Sock monkeys!

angelkay

moonpenny wrote: »

Angelkay, What fabulous monkeys - I think they are the best I've seen!!!! And as for the little cutey holding them, he is just so lovely!!!

I don't post on this thread (as I don't make sock monkeys) but occasionally I look, and just had to say "Fantastic"!

thanks very much thats my son holding the mokeys - i am in the process ofmaking him a special monkey just now as he has been poorly recently. he was rushed into hospital on sunday with suspected meningitis thaksfully he didn't have it he has HSP instead. so he has requested a builder monkey and how could i refuse lol

angelkay

fabby monkeys ladies, i was asked to make 2 monkeys for a friend of mine in dundee united colours, she wanted them naked tho which was weird seeing them posted off with no clothes lol heres a pic of one of them but ethey were both identical

chatty123

angelkay wrote: »

FANTASTIC MONKEYS!!!

they are lovely, do you use google eyes on them and how do you get them to stay. i've tried the safety ones but the socks always ladder from the hole made to poke the plastic post thru and the sticky ones never seem sticky enough to stay in place

Hi angelkay. I always use the googly eyes. i have some extra strength fabric craft glue. to test it i stuck an eye on a spare sock and after an hour i pulled and pulled but it wouldn't budge. its still stuck to this day some 12 months later. i do sew eyes in cotton if the monkeys are for young children.

oh and the glue dries clear so no marks from any stray glue

angelkay

here's one of my latest monkeys I also had another couple of requests for certain outfit ones which i will post too - i did the last 4 with outfits as they are for gifts for my friend and her son but i kind of feel that making them with outfits to sell even if its just covering the costs is a bit like cheating. although i do think that they look ok i prefer the ones that have handmade clothes or the ones that use like the hair bands as skirts etc. what do you think? this one has a tshirt that i bought from baker ross, they had a pack of 12 in their sale for £2.40 i think but they are very small so this is just a baby monkey. lol i'm not half rambling on. oh and asda now have a pack of 4 silver fairy wands for 50p if anyone is looking for them

angelkay

i think i need to dress this one better as he just looks thrown together

angelkay

angelkay

there's card inside the hat, i didn't want to take it out till he's ready to be posted i think he needs shoes or something

angelkay

heres 2 baby monkeys i made with embroidered on eyes instead of buttons.

Sian_the_Green

Angel Kay they are all incredible!

angelkay

Sian_the_Green wrote: »

Angel Kay they are all incredible!

thanks :j

I've just sold my first monkeys - the others have been gifts but this person has ordered 2 - i'm well chuffed that she likes them enough to want to buy one. I still am in 2 minds as to whether to take monkeys with me to the craft fair in november i am doing