I had my fill of weird requests since I started making amigurumis, and I guess it's safe to say that by far... This was the weirdest. O_O
A combination of giraffe and rabbit in one amigurumi... High? Probably. ^^
So that was my sister-in-law's request for her birthday and of course I said "Yes, I'll do it!". In fairness to her, bizarre as it may be, that giraffe, rabbit... Girabbit idea has a rather sweet meaning. It's what she and my second eldest brother tease each other... Him a giraffe and she a rabbit. Need I say more? Hehehe! ^^
Anyway, I opted to make the Girabbit really cute and kawaii so I looked into lots of references and did some sketches. It took more than 3 weeks but I finally figured out how I wanted my sister-in-law's gift done.
The bow, blush and girly felt eyes were just last minute add-ons. Originally I wanted it plain but then I remembered my sister-in-law really loves sweet kawaii stuff. ^^
So that's about it, a Girabbit for my dear sister-in law. Of course she loved it and thought it was really cute. Yup! All in a day's work. ^^
Ooh fun fact! Did you know that J.R.R. Tolkien, author of the Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit, wrote a book called "Mr. Bliss." What about it?
Found this description at the Tolkien Library:
"Mr. Bliss, a man notable for his immensely tall hats and for the girabbit in his garden, takes the whimsical decision to buy a motor car. But his first drive to visit friends quickly becomes a catalogue of disasters. Some of these could be blamed on Mr. Bliss’ style of driving, but even he could not anticipate being hi-jacked by three bears."
See that? Amazing isn't it? Really fascinating for someone who wrote about great wars in the middle earth of hobbits, elves, dwarves, and orcs, to actually imagine something eccentric as Mr. Bliss and his pet girabbit. J.R.R. Tolkien is truly, hands down awesome.
This Girabbit may be the weirdest amigurumi I ever made but it's certainly the cutest, most adorable and kawaiiest. Hehehe -^o^-
Disclaimer: Some of the images are not mine and can be searched online
So I saw this picture while browsing for my next project and my immediate reaction was... Want!!! ^^ I loved the pastel colors, how the spots were replaced by flowers and it's mane and tail in different shades. Next to cute, I thought it was really genius. Who would've thought to make a flower power hippie giraffe? I slow clap to your greatness oh creator of this master piece. ^^
Too bad though that it's on Etsy, and if it's on Etsy it's not free. Sigh! Another tag priced majestic pattern. -_-
Of course I felt bad, but after a moment something just clicked in my brain and the next thing I knew I was doing the Mr. Burns expression; rubbing my hands together while saying "Excellent". A diabolical evil plan that involves yarn. How evil!!! Hahaha!
So with the giraffe pattern written by Marike van Loo and simple flower pattern by Jennifer Dickerson, I created my own flower power hippie giraffe and named him Lennon. Imagine all the gurumis. Yeah! ^^
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I used the one round flowers pattern since for me it looked closest to the ones in the Baby Giraffe Toy. But if you don't feel like it, other flower patterns will do. Actually, there's no limit to how you make your giraffe... Change it's color, attach rainbows or stars, curl the mane, you can even put wings... Do whatever you think makes you happy. ^^
LENNON
Materials:
Monaco Yarn Shade #12 - Blonde (5-6 skeins)
Monaco Yarn Shade #52 - Pickle (1-2 skeins)
Monaco Yarn Shade #30 - Ballet Slipper (1 skein)
Monaco Yarn Shade #46 - Ocean (1 skein)
Monaco Yarn Shade #26 - Periwinkle (1 skein)
Crochet Hook - I9 (5.50 mm)
Black beads #08
Fiberfill stuffing
I made little adjustments to the horn... Made it look like tiny lollipops to give it a more playful look; and to the ears to make it a little smaller.
HORNS (2x)
(Pickle)
Rnd 1: 6sc in mr (6)
Rnd 2: 1sc-inc (9)
Rnd 3-4: sc around (9)
Rnd 5: 1sc-dec (6)
Rnd 6-7: sc around (6)
FO, leave tail for sewing
EARS (2x)
(Blonde)
Rnd 1: 6sc in mr (6)
Rnd 2: sc around (6)
Rnd 3: inc around (12)
Rnd 4-7: sc around (12)
Rnd 8: dec around (6)
FO, leave tail for sewing
Disclaimer: Some of the images are not mine and can be searched online
