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Old 10-16-2007, 11:12 AM   #1 (permalink)
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KnS..Mrs. Giraffe..the cont. of Noahs Ark

Ok..not that happy with this one..and I want to fix up the embroidery, but my daughter was begging to play with her so I stopped for now and will move on to the crocodile I think..

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Old 10-16-2007, 11:21 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Adorable. Can't wait to see the croc.
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Old 10-16-2007, 11:36 AM   #3 (permalink)
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He's / She's the best !!! How original !!! What is in the legs ?????
Great work !!
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Old 10-16-2007, 11:45 AM   #4 (permalink)
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The legs are made by wrapping yarn around straws..then you tuck 'em into a tiny knitted portion and sew 'em on. Pain in the buns really ..a lot more sewing and detaily stuff with the giraffe than any of the other ones. I just realized I forgot to sew on the mane, too! Doh!
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Old 10-17-2007, 02:46 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Wow! That is a beautiful giraffe! I love the details.
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That is so original and adorable, I love it!
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Old 10-19-2007, 02:50 PM   #7 (permalink)
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She's wonderful! I'd want to play with her too.
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OMGosh, Meg--that is TOO cute!

I showed it to my dh and he said "that lady's got talent".
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Old 10-19-2007, 11:18 PM   #10 (permalink)
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aww..thanks Rachel...Camel coming tomorrow... Eli pulled the legs off the Giraffe..sigh..so now I have to fix it and figure out how to keep the legs in..
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Old 10-21-2007, 02:21 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Oh she's really really cute!
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Old 10-22-2007, 03:29 PM   #12 (permalink)
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ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...I think she's GREAT!!!

Are you winging these or do you have patterns?

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Old 10-22-2007, 03:32 PM   #13 (permalink)
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I have some patterns ..it was in an insert that came free with a british knitting magazine called Simply Knitting that I found at our local Borders book store
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