Sock monkeys!

Purpletopaz

WOW! Just found this post and have been looking through at all of your fabulous creations! SO cute its something I wanna try!!! Aw well done everyone for being so creative! They are too cute!!!!!

Alimarcle

I discovered this thread a couple of weeks ago and have been desperate to get started! I bought three pairs of socks on Christmas Eve whilst out picking up some last minute things and so, after all our visitors had gone on Boxing Day (and OH had gone to work), I got started! Have done little else since and now have three lovely sock monkeys with scarves and hats which all three DDs have claimed! Thank you so much for all the inspiration and, if I can get them back from my girls, will post a picture!

nuttybabe

Hiya

Here are some more sock monkeys I made for xmas presents.


this one was for my sil and she loves him


this one was for bil who is a huge newcastle fan


for xmas eve hamper for one of the kids


i made this one for dh as he is a newcastle fan as well. i used knee high socks and he wanted it full size. took me hours and hours to hand sew this one!!!!!!!!!!!

dogcat_2

Loving the sock monkeys:D......keep them coming folks.:T

nuttybabe

Hiya all

Just a quick question. I am making a sock cat for a little girls birthday present and was wondering how you would do the whiskers. I am going to sew on the nose and mouth (and probably tounge) and was wondering if I should either have cotton coming out and hanging down or sewing lines or just leaving them out.

I am making it this evening so any quick answers would be appreciated.

Thanks

sal

starmummy_3

loving all the updated monkeys

im def going to make more as gifts.

Alimarcle

nuttybabe wrote: »

Hiya all

Just a quick question. I am making a sock cat for a little girls birthday present and was wondering how you would do the whiskers. I am going to sew on the nose and mouth (and probably tounge) and was wondering if I should either have cotton coming out and hanging down or sewing lines or just leaving them out.

I am making it this evening so any quick answers would be appreciated.

Thanks

sal

I made a cat from a Tone Finnanger book. She had used some kind of fine wire for the whiskers but as mine was for a child I used thread. At first I left it hanging but it looked a bit like a moustache (may just have been my sewing!!) so I ended up sewing a couple of lines on each side and it looked fine.
A. x

nuttybabe

Thanks. I will sew them on. I did think they would just hang and look odd if put some on without sewing them! Thanks again.

nuttybabe

Hiya

Well, I tried the sock cat and half way through it looked like a rabbit so changed the tail into paws and the arms into ears and got some felt for the tail as the pom pom tail i did was way way way too big!!! Here is my sock bunny:



And here is my latest sock monkey.

[Deleted User]

Do I need short socks, long socks or over the knee socks? I saw these being made on Blue Peter and since I am making hampers for everyone nexxt year thought it may be nice to add something a bit more personal. Not sure where in the 95 pages of posts I may find the answer hencing asking again!