Sock monkeys!

to the poster above who has the website.... i'm a bit miffed that you think that my monkeys (and the others on here) are inferior to yours which is what you have inferred in your post - perhaps i'm not the worlds best sewer but i think that ALL the monkeys on here are fantastic even more so when they are made with love specifically for the person they are given or sold to so even though i don't have a fancy website nor make them particularly fancy clothes and i also use possibly the cheapest socks that i can find no high quality materials here just good old fashioned cheap supermarket socks, i would like to bet that the people who have received mine wouldn't part with them even if you offered them £100. even with only having 3 months experience making these in my leisure time
i'm assuming that seeing as you joined in jan and have only posted on this forum that you googled your business name and up came this forum, i think you will also find that the poster did not ask for a breakdown of your costs or justification of why you charge what you do, they merely posted that she thought that folks monkeys should be selling for more than they were seeing as the going rate so to speak was around the £35 mark

from one miffed sock monkey maker (albeit of inferior quality when compared to certain others)

craftlady wrote: »

Just looked on the 'professional' website. Some of ours are as good as that. As for the costumes they have just been bought from Bear Factory/Build a Bear Workshop. I could do that then charge £35 too :T :T :T

:eek: Thats cheating no wonder the price is so high lol, I think home made with a bit of blood is more personal.:rotfl:

Yes I stictch myself at the same time lol, always watching Tv or on the internet while making them.:eek:

Any ways professional I say pah, who needs them. Normal monkeys with defects means more character. I love a wonkey ear or lumpy tail. (Not a dig at my sock monkey chums)

guess this one belongs here as i used the monkey pattern as a base for this one (shorter tail that isnt stuffed just sew at both ends, shaped horns which i cut into shape -done in much the same way as the ears though and instead of using the heel of sock for mouth part i used the larger toe part)
introducing daisy the fluffy pink sock cow (i hand sew so much prefere the fluffy socks as they hide a mulitude of sewing sins)

I love that cow well done,

I am really pleased with myself as apart from being ok at xstitch my sewing skills are not good but am 3/4 way thru my first sock money and its looking okay so far!