Sock monkeys!

RustyFlange

Dora he is lovely! So muchbetter than my poor effort lol ... I have stuffed him this afternoon and have stuffed his tail and ears, just his arms and mouth to go but I am still thinking of a different mouth as I think I will screw it all up ...

Here is a progress picture ... no laughing or you will make me cry! lol oh and the pink and black stripey socks for my next one


Thanks Wartime ... need a cloth? :rotfl:

Siren137

Hi Rusty!

Just posted a bit about this on the crafty for christmas thread but thought I would pop a bit on here too. I have made sock monkeys with knee high socks and they do end up with long arms, legs and tail.
I find the mouth the trickiest bit as well and often it goes on wonky, which i claim just makes it more quirky!
I would take a piccie of the one I made my boyfriend as he was made with knee high socks as well but sadly he was popped into hibernation and placed gently in his box ready for the house move!
However if you are still lost I'm visiting my folks in a couple days and I know the sock monkey I made my brother is there and he too was made with knee high socks so I could show you him if you wanted.

In the meantime here is a picture of the last one I made:

craftyfox

i love all the sockmonkeys and rusty if you have no stuffing you could always use old tights (clean ofcourse) cut up into small pieces - this is what my mother and aunt used many years age when they made rag dolls

shegha

loving these sock monkeys
Just been to M&S and the had funky long socks down to 50p
Guess what we are making tomorrow

shegha

Check out my monkey



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WartimeScrapingofMarmite

shegha wrote: »

Check out my monkey



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:T He is FAB!
I've bought four pairs of socks today to start on mine soon which, if they are good enough will be Christmas presents for my son, daughter, nephew and niece.

RustyFlange

He is fab! Love the socks! where did you get them?

mary43

They're brilliant !!! I'm sorely tempted to have a go but dread to think what mine would turn out like. (Thinking of printing out the instructions and giving them to a friend of mine...........she's due to go into hospital soon and will need fair time recovery period in bed afterwards and I know she'll go nuts with nothing to do......and she's pretty good with needle and thread :j

Krystaltips

These are fantastic!!! Might have a nosey at the instructions and see if I'm capable... (Although I've got a quilt cover of DD's I was supposed to of sewn to cotbed size... Only been working on it for 2 months...)

rainmac

mary43 wrote: »

They're brilliant !!! I'm sorely tempted to have a go but dread to think what mine would turn out like. (Thinking of printing out the instructions and giving them to a friend of mine...........she's due to go into hospital soon and will need fair time recovery period in bed afterwards and I know she'll go nuts with nothing to do......and she's pretty good with needle and thread :j

Absolutely my issue with sock monkeys Mary, "dread to think what mine would turn out like" :rotfl: