Beginings of Sock Critters

May 2011.  My first real sock monkey made for my daughter Myra's 18th Birthday. I look at her now and cringe, so many errors and mistakes but she is well loved.

Miss Monkey.

 This is my daughters Zoey's sock girl, her eyes are so big and in certain light she looks like she is in sunnies. She is made with a smaller fluffy sock.

Waiting for cuddles and love.

Past Sock Monkeys

 Looking through my photos reminded me that I have not put up photo's of my earlier sock monkeys.This is my very first try. I cut the arms and tail wrong but I learned by my mistake.

Painted Lady

My beautiful dog thought she was a great chew toy, he looks hopefully to each new completed sock monkey. Sorry boy, next time.

July sock monkeys

Well the flu has finally left, it seemed to linger so long and then I had a kidney infection but I am well this week. Need to finish my rearranging and organizing of my craft room but sock monkeys are calling me to make them. I need to do two that I have promised to make for my niece and nephew, who are actually my great niece/nephew but I hate saying that, makes me feel so old.

First time I have used a surround for the button eyes. I like it. For my nephew, black socks with a blue pacman ghost print, grey face and blue button eyes.

For my niece a pink, green and white stripey fluffy sock.She turned out  a prim looking little miss, with pink eyes, pink and white flower head accessory,lace scarf, eye lashes and a smile.And a white felt eye surround.

Ok come pick them up before my dog chews them lol.

They have been waiting on them so long, it will be a surprise that I have done them.

Miss Mouse

 

A mousie for a mousie <3

I was asked to make a mouse for my friends granddaughter, she was preemie and so tiny, nicknamed Mousie of course. I didn't think of using socks at first but after seeing these http://www.flickr.com/photos/treachercreatures/  I knew a sock would do.

 I cut the sock into the shape I wanted, then hand sewed it and stuffed it.I tried on her sock 'dress' pinned arms where I thought they should be,tacked facial features and pinned paper ears to see if it looked like I hoped it would. It did! So I sewed and sewed and sewed and tweaked and tweaked....and Miss Mousie was born :). Oh yeah I also added bells inside her so she rattled.

Sock Robot 3

He has a  waste disposal button in the middle of his bottom.

I added button "wheels" to bot boots and sewed them on his legs.

Sock Robot 2

Now to see if it fits

Yes, I am pleased with the shape.

Pinning the legs before sewing

Leg stuffing

Cut a hole in the toe section big enough to insert body and head cushions.

Ready for head sewing and body parts.

The second sock is now used for arms and whatever.

Arm showing pincher hand

Both done.

The feet.

I used Styrofoam scraps for the feet.

Sock Robot 1

How I made Aimee"s Sock Robot.

I started by cutting out a squarish shape out of a old clean cushion insert

Sewed it on the machine

And hand stitched the corners down.

Yes! good head shape

Repeated for body shape

Shaping up nicely

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Sock Robot

A Sock Robot that I made for my beautiful daughter Aimee, for her 24th birthday :)