Saturday, February 26, 2011

Simple sock monkey papercraft

Everyone loves sock monkey. A unique North American craft item, the first sock monkeys are thought to have been created sometime in the early 20th Century. Sock monkeys are crafted from the signature red heeled socks manufactured by the Nelson Knitting Mills (now Fox River Mills). The stuffed monkeys had become popular enough by 1920 that the Nelson Knitting Mills began including instructions on how to build them with every pair of red heeled socks they sold. This simple papercraft sock monkey was created by Tyler Tinsley in 2008 and may be downloaded here.

2 comments:

tricka88 said...

I would love to have the directions to make this adorable sock monkey. However, when I clicked on the link, it didn't load for me.

Unknown said...

I had the same problem. I hope it gets fixed soon!