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It’s not very often that I make sock monkeys with really long arms, legs and tail. In fact Abbie is only the second sock monkey I’ve made from a pair of knee-high socks next to Kit-Kat. What I love about these long limbed sock monkeys is that their arms go all around your neck when you hug them. There is more to hold on to!
Abbie wears a purple and pink long sleeved panda hoodie with ears. Her outfit is very similar to Yuki’s except it has really long sleeves. :)
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My newest Mars Sock Monkeys come with a bit of a Holiday flair and animal cuteness! There’s a sock monkey with a bear, bunny, piggy and a panda. I’ve done some of these cute animal designs on hoodies for my custom sock monkeys so I wanted to bring this nice detail to the sweatshirt hoodie. Included are some new colors: red and a Japanese piggy print fabric.
I used a technique called needle felting to add the small detail like the eyes and nose to the animal faces. I then embroidered their little mouths and attached the final pieces to the hoodies. I also tried something different by switching the heel part of the sock on some of the sock monkeys, which gave them different colored mouths.
This group of sock monkeys was fun to make. There were so many ideas that didn’t make it, but I’m sure I can incorporate them into next year’s sock monkeys! This Winter 09 batch of Mars Sock Monkeys are for sale on Etsy. As always, each of my Mars Sock Monkeys are one of a kind and handmade. Have a look. :)
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I think Yuki is one of the cutest sock monkeys I’ve made to date. She wears what I call the cosplay sweater because it’s like a costume; A monkey wearing a panda costume! The panda bear design is one of three kawaii animal sweater designs I created for Mars Sock Monkey sweaters and hoodies. Other designs include a brown bear and a bunny!
I’m really looking forward to making more costume sweaters in the future. :)
Yuki Mars Sock Monkey
Yuki comes with a striped short sleeve hot pink and purple cosplay hoodie with panda bear design and matching beanie.
Kawaii panda Mars Sock Monkey cosplay sweater
Tags: animal, bear, cosplay, costume, custom, hoodie, kawai, knit, mars, monkey, order, panda, sock, sweater, yuki
Mars Sock Monkey hoodies and sweaters now also come with super cute fury animals: the panda, bear and bunny! I gotta say that I get some great ideas from my custom order clients. I especially liked developing these because I’m a big fan of kawaii!!
This is the finished panda bear design…but the best part is on the top of the hood. Stay tuned!
Tags: animal, bear, bunny, custom, kawaii, knit, made, maribel, mars, monkey, order, panda, sock, sweater
Here’s something the boys might like. This group of rambunctious sock monkeys were especially made for them. I used red, purple and yellow with touches of green, brown, blue and even pink! These sock monkeys with their boyish good looks are just as cute as the girls. :)
Shawn Mars Sock Monkey
Nick Mars Sock Monkey
Tomie Mars [...]
With every move comes a new work space and some organization. I’m always looking for ways to repurpose anything so my bits of scrap yarn were perfect for making a couple of holders for my knitting and crochet needles.
The pattern is pretty simple. Once you have a starting loop, single crochet (sc) all around [...]
Meet my most recent rainbow sock monkeys, Sebastian and Mimi. Working with rainbow socks is great because there’s an endless array of color options when it comes to making the hoodie. I also found sock monkeys make great thank you gifts. You can also never go wrong with giving your girlfriend a cute stuffed animal. [...]
This week was a whirlwind! I got the opportunity to sit at the 1,000th show of The Martha Stewart Show! Actually, the Twitter section of the audience, which of course meant live tweeting from the show and getting some VIP treatment.
It was great to see one of my favorite chefs, Mario Batali, make pasta and [...]
When I first read about steeking, it was hard to imagine such an unconventional knitting technique. Wikipedia says:
“In knitting, steeking is a shortcut used to knit garments such as sweaters in the round without interruption for openings or sleeves until the end.”
But cutting holes in knit fabric? To leave openings for sleeves? Sounded crazy to [...]
