Here’s a little history.

About 4 years ago, I took a sock monkey making class at my local fabric/yarn shop, Stitches, in Seattle. The instructor was a talented local artist whose sock monkeys were being shown at Bluebottle Art Gallery, an independent art gallery in Seattle. I got to make my own sock monkey and I received a cool little book of instructions.I was so excited to make more of them!  I collected bunches of socks and made lots of sketches of monkey clothes. They were so satisfying to make because I could finish them in a fairly short period of time, about 4 or 5 hours! Now I take about 15 to 20 hours to make one.

This is Alice B. Socklas. She was one of 21 sock monkeys that I made for my family one year for Christmas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is Sock-rates, who was made for my boyfriend’s brother who is a
philosopher professor.

 

 

 

 

 

For Christmas, I made 21 different monkeys for my family. These monkeys are from that group. After making all those sock monkeys,  I wanted to pursue making them more seriously as an artist and possibly as a business. Hence, starting this blog is part of making that happen.

 

Mr.Monkey is another Christmas monkey. This was in the days when I made
my monkeys entirely by hand. Later, I started to use my fabulous new Bernina sewing machine :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That’s all for now. I’m working on taking some pictures of what I’m working on now. Maybe I’ll get them up next time I post. I’m also trying to prioritize Christmas gift-making so that I don’t go crazy and make things for people I don’t even know! I’ll be working on a list in the next few days.

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