Meet Jamie Giraffe!

Well, I didn't actually finish until about 9pm or so last night. Whew! Amy made me promise to put the giraffe next to her in bed after I was done and so I did. This is how I found them this morning while she was eating her breakfast.  I think this gives you a pretty good perspective on just how big this giraffe is! Even I didn't realize just how big she'd become. Amy has decided (for now) that her name is Jamie (the first name of her beloved kindergarten teacher). She may even call her Miss Paul.

Amy also asked if I was going to blog about these pictures. But, of course! Hee, hee! *Ü* Amy took Jamie into the van on the way to school, too. And made me promise to bring her when I picked her up from school.

There are 11 pom-poms and 11 spots. The horns have short pieces of straw in them to keep them upright (very clever idea and not one I thought of). I actually had to make another horn because one of the original ones wouldn't fit the straw no matter what I did. Let me just say, trying to knit on double pointed needles with just TWO stitches per needle was an exercise in patience. I ended up putting covers on the points so the needles would stop slipping through the TWO stitches and falling onto my lap. LOL

All in all, I think she came out pretty cute. But I think I'm putting down the knitting needles for a bit. Amy said, FINALLY! when she saw her giraffe. She told me, it took you FOREVER to get her done. Maybe not forever, but believe me, I'm just as excited to be done as Amy is! I have some crochet projects I want to work on, and that always goes faster for me. I'm sure glad though, that I've figured out double pointed needles. It opens up possibilities for future projects. Yay!

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by. Your encouraging comments mean more to me than I can ever express!