miunOMa: Giraffe

A few years ago, I bought this book "Cute Creatures to Knit and Crochet." It has many cute toys, but the one I absolutely loved was a giraffe which was a puppet. My niece was just born, and I thought making her a giraffe was a fantastic idea until I started the project. I decided not to make a puppet but just a soft toy. That was the easiest part. The most difficult part was the pattern for the giraffe which was in chart form. I had never followed a pattern like it, so it took me awhile to figure out how to read it. Once I had that settled, I realized that all the parts of the giraffe are made in individual pieces. Phew!!! It took a lot of time and patience. And, I don't usually have the latter when it comes to making things. It needs to be done NOW! :)

Anyway, I finished the first giraffe for my niece, and she loved it. This summer while visiting my sister I looked at the giraffe again and decided it was time to make one for us, too. I guess I had forgotten how much I hated following the charts and how looooooooong it took to finish the first one. However, I was too excited about my new yellow and tan cotton yarn to remember any of that, and I couldn't wait to start. I started the giraffe in July. I finished in November. And, I still hated following the charts (although it was much easier the second time around), and it took me a very looooooong time to finish my second giraffe. I told myself multilpe times during the project, "never again." Give me a few more years in between, and I will probably make another one. ;)

The giraffe (still with no name) is SUPER cute and huge! I don't have the measurents but here she is sitting on O's arm chair and is basically filling the seat.