:29 pm
Free-form crochet! wow!
New Grover really looks great. Looks like you managed to capture Old Grover’s personality.
at 12:43 pm
Grover was always my favorite also. I would love to know how you did him. I want to make one for myself only.