Now I am near! Neeeear. Now I am far, can you seeee me?

Well, my Mother's Day gift would have went off without a hitch if I hadn't been dumb and left him out on my workspace while my mom was home and poking around. But! She loves him, so everything is okay. I present, in collaboration with my sister and in appreciation of our mom being a Super Mom, her very favourite Muppet:

SUPER GROOOOOOOOOVER!


He is so damn cute. Used less than one skein of Red Heart Foxy (even though I bought three . . .) and used the basic pixie pattern with a lot of modifications. Made the head larger and rounder and the body more pear-shaped. The arms and legs are both much longer than specified, but it is Grover. The nose was a minimal amount of Bernat Handicrafter Cotton in pink. I just cast on 20 stitches and knit in garter stitch, decreasing every round until I had about ten stitches left. Drawstring close, knit up the side, created a generally oval shape. Googley eyes, slightly too large, instead of the buttons (which were slightly too small).



My sister is responsible for both the cape and the logo, so I have no idea what materials she used for them. The cape is sewn to his wrists, as they are on Super Grover himself. The only thing about this little guy is that when I laid him down to glue on the logo, I twisted his neck a little so the logo is horribly off-centre. I can't pull it off without de-furring him, so I might detach and reattach the legs if it becomes a real problem.

I'm thinking of writing up my mods to the pattern and posting it so people can share the Grover love. I've gotten nothing but happy squeals when I show him off. For nostalgic purposes I may have to start a whole line of these - the Friendly Giant, Rusty, Snuffalupagus . . . I wish I could crochet, amigurumi would be so handy. But, instead, I have Super Grover. And he's pretty damn awesome. Super Grover, away!