A Tribute to Elmo

I know I’m not the only one who knows this song. So everyone! Sing with me.!

♫ ♥ La la la la…. La la la la

Elmo’s world ♪

Elmo likes his goldfish

His Crayons too

♪ Thaaaaat’s ElmO’s Woooooorlllllld ♫

 

Although Elmo was introduced to Sesame Street in 1979, I really never took notice to him until 1983 when I was babysitting the neighbor’s little girl.  I think the first thing that caught my attention about him was his sweet and gravelly voice, but the more I watched, the more I fell in love with his sweet nature and innocence.  He’s always been my favorite, and when I became a mom, it was yet another reason to fall in love with Elmo all over again.

I found this awesome pattern at Donna’s crochet shoppe.  Since I worked on this in my “spare time”, this took me a few months to make,  but look at how darn cute this little guy is.   

Because I am having a heck of a time learning how to drop and carry colors with both single crochet , and Tunisian/afghan stitches (it’s definitely not my strongest skill……. yet) , I have to single crochet the entire blanket first.   110 rows of 95 sc’s . It’s not hard, but I get so impatient, because I want to see my characters take form.   Once I complete the size of the blanket, I get to build Elmo.  One X cross stitch at a time.   

Watch him take form.

 Here he is in the very beginning. After about 8 hours of cross stitching, his outline has fully formed.

Such a cute little face he has.  Too bad I couldn't finish it all at one time. 

His arm is almost there.  Again, too bad I couldn't finish it all in one night. I'm tired, time for some rest.

 Great!  he's almost finished. I can already feel his personality and happy singing voice.

 All Done !  Here I am world !

My promise to everyone.... Here is both the front and back side of the blanket.  after it was finished, I single crocheted a small border, and the blanket measures 30 inches x 30 inches to form  a perfect square