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 ...

A massive sock monkey created by Emilia Evans-Munton has earned a spot in Guinness World Records as the largest sculpture of its kind. The 22-year-old artist built the enormous textile creature for ...

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 ...

Remember I'm Still Here by Emilia Evans-Munton has been confirmed as the world's largest sock monkey sculpture. Glasgow School of Art Guinness World Records has officially declared a sock monkey the ...

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 ...

HAYWARD — Dee Lindner didn't always know she'd become the "Sock Monkey Lady." The first time she recalls having seen a sock monkey was in the early 1970s, when her grandmother gave one to her nephew.

Area-residents are invited on Saturday to celebrate and learn about a Rockford historical icon, the sock monkey.

maharishi teamed up with Japanese sock manufacturer Ayamé on a series of special edition Sock Monkey collectibles. Ayamé’s team is made of experienced craftsmen whom create groundbreaking sock designs ...

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 ...

The sock monkey is a piece of Americana born in the 1920s when the original Rockford Red Heel sock was first turned into animal dolls. This particular sock was manufactured as a work sock in 1915 and ...

The Midway Village Museum hosted the 21st annual Sock Monkey Festival, celebrating a longstanding local tradition in the city where the toy originated. Guests attended the ...