Purple Elmo

I really don't think you'd find yourself being hassled at craft shows selling these items. I see quite a few people selling crocheted items of sports teams at craft shows and they do quite well, especially around the holidays (it's so hard to make a crafty gift for a male) These people surely don't have permission from the NFL, the union and the team itself to make and sell these items, but they do and with nothing is ever said by the show organizers. Your banks are so very cute and I'm sure you would sell quite a few. I think if you had an online presence, where you were trying to sell these items, you could run into some trouble eventually, but at one day craft show, it's highly unlikely. Try sending them an email, you never know...they may tell for a craft show, it's okay to sell them. They are very, very adorable and it would be shame to not be able to share them with everyone!

Hi, Loved your post! I do alot of crochet. Yes,copyrights are a big confussing mess. What I would suggest is: See if Leisure Arts, Annies Attic, or other well known pattern companies have a pattern book with what ever charactors you want to work with. If they do, contact them, ask them if you use their project patterns, make the product, if you can legally sell the projects. Or you could "design" similiar but different charactors. Slightly different eyes, smile, color, and so on. Heck, kids like all kinds of goofy looking charactors. Espicially bright colors. Who would of thought that giving a sponge a face, limbs, and pants would be such a big deal. LOL

I don't blame you for not wanting to deal with the copyright issue...and I don't blame them for their side of it either! But they are so very cute..I am sure you could sell a ton of them!

Curtains whether that be bathroom shower or just window curtains. Dolls, amigurumi or otherwise. Rugs, cross stitch...

Hi carolbee, Well done to you for making these things, hope you will get a approvel fro them, I'm no good with anything like that but I wish you all the luck. Hugs. Tamara

hello carolbee i just went to look to see if you posted a photograph of Elmo to your Mylot discussion and i didn't see one. lol and i haven't any idea as of what else that you could make Sesame Street wise. lol i am not very good at making crafts like that you are. how about some light switch covers? lol and i hear ya about not wanting to have to mess with a copyright issue either. are you going to show us all around here at Mylot what that the purple Elmo bank looks like? thanks for sharing. how about making some kind of a small wall hanging with one of the character's from Sesame Street on that? well i have given you a couple of ideas this morning and i wish you luck in making whatever craft that you want to make. take care and have a beautiful day today!