The gift of a blue sock monkey to a child years ago eventually led to a collection of artwork and the compilation of a book dedicated to the folk art. Goshen native Bonnie Kraus Connelly recently ...

Adele Jedynak makes monkey sounds to a group of kids who are steps away from playing Sock Monkey bowling and plush-primate parachuting. It's all part of the Sock Monkey Madness Festival, the eighth ...

OSAGE — The old-fashioned, handcrafted sock monkey dolls made with the original Rockford Red Heel socks from Fox River Mills have become a favorite piece of “Americana” over the years. Now, the Osage ...

Most likely your sock monkey was a gift, and it was probably made by a loved one. The Sock Monkey Ministry at Christ United Methodist Church in Sugar Land aims to carry on that tradition. Beth Van ...

Arlene Okun bought a cute stuffed monkey made out of a pair of socks at a gift store 16 years ago. That led to her seeking the plush primates on eBay and via flea markets, and eventually opening up a ...

FORNEY -- This is the socks it starts out with, said seven-year-old Emily Hough, holding two socks of a familiar brown pattern. It takes two socks just to make one sock monkey. Here's an arm, here's ...

ROCKFORD (WREX) — Sock Monkey Madness, a one-of-a-kind annual event, returns as a celebration of the past by highlighting Rockford’s once thriving knitting industry and the iconic stuffed sock toy ...