Monkeys!!!

It all started because "someone" mentioned that Pierce (my nephew) was into monkeys these days. That was before Christmas. Don't ask me where the hair brained idea came from. It's not like I don't already have plenty of hobbies to choose from when I actually have time to devote to one of them. But for some reason the light bulb went on and I just HAD to MAKE him a sock monkey. Now keep in mind that I saw them at Target for $12.99 before Christmas. But that simply wasn't good enough! I wanted to MAKE one for him. Nope, I've never made one before. I guess knowing Sara (his mom) would love it all the more knowing I had made it was a big reason why I wanted to do this. Bob just shakes his head at me. He doesn't get it either - but then there's quite a bit about me he doesn't get.

I set off on my mission to find the famous red heel socks. After looking at several stores I decided to just order them online. There are several companies online that sell them and I was delighted to find they come in blue as well as brown. You know me, it had to be a bit different! So I ordered them, they came and they sat ... through December and then through January. I just ran out of time. Eventually, during one of our "snowed in" weekends, with all my other deadline projects and the time came to pull out the socks. I followed the directions and sewed up the first sock. After I figured out that the red heel on that sock was his butt and not his mouth, it all came together pretty quickly! LOL I was quite confused for a bit though. Sewing all the pieces on was the next challenge. I am not a proficient hand sewer. In fact, my first monkey looks a little pathetic if you look too closely. But he is what he is and he needs a home where he will be loved (i.e. dragged around by the arm - hopefully - through all kinds of muck).

I finished him right before one of our sock classes so he HAD to go with me - seeing as he was made from socks ... right? :D Other than looking angry (I still need to fix his eye brows) I was quite proud of my first sock monkey. Sometime during the class there was a discussion on why he was so pissed. I suggested it was because I didn't make him anatomically correct - c'mon! this is me we're talking about - consider the source! As he was passed around Rachel put his tail between his legs and arranged his arms around it and ... well needless to say hilarity ensued! We were all crying we were laughing so hard. Ya know, when I look at any of these monkeys (yeah, I've made some more since then) that's all I see now. And they all look pornographic! And yeah, I did take a pic of it - just couldn't help myself - but I won't post it. I'll leave that to your imagination.

Of course after completing this little guy (albeit well hung little guy) I wanted to make more. The wheels were just a spinning! Off I went looking for more socks. I found these wonderful Valentine socks and they just screamed to be made into Valentine monkeys!! I decided to take Cari and Jocelyn (roommate) one since we were going up there. I love how they came out and so did the girls. I get a little better at seaming and doing the face on each one. Sorry Pierce, I'll make you another one at some point ... cuz hey, you gotta have more than one monkey, right?

I also decided to make baby monkeys from little girl socks. I needed one for Morgan for V-Day and one for an upcoming baby shower. I think they turned out pretty dang cute!