Sock monkeys + knitted sweaters = Mars Sock Monkeys

I never would have thought I’d be making sock monkeys, let alone selling them online or let alone knitting them sweaters! It’s a weird and funky combination I have grown to love. I remember as a child sewing clothes for my dolls so it’s not that surprising to me that I would do the same as an adult.

And how did this come about? I knew how to do basic knitting because my mom taught me a very long time ago. Ah yes, even before the knitting revolution took hold and everyone (including myself) started going to Stitch ‘n Bitch groups to yap (or bitch) about how you and your knitting were better than everybody else. Well I wasn’t the best knitter and I didn’t care for such nonsense, but I did always want to learn to knit something that would fit a human being. The only problem was that I’m not the type of person that can knit for very long periods of time; I get bored easily doing the same thing over and over, but then it hit me!

These sock monkeys looked naked and cold (because I care very much about inanimate objects) so they would make perfect test subjects (de cariño) because they have tiny torsos! My dilemma was solved and now I’m learning how to properly make knitted clothes that on a large scale could potentially be made for a human, but are actually fit for a sock monkey. Did that make sense.

That is how Mars Sock Monkeys came to be. Now I have to complete the part of the equation where Mars Sock Monkeys equal a sort of living, but that’s what I’m looking into now. Did I mention I love designing them? It’s so much fun picking out colors and giving each monkey a distinctly different look and personality, not to mention giving them a name! As one of my cyberspace friends said (because that is where I live)…they are my “hijos.”

See the Mars Sock Monkey Collections:

Spring 2008
Summer 2008