Back many years ago, I saw a commercial for Eggo Waffles where a guy was having breakfast with a sock monkey and a stuffed squirrel. I thought the monkey was so great, I had to make one myself. It was reasonably successful, and I have since made several more. Here is a collection of the sock monkeys I have made over the years.
Here is the most recent one, Fritz. Claudia knit the sweater. Fritz was a gift to Mike and Kiyomi in Japan when they graciously let us visit them:
Here is Chad and Bear. Chad is my "house monkey" and constant companion in Germany. This was the first monkey for whom Claudia knit a sweater:
This is Ignatz, and he was a gift for my mother in law. He lives in Augsburg:
And the monkey that started it all... Mungo. He is in Canada at Mum's place. Sadly I could only find this one, not very good photo of him:
3 comments:
I always knew you were talented, but I had no idea you were THIS talented!
They're awfully cute. How does one go about commissioning a new friend?
Shell
omigosh! i loved this ad campaign....
"I have parent teacher interviews on friday, am I going to hear anything I don't want to hear?......Chad?????"
where oh where can i get my very own chad???????
where oh where can we see this ad on the internet?
Kate? is this Kate Vickers?
I have not made any sock monkeys for a long time now... It just seems like too much effort.
Dave has been after one for a long time too.
For an inferior, non-Fraser made sock monkey, just google 'sock monkey' and you will see lots of them for sale. I think the sock monkeys made a bit of a comeback lately.
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