Last one of the Season

Now I've been a busy bunny and developed a crick in my little finger from bad crochet posture, but none of those endeavors can be shown until after Santa comes down the chimney. Until then I'll leave you with the last mom-jean wearing monkey of '05. Yes she also has a handsewn neckerchief, because I, in all honesty, am insane.

Can you tell what it is yet?

Do you see? Do you know? Crocheted outside, fleece lined, only a couple of inches long.... come on someone's gotta guess...

Answer: nano case if it fits, pointless waste of an evening if it doesn't.

Take your Monkey to work day

I probably deserve the funny looks I get for sitting at my computer with a monkey on my lap, but whatever he makes me feel better about being here. This one is so soft and fuzzy and probably the real reason that chenille socks were ever invented.

Look out for news of a monkey store in the not so distant future....

This one may be going to the Brain of Britain for Christmas and I'm perfectly OK with that, she is after all the cutest kid I ever did meet.

Nicely Done

Since most of knitting is for gifts, I figured I should include the care details along with the package. Now if I was really crafty, I would've cut little stamps and shit for this, but I think this works just as well.

Monkeys go to the Fair

The wealthy Mommies and Daddies of Brooklyn did me proud.

I've been disillusioned about the charity for which I've been making sock monkeys for several months. I'd spend hours crafting the little buggers, only to take them to the fortnightly sewing meets where they would be unceremoniously stuffed into a huge carrier bag alongside several dozens of other completed monkeys. The "Celebrity Auction" was cancelled, the Fresh Art website has only two monkeys up for sale and they are the same monkeys that have been there for over a year. I really didn't see how all this effort was translating into money for the charity, the whole marketing strategy needs an overhaul, and while I have some ideas as to how this could be done I personally do not have the time to dedicate to it.

Anyway, back to today. For the first time since August (and maybe even earlier than that) the monkeys went on sale, at a craft fair in a grade school in DUMBO, Brooklyn. And you know what, we sold 20+ monkeys at $30 each (after tax). That 20 monkeys included two of mine (evil ski monkey and schoolboy monkey) which I was mightily pleased about, finally the effort paid off in a very real $60 dollar profit for the charity. Hurrah.