work in progress – more sock creatures

I took delivery of the book, Make Your Own Stupid Sock Creatures by John Murphy this week and was inspired to make some more sock creatures.  I started, and finished, two of them yesterday but the light is so poor here again it’ll be later in the week before I can show you the finished articles.  In the meantime here’s a flavour of a sock monkey I finished that isn’t included in the book but is made of socks and is a creature nonetheless.

The book comes with instructions for basic sock creature creation as well as very detailed instructions for 5 of John Murphy’s stupid sock creatures and enough materials (socks and stuffing) to make the character, Zarzak the Silent Terror, who is pictured on the front cover.

I would say this book is good for those with experience and beginners alike.  I’ve made a few sock creatures in my time now and I found a few tips in the book to help speed up the process.  Since I hand sew all of my creations this was very welcome.

One thing I would caution is that. no matter how hard you try, your creatures won’t look exactly like John’s, and why would you want them too really?  The joy of making sock creatures is definitely seeing the character come to life and never quite knowing what it’ll look like until the final stitch is stitched.

You can see more of John’s creatures on his website, enough to keep anyone busy for a very long time.

Tags: craft, cute, handmade, sewing, sock, sock creature, sock monster, WIP