Sock monkeys!

sophief333

Hi everyone

I'm hoping to make a draft excluder in the shape of a cat and wondered if you lovely talented people know any how-to sites?

spicyprawn

sparkleychel wrote: »

a couple of monkeys on here
sorry don't know how to put photo straight on

http://s1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff467/sparkleychel/

also a cat draught excluder made from socks too:D

Sparkleychel has made one ^^

I am making a dog one out of a single knee high sock after xmas. Laying the sock out how it comes (not how it would be on your foot) cut the foot part in half or just over depending on how big you want the head to be. Turn inside out and lay again.Sew the foot up, I will be doing a slightly curved stitch. Turn right side out. Stuff the whole thing and sew up the 'bum' end. Use the left over foot part to make tail and ears. You could also use the other knee high sock to make legs and arms if you wanted to. This is the tutorial I use for my sock dogs, just adapt it a little.

http://createstudio.blogspot.com/2011/04/sock-dog-tutorial.html

spicyprawn

or this using knee high socks?

http://community.babycentre.co.uk/post/a11193015/sock_cat_tutorial

giggles_alot

Has anyone made monkeys using trainer/sports type socks. I need to make two ballerina monkeys for my niece, I've got 3 pairs of pink socks and 2 pairs of purple (they were too cheap to look for full length socks, so happy to use all of them in just two monkeys but was wondering anyone can recommend a way of assembling parts from trainer socks?

Amethyst_ice

I used this for my sock cat, looks more "squishy"

http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?action=tags;sa=showtopics;!!!!!sock_animal

regarding trainer socks...the frog tutorial on that shows how it works.

im still tryign to work out how to do this mouse.

http://sock-tacular.deviantart.com/#/d4gczar

if anyone can help id really appreciate it x

Fizzy12

Please can people explain how they do the 'smile' on the mouth of the sock monkey please? I'm really struggling to make mine look good

sophief333

My husband and I just finished our first ever sock monkey! Took about 3 and a half hours! Desperate to share pics on facebook but going to be a Christmas gift and don't want the recipient seeing, so I'll share with you! Here he is!

Fizzy12

sophief333 wrote: »

My husband and I just finished our first ever sock monkey! Took about 3 and a half hours! Desperate to share pics on facebook but going to be a Christmas gift and don't want the recipient seeing, so I'll share with you! Here he is!

He is lovely. Well done

pennib

Sophief; You've done a good job on your monkey. I like the pattern of the socks. I think the recipient will be delighted with her/him.

sophief333

We are doing them for all our family this year so he is number 1 of 12! Just finishing off a baby girl monkey, I'll post a pic when done!