Sock monkeys!

butler_helen

ok so this thread is addictive- I spent the whole of Saturday reading all the threads and buying socks/stuffing and have spent this morning making my body and now I'm ready to stuff.

However- I read on one post about filling it with rice in the bum/legs- rice seems really big- did it work? Or did I read wrong and actually the person wanted advice- sorry i can't find it again in the 60 pages

I can't wait to dress her- it's like being 7 again!

thank you for the inspiration for a very cheap weekend

hayley83_2

Here is my first ever sock monkey... woooo!!
I'm so excited, I've just taken him downstairs to my partners pub and everyone loved him, hehe. I haven't named him yet but feel as though I should so now I have to think of a suitable name.

Thanks for the inspiration everyone. I will be making another monkey soon

sharon59

well done Hayley -a very jealous of your neat ears-done 3 now and none of them have got same size pair of ears!
Like everyone he will be first of many!!

butler_helen

how is everyone sewing the mouth? I have copied someones photo where they did an X, although I like the long neat mouths- which look like a block colour?

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hayley83_2

Thanks Sharon. For the ears, I drew the ear shape on a bit of card and cut the ears around that to make them roughly the same size, hope this helps.

butler_helen

hayley83 wrote: »

Thanks Sharon. For the ears, I drew the ear shape on a bit of card and cut the ears around that to make them roughly the same size, hope this helps.

Thank you for the tip everyone on here is such a wealth of information and motivation!

how did you do the mouth? mine looks like he's been attached with a black marker

Natbag

Hi guys, I'm back LOL!
Been mad busy with baby Alex, but Gemma's picture on Facebook prompted me to post pictures of mine and well now a few of my family and friends need one too! Not sure where I will find time but here goes nothing!

hayley83_2

how did you do the mouth? mine looks like he's been attached with a black marker

I am not sure how everyone does theirs but here is how I did mine.

I used embroidery thread. I tied a knot in the end and cut off the excess, this knot became one of the monkeys nostrils, then I sewed through the mouth to one of the corners of the mouth then around the outside of the monkey to the other end of the mouth, back through the inside and out again for the other nostril with another knot, again cutting off the excess thread.
To keep the mouth in position I used some thin black thread and sewed a couple of stitches through the embroidery thead.

I hope that makes sense, I haven't explained it too well.

mumhug

Hi all been posting over on the card making thread for a few weeks and decided to venture over here. I decided to have a first attempt at a sock monkey today not great but I am now addicted and already all my kids want one so I should be getting some practice lol.Have been looking at all your pics and yours are all briliant each one has his/her own character.

lesley_mac

Hello!! Completed sock monkey number 2 tonight!! Nobody told me how addictive this would be lol!! I have another one to make tomorrow for a friends birthday, this time I am using kids knee highs they are black with pink stars so will see how it works out!?! I have even got my husband looking at suitable socks for monkeys when we are shopping now its great!!!