My first Sock Monkey
I have a niece
(she is really my cousin’s daughter but I say she is my niece)... She is, hands
down, my favorite little person in the world.
As soon as I
started sewing (more on how I got into sewing later), I have been thinking on
what to do for her. A sock monkey sounded simple enough and fun. I got excited.
It was actually
harder than I was expecting. It seems I´m better at machine sewing than hand
sewing. I am truly a novice in all this and sometimes I have no idea what they
are talking about when they mention different stitches. I usually ask my mom
but she was traveling... so I went with it.
I still have no
idea how it gets to look so professional, but every time it does not
come out perfect I just tell myself that I have learned from that experience
and next time it will be better!
This is how it
turned out...
At first sight I
guess it seems like it’s made by a pro, I say this because I got great
compliments, but if you look closely you can see MANY mistakes to learn from.
First off check out the hands and feet... I have no
idea how they sow it in a way that it comes out nice and round, not pointy and
awkward. At the end I think I kind of figured it out but it was finished by then.
Also the mouth is crooked! That was a ridiculous
mistake but still happened! The mouth and the eyes should be closer together...
and the monkey should be stuffed up more. I should have stuffed a lot more but
I got scared it was too much and ended up with a skinny monkey!
So here are my tips for a perfect or at least better
sock monkey.
1. The bigger the sock the easier it will be to make
the sock monkey.
2. Make sure
you sew the parts that are sewn with the machine as straight as possible.
3. Stuff it
without fear!
4. Cut the excess
in the hands, feet and tail after sewing, before turning inside-out.
However imperfect
my sock monkey was it turned out to be a huge success. This is a picture of
Emma, my niece, when I gave it to her. J
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