Sock Monkey

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  Step 1

  Take your socks.
  Make sure they're ankle socks, ie, they go about 2-4 inches above your ankle.
  It does not matter if they are odd; in fact, you can achive some nice results with ones that don't match.

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  Step 2

  Take the first sock (ie, the one that you want to be the body), and lay it out like so.

  Make sure that it's inside out, and that the heel is flattened down.

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  Step 3

  Pin a straight line up the center of the sock; starting at the ankle (bottom), and finishing about an inch below the heel.
  It may help if you draw a line with tailor's chalk or felt pen as a guide.

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  Step 4

  Thread your needle.
  alternatively, use a sewing machine.

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  Step 5

  On the bottom of one of the halves, draw (or simply imagine) a paw-shape.

  Start sewing from the outside, up the middle, leaving about 5mm from your pinning.

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  Step 6

  Stop sewing at the point shown. Tie a knot, and repeat on the other side.

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  Step 7

  Remove the needles, and cut right up the middle of your stitches.
  Cut about 1cm further than your stitches go.

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  Step 8

  Turn your sock the right way round, through what will be your monkey-crotch. Ouch.
  Put this aside for a few minutes.

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  Step 9

  Take the other sock, and press it out as shown.

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  Step 10

  Cut a long piece, from the toe all the way up to the hem at the top.
  Cut out the heel, leaving a little seam allowance.

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  Step 11

  Pin the long piece, as shown.
  Cut the toe away, and cut both of he other piece in half, too.
  Pin as ilustrated.

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  Step 12

  Sew it all up.
  I've added labels on the picture, so you can see what the things will be :)

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  Step 13

  Turn them all the right way out.

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  Step 14

  Using a little stuffing, pin the heel (now a nose) onto the front of your other sock.

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  Step 15

  You can use a slipstitch, a blanket stitch, or hey- why not a running stitch?

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  Step 16

  You can sew the monkey ear on in the same way.
  Yay.

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  Step 17

  Sew Mr. Monkey's tail on.

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  Step 18

  Stuff the "arms".

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  Step 19

  Make little holes in your monkey where you want the arms to be.

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  Step 20

  Go up through the crotch, with the arm still poking through.

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  Step 21

  Sew around the hole, sttatching the two edges together.

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  Step 22

  Chose two buttons for eyes.

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  Step 23

  Take your monkey. Chose where the eyes will be.

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  Step 24

  Sew they eyes on. Add a mouth with backstitch. Lovely.

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  Step 25

  Grab some stuffing.

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  Step 26

  *ahem* stuff you monkey.

  Make sure its even, with plenty in the legs, head and bum.

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  Step 27

  Blanket stitch his poor monkey-crotch closed.

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  Step 28

  Doneee :D

  Why not experiment with clothing, etc for yur new best-friend?

  Lovely ;)

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May 16th, 2014

I love sock monkeys! They're so cute!!!

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Nomycookie^^ · 14 projects 20th August 2011

SockMonkeeyyy!!

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Lundora · Kokkola, FI · 8 projects 22nd February 2011

I've been looking for a how-to on these for a while... now I'm going to run out of socks.

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Chuckee · Las Vegas, Nevada, US · 15 projects 16th April 2010

OMIGOSH!
I'm just gonna hafta make me one, no?

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Jet H. · Haarlem, North Holland, NL · 108 projects 12th January 2010

Hi awesome, i had just bought a book about how to make sock dolls, but the mokey wasn't there=S So thanks a lot fot the tute, you have make me smile. He is adorable.

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Jet H. · Haarlem, North Holland, NL · 108 projects 12th January 2010

I had just bought a book how to make dolls of socks, but this monkey wasn't in it, soooooooo thank a lot for making a tute, he,s so cute. Love it.

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featureandform · Whitley Bay, England, GB · 2 projects 27th August 2009

"*ahem* stuff you monkey" this made me laugh xD
v cute monkey and great how-to. shall be trying this soon

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cupcake gangster · 64 projects 11th August 2009

xoxoxoxo

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Lorelei R. · U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado, US 3rd June 2009

I've been wanting to make a sock monkey with some crazy colored socks for quite awhile. Thanks for the tutorial! I've gotta try this right away! Stepdaughter is visiting today...hmmm

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Andy · Chicago, Illinois, US · 6 projects 28th May 2009

Thank you so much. Your instructions were easy to follow and I think mine ended up pretty well. It is a sock monkey made out of sock monkey socks so it is pretty intense. Thanks again!

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