:: time for socks ::

... the days are getting shorter - and colder - and it's time for socks again.




It's been a while since I made sock animals, so the other day I bought some striped socks for the monkey above. His name is Mr Svensson.

It takes a lot of time but it's also very satisfying to sew everything by hand.

And here is a wip - you can probably guess what it's going to be ;-)

:: look what I made ! ::

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I recently made this little sock piglet. OK, it does have devilish ears but I still think it's very sweet! If you want to see the sweetest (real) piglets on earth, head on over to mollychicken's blog!

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If you want to make a sock animal yourself, check out the instructions for the classic sock monkey here and here, there also is an elephant here. I love the sock dogs from this etsy-seller, e.g. I really like this dog, very sweet!

It's relatively easy to make different animals from the sock monkey patterns, be creative! There's also a brilliant looking Japanese craft book which I don't own. It's now available in English here and here (lots of pictures). It has patterns for a lot of different animals .