Once upon a time, about 3 years ago in a small town in Oregon, a small knitted toy named Petey the Magic Giraffe came to be.

A woman, who had been knitting for years, was throwing a baby shower for a close friend and the theme was giraffes. Countless hours were spent on the internet looking high and low for a cute little knitted giraffe, but the woman could not find one that she felt went with the invitations she had found.

Off to the local yarn shop she went to tell her tail of woes to the nice yarn shop owner, who looked at her and said, "You can come up with that on your own. You should just design your own giraffe." "What?" said the woman. "Are you kidding? I would not know where to start." The two women talked and sketched and talked and sketched and soon the woman was off with yarn in hand to create a gift for her dear friend. After several days and several visits back to the yarn shop, a cute and sweet giraffe was born and ready to be gifted to the woman's friend.


Off to Seattle the woman and giraffe traveled to the location of the baby shower where he stood as the centerpiece of the table for the party. He was proud and happy and he knew he looked good. The woman's friend was so touched that her friend would make her such a unique gift for her soon to be new baby. The woman said goodbye to the giraffe and he went to live in his new home.

A month or so later a little boy was born and he loved the giraffe. The giraffe was named Petey, the magic giraffe after a song that the friend's mother used to sing to her. The little boy grew up to love the giraffe and loved him so hard that sometimes Petey needed small repairs that the woman would perform when he would come to visit.


The woman wrote a pattern for others to follow and then wrote another and then another, until she had many patterns and a business, called bluegirl knits and Petey, the magic giraffe started it all.


Author: bluegirl -  Date: 27 Aug 2010 16:39 -  Tags: bluegirl knits designs
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