Sock monkeys!

Kandipandi

artydoll wrote: »

Heres the first one finished,lol.

Thats a really good idea - turned out really well! Love the hat also, did you sew your knitted bit to the sock toe with a tassel?

cuddles123

Another question.
Read about using a tube to turn and stuff arms and tails. Where on earth do you find a long narrow tube?

BTW - its gemsmembers mouths I love.

Kandipandi

cuddles123 wrote: »

I have almost finished reading this whole thread, but I have one question I can't find the answer to.

How do people do the smile so straight and neat? I have tried a backstsitch, but can't get it right. One person in particular does mouths that look like a thin line of ribbon and is a bit shiny? Would love to know how its done.

Chatty they are brilliant! Did you also make the hearts?

Cuddles, when I do a mouth I take a full bit of embroidery thread and do one long stitch from one corner of the mouth (left to right) to the other and go back and do little stitches (top to bottom) to secure it in a shape.

Kandipandi

cuddles123 wrote: »

Another question.
Read about using a tube to turn and stuff arms and tails. Where on earth do you find a long narrow tube?QUOTE]
I use the blunt end of a knitting needle.

artydoll

Kandipandi wrote: »

Thats a really good idea - turned out really well! Love the hat also, did you sew your knitted bit to the sock toe with a tassel?

Yes ,thats exactly what I did ,had some wool the exact bright pink,lol.

cuddles123

I use a knitting needle to push stuffing down, but you need a hollow tube for turning?

nuttybabe

Artydoll - he is brilliant. i love the idea of using 2 pairs of sock. Will have to have a root through mine now and see if i can do it!!! :P

Cuddles - I am still trying different things with the mouths. i cant get them how i like them. although the first few i did i used bits of pink socks and they looked ok but so fidley to do!

Chatty - yours are brilliant. I love the one with the guitar.

gemsmember

cuddles123 wrote: »

Another question.
Read about using a tube to turn and stuff arms and tails. Where on earth do you find a long narrow tube?

BTW - its gemsmembers mouths I love.

Thanks for the compliments - those mouths are chain stitch. I am doing a different method now. Straight threads caught along the line with a little holding stitch. I have attached a photo, hopefully it will come through


http://s876.photobucket.com/albums/ab326/gemsmember/?action=view&current=dolly.jpg

gemsmember

http://s876.photobucket.com/albums/ab326/gemsmember/?action=view&current=georgia.jpg

as the previous picture link worked -here is another one.

I haven't yet worked out how to actually put the picture in the message, but hopefully you will be able to see from the links

cuddles123

Thanks gemsmember - your mouths are great.

BTW - use the IMG code to get a pic in a message.