Sock monkeys!

Kirsty262

angelkay wrote: »

heres my latest sock monkey - she already has a home and will belong to a very nice lady from mse who very kindly sent me some match boxes to make advent calendars (i hope she doesn't mind me posting her monkey on here before she gets it)

Wow she is gorgeous, can't wait for her to arrive, thank you x

Claire_Bear

Let us know if she does, I would love to make some of those dogs

kacy1988

I've just started my first sock monkey!
i'm starting with childrens socks. if it turns out ok then i'm going to put him in my car!
It's kind of a trial before making my boyfriends ninja/budda one.

Nelmer

sethsgran wrote: »

I know they are all amazing. I have just contacted her through facebook to see if she sells patterns or not. Hard to type with my fingers crossed!!

Please please please post on here if she does......they are sooo amazing!!!

jetty

Ok, so i bought myself a sewing machine and i can't get it to sew i threaded the top needle fine, but i don't know what i'm doing with the bottom spool or if i even need it I start it and the needle does it's thing, but it doesn't stay in the material (can you tell i know nothing about this??) Anyway, can someone try and tell me where i'm going wrong? All i want to do is make a sock monkey

Sian_the_Green

Okay Jetty, the bottom spool is VITAL, it will not work otherwise. You need to look at how to thread this up and then slowly wind the top needle down and through into the bottom to catch the bottom thread and pull it up so you have both threads at the top. I am sure this differs a little for different machines but you should be able to watch a tutorial on it on here...
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=how+to+thread+a+bobbin&search_type=&aq=f

The good news is that your sewing machine isn't broken and you will be making a monkey in no time!

jetty

Thank you so much Sian! I did read the instructions but they were a bit over my head, lol, i'm new to this!

almond

Nelmer wrote: »

Please please please post on here if she does......they are sooo amazing!!!

same here omg best i have seen

sethsgran

Hi well I heard back and as yet she has no patterns for sale However she said that when she has finished making the ones she has committed to make that she will give it some thought and get back to me. If she agrees to sell her patterns then I will post a link on this forum but as a seperate thread so you won't miss it. Fingers crossed every one. Perhaps more people need to email her on facebook to encourage her!! I did a search on facebook for who is pisces and it is a direct link to her I didn't have to send a friend request.

angelkay

this says its sock monkey instructions but its not it looks more like the dog to me
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-To-Make-a-Sock-Monkey/