New Giraffe

As promised, here's another peek at what I've been doing these last few weeks:

I've reinvented my giraffe pattern!

My giraffe has been a fan favorite since Crabtree first started, but making so many of them started to get a little boring. Don't get me wrong, I think my original giraffes are adorable. But when you craft as often as Amy and I do, your creative energies itch to try new things, solve new problems, and just plain play. I had ideas about tweaking the pattern almost since the beginning— the neck needed to be longer, the body plumper, and the limbs needed to be fully poseable.

It took almost a full year, but a few weeks ago I was finally fully inspired to begin the redesign. It took a few slight tweaks to get the giraffe I had envisioned, and I'm still getting used to using plastic doll joints (what makes the limbs poseable), but I'm extremely pleased with the end result.