Socktastic

As a Christmas present, my kind blogging friend Monkee Maker sent me this very tall sock monkey:


For some reason, she doesn't seem to think he's very good - but the NBM and I both disagree. We like him a lot. And not just because his extraordinarily long tail can be used to turn him into a fearsome Ninja-monkey:

Just call me Rambo

In fact, I liked him so much that I was quickly struck with a strong desire to rush out and buy a pair of colouful socks and attempt to sling together a sock monkey of my own....








... but I didn't. I did, however, purchase a pair of rather dull brown socks for the princely sum of £1 (thank you, Brantano footware sale), and spent last night creating this....

Sock dog sans eyes

Given that we're not exactly short of monkeys at our place, I thought I'd ring the changes with a sock dog. He's all done apart from some eyes (I can't find my buttons), and probably a collar - I'm thinking red. I followed a pattern from some pdfs I found here (although I think the pattern is a Martha Stewart thing originally).

So, it's all about the socks round our place at the moment.

Best Buddies

Now, I really must find those buttons so I can create the dog some eyes...

World's worst watch-dog overcome by striped bandit