The Demented Sock Monkey

I finally finished my sock monkey.  He's very interesting looking to say the least!  Pinball Wizard thinks he looks like something from the Twilight Zone.  I think he just plain looks weird!  Harry Potter, however, just loves him!  He has named him Ogre because he says he looks like an ogre.  Funny, I don't think he looks  like an ogre!  For one, he's not green.

Making the sock monkey was a lot of fun.  The first thing I did was buy a pair of socks because none of ours were exactly right for the project.  I got these polka dotted socks at Wal Mart.  They were knee socks so they were very long socks.  Wal Mart, for some reason, does not sell Fiberfil anymore.  So my mother in law, Mama S, bought me a big cheap pillow that I had Harry Potter take apart.

Harry Potter loved ripping that pillow apart!  And I have to give a shout out here to Mama S for being the craftiest person I know!  I would have never thought to take a pillow apart for the fiberfil.  But, luckily, she did!

Once HP got the fiberfil into my basket there, I proceeded to make the sock monkey.  I got off to a real good start.  My new sewing machine is awesome!  Words cannot begin to describe the awesome-ness of my new sewing machine!  I love it!  But once the hand sewing started, it was slow going.  I have arthritis and as much as I love hand sewing and embroidery, I just can't do it for hours anymore like I used to.  So it took me almost an entire month to make this sock monkey!

Yes, it took a long time and the sock monkey is very funny looking.  But HP really loves him and Pinball Wizard thinks he's cool.  So I think I'll make more.  But not just yet.  My next project is going to be either some pajama bottoms for HP or a pillow case.