Sock Monkey Challenge

Winners Announced!

 

Queen Rutabaga the Last

Announces Winners

 

Drum Roll, Please....

1st Place!!!!   

Mona

by Marion Fraile, bearkidzTM  

2nd Place      

Cheshire Cat

- Chance to Win Monkgolly -
Ends September 15th!
Subscribe as a Professional or Collector Member by September 5th for a chance to win Monkgolly by
KimBerly Dobstaff-Sharrot ($135 value).  Click here!

by Karen Lyons, KJ Lyons Design  

3rd Place     

Chimpi-Chonga

by Laure Weltsch, Fool's Gold Bears

Marion Fraile,will receive a $25 gift

certificate from bear making supplier

and artist, Debi McCarthy, Threadteds.

EACH winner will receive a prize package

of goodies donated by fellow artist,

Bobbie Ripperberger. 

KimBerly Dobstaff-Sharrot, KimB Kreatures,

kindly donated her Monkgolly Francis contest

entry to be used as our current prize in our

subscriber contest.  Thank you, KimBerly!

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Queen Rutabaga loves contests especially

when she dictates the rules, which were

simple: Start with a sock, any sock. 

Use it to make a Sock Monkey or Sock Animal: any kind, any size,

any color, any shape - and it does not have to be Red Heel socks. 

The purpose of this challenge was two-fold:

One - Stretch the thinking of traditional collectible teddy bear/

animal artists.

Two - Give Queen Rutabaga more subjects for Sockmongolia,

her Sock Monkey kingdom!

Examine the work of the wonderful artists below who have passed

Queen Rutabaga's scrutiny, and judge on originality of design,

materials choices, overall craftmanship and display. 

1ST PLACE WINNER!!!!

1

Mona

15" tall, made from Men's Gold Toe socks, knitted baby jacket and booties in pastel shades, light brown cotton yarn embroidered features enhanced with pink shading, white crocheted fine cotton collar, white head band with pink bow, premium acrylic eyes, polyfil stuffed.  Little duck is 2 pom poms.

bearkidzTM
Marion Fraile

2

Mojo

Turqoise untrasuede hands clutch his half-peeled banana.  Made from black and turquoise knee sock, wears yellow hat with tassles to match his banana.

Binkibears
Aina Ferris

3

Lil Buddy, Sock Alien

My sock monkey started out as an anime style attempt , but ended up looking more like a little guy off a friendly visiting space ship, so I named him Lil Buddy. 

HannaBears
Karen Cwayna
 

4

Manfred Sock Monkey
Cees Bears
Celia Newboult

2ND PLACE WINNER!

5

Cheshire Cat Sock Monkey

He may look different than the original

Sock Monkey, but all "rules" for making

Sock Monkeys, were carefully followed.  Body is one sock with another sock for his arms and tail.  Heel were used for ears

and noseinstead of a hat. I only varied

in that I used a different contrasting

colored sock for feet, hands and tail tip.

KJ Lyons Design
Karen Lyons

6

O FudgeHis handy sling shot is always close by his side).  His very guilty look is from that last shot he took! Once a black sock accidentally washed with bleach, now lovely fudge brown, off white embroideredface and paws.

Twin Cubs
Lisa Bunting Thoms

7

Monkgolly Francis

KimB Kreatures
KimBerly Dobstaff-Sharrot

8

Sock Puppy

How much is that Sock Puppy

in the window? Made from heavy white socks with red cuffs, red paws with stitched claws, amber German glass eyes, puppy ears, pom pom nose, stitched mouth, embroidered whiskers, black leather collar with rhinestone trim, “Free Puppy” tag around his neck.

Sunnie Bears
Sonya Shaw

3RD PLACE WINNER!

9

Chimpi-Chonga Sock Monkey

9 " tall, made of ordinary Red Heel socks, extensively needle sculpted, ear-to-ear

toothy grin, red wool vest, fez trimmed in shiny golden rick-rack, topped with antique silk embroidery thread tassel.  this simian character goes "ape" for good Mexican food, as evidenced by his rotund, outie-buttoned belly and generous rear  view.

Fool's Gold Bears
Laure Weltsch

 

10

Peachy Sock Monkey Girl

Whimsy Moon Designs

Angela Jarecki

 

11

Socktopus
Just Another MJ Bear
Mary Jo Sichak

12

Smart Monkey Girl

11" tall, mixed fibers, mohair,

wool, cotton, nylon, acrylic, screw bolts 5-way jointed, polyfill stuffed, legs wired for posing, glass German yellow eyes, black pupils, cotton eyelashes, red butt, body like a peeling banana, polymer clay fingers and teeth, glass bead necklace.

Mabawa Teddies
Nadine Murat Thevenot

13

Patriotic Pete

Quite pleased with his patriotic look with little flag to wave. Made from light gray children's socks with blue heels, accented with red thread, red checked neck bow, red pom-pom on his hat, embroidered smile, red "tattooed" (embroidered) chest star highlighted in silver paint pen.

Twin Cubs
Lisa Bunting Thoms

14

Sock Zebra

Valley Bears

Lynn Clayton

15
Sock Cow

Valley Bears Lynn Clayton

16

Bessie and Mae Sock Cows

Each cow made of three white

tube socks, fiberfill stuffed, wooden bead eyes, wearing toddler's clothes. Bessie being the older of the two,wears a red bandana.

Clare's Bears
Clare Hoff

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