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This is my newest baby sock monkey, Mochi. She’s almost just that, a sweet rice cake with black bean curd. Yum! This Mochi is not for eating though…she’s made for snuggling. :)
Mochi sock monkey wears a lime green hoodie with monkey design and monkey ears. Her hoodie also comes with pink and blue striped long sleeves to keep her warm. The monkey ears on her hoodie are the smallest I’ve made. They’re so cute, I want to touch them!
Mochi Baby Mars Sock Monkey was made as a custom order. For more info visit maribel.etsy.com.
Tags: baby, custom, cute, ears, hoodie, mars, mochi, monkey, order, sock, sweater
My newest custom sock monkey, Frizbee, is bright and colorful. He’s very special too because he’s made from odd socks. His Rubik’s Cube like body comes in blue, green, yellow, pink and purple mosaic squares while his arms, ears and tail come in rainbow stripes. His hoodie is wacky too with a blue and red split colored front and a gradient effect on the back of the hood. After all Frizbee was inspired from a mix of Robert and Kristjen Mars Sock Monkeys so they’re very closely related. They’re like brothers!
I borrowed the Rubik’s Cube props from our guest from the UK! He came in good timing. Thanks Steve. ;)
Tags: bright, colorful, cube, effect, frizbee, fun, gradient, hoodie, mars, monkey, mosaic, odd, rainbow, rubik''s, sock, socks, split, squares, stripe
Kumi is my newest kid-size sock monkey! She’s a little smaller than an adult Mars Sock Monkey, which measures about 15″ inches. Kumi stands 12″ tall and she wears an aquatic colored Squidlet hoodie with brown kitty ears! Her colors remind me of the sea.
I don’t want to spoil the surprise, but I will say that I’m working on new Mars Sock Monkeys, the next generation! Stay tuned for updates on that. Talking about generations, I pictured Kumi next to one of the very first sock monkeys I made called Shayla. Take a look. :)
Kumi Kid Mars Sock Monkey
Kumi with Laimee waffle cone. Yumm!
Little Kumi and Shayla
Tags: aquatic, kid, kid hoodie, kitty, knit, kumi, maribel made, mars, monkey, sock, squidlett
Isabelle is my first “monkey” sock monkey! I made her from a pair of socks with little colorful monkey heads. I followed the monkey theme and put a monkey head on the front of her cream hoodie, which I added matching monkey ears! I also made her a cream flatcap. It kind of changes her personality a bit when she wears it. It’s like she’s a Gemini. :)
Tags: cosplay, cream, design, ears, flatcap, gemini, head, hoodie, isabelle, maribelmade, mars, monkey, personality, sock, stripes, sweater, theme
Say hello to Valerie, the newest addition to the family of brothers and sisters which include Phelan, Edwin and the LeAnn & Rhea twins! Valerie and her brother Phelan will be taking a trip to London this week to meet their new family. I’m going to miss them.
Valerie Baby Mars Sock Monkey
Valerie’s orange hoodie design is based on some art done by a group of artists called XLF. I suspect this might be Julieta’s work since the design is super cute (see below)! I also thought it would be neat to follow through on the graffiti vibe and add some splotches of color to resemble spray paint.
XLF art
Valerie’s orange “graffiti” hoodie
Tags: art, artist, brother, color, edwin, family, graffiti, inspiration, leann, london, maribel made, mars, monkey, paint, Phelan, rhea, sister, sock, spray, street, valerie, XLF
Meet Baby Phelan! My friend told me that his name means “little wolf”, which I think suits him perfectly since he’s like a little wild animal. :)
These photos were taken at a construction site right across the street. I don’t like the noise at 7:30 in the morning, but I have grown fond of these big machines living in front of us. I thought the site would make a good place to shoot a baby boy sock monkey. Boys will be boys after all!
For Phelan’s sweater, I really gave myself a good challenge with the design of the fire engine. I wasn’t happy at all with the knit results of the original fire truck design, which was angled, making it impossible to tell what it was. As soon as I changed the view of the fire engine the basic shapes of the body, windows and ladder looked much better!
Original Revised
Phelan’s Fire Engine hoodie
Tags: blue, boy, construction, engine, fire, little, machine, mars, monkey, Phelan, sock, truck, wolf
I just added two new sock monkeys to my Mars Sock Monkey album on flickr. Abigail the plaid monkey is a custom sock monkey. The owl on her sweater was inspired from a photo of a cute USB owl! I had fun making the pom-pom hat since I hadn’t made one in a while. Baby Cassie comes in a pink and yellow Heart Hoodie. She’s the first baby sock monkey to wear one! These and Star Hoodies come standard on all Mars Sock Monkeys. :)
I also had whole new settings to work with for Abigail and Cassie’s photos. Not to mention record breaking 100 degree weather! For the sweaters there’s two photos showing parts of the knitting process. I use the mattress stitch and kitchener stitch to seam up the hood pieces shown in the pink hoodie photo. The owl design on Abigail’s sweater is knit in fair isle.
Abigail and Baby Cassie Mars Sock Monkeys
Cassie’s Heart Hoodie
Abigail’s Owl Sweater and pom-pom hat
Tags: abigail, baby, cassie, fair isle, flickr, heart, hoodie, kitchener, knitting, maribelmade, mars, mattess, monkey, owl photo, pinl, process, sock, star, stitch, usb, weather
I’ve been holding on to these great photos sent to me by Mars Sock Monkey owners for too long! Makes me glad to see all these happy monkeys traveling to Scotland, eating pizza at Uni, relaxing at home and even learning new tricks. Thanks for sending them! :D
More Home Sweet Home pics to come. If you’d like to contribute to the pool of happy sock monkeys please send your photos to 
.
James and Bonnie Mars Sock Monkeys adopted Feb 09
Photo by Lynne
George and Danny Mars Sock Monkeys adopted Dec 08
Photo by Lynne
Edwin Mars Sock Monkey adopted Sept 08
Photo by Emily
Robert Mars Sock Monkey adopted Sept 08
Photo by Cammy
Tags: appreciation, bonnie, edwin, email, flickr, happy, home, james, kindergarden, mars, monkey, photos, pool, robert, school, send to, sock, sweet, travel, university
These days I’m working on baby sock monkeys (no 1 and 5 below)! Some of these socks came from the babyGap and fortunately didn’t carry bumpy logos at the bottom of the sole like most of their other socks. So annoying when trying to find suitable socks btw! The one with the strawberry is cute, but I wonder how much of the design will actually show once it’s sewn.
Stay tuned to see what these baby sock monkeys will wear. I see lots of bright and bold colors for them!
Tags: baby, Gap, little, monkey, small, sock
Weeeeee! It only took me what seams forever to complete the latest sock monkey. It’s summer, there are things going on, I just moved countries…in the end there’s always a friend giving me a drink. I guess it didn’t take me that long! It’s only been since early June that I started working on the socks with the tag labeled Monkey #2. Three weeks later Kit-Kat, the first ever Mars Sock Monkey made from knee-high socks, was born!
What made this one fun was making the really long striped sleeves. I also had a cool theme to work with…Kitty! I wasn’t sure I was going to leave the whiskers, but then I put on it’s kitty & crossbones hoodie and it all came together nicely! ;)
Things in the works: I’m making a sweater for a sock monkey a little girl made from a kit called Finnoola Peach. Ooh, I like the idea of sock monkey kits! Also sewing baby socks and designing a ladybug graphic for a hoodie. :)
Tags: 1st, cosplay, fashion, finnoola, hoodie, june, kit, kit-kat, kitty, knee-high, maribelmade, mars, monkey, new, sleeves, sock, socks, summer, sweater
