Socks, glorious socks!

Warning : Anyone who has an aversion to feet and/or slightly hairy legs, please look away now.




I have loads of pairs of socks.

.... stripey socks ....

.... heart socks ....

.... argyle socks ....

.... spotty socks ....

.... more stripey socks ....

.... and did I mention heart socks?

Most of these were destined for sock monkeys like this one I made for Lauren (who incidentally, currently has THE most brilliant collage of 007 on her blog) (not my 007 sadly - you know, that blonde pouty guy) .....

.... but now they've been on my smelly beautifully fragrant feet, I guess they'd better just remain as .... well .... socks.

Recently, my virtual friend SuzyB asked me to make her some monkey socks, but I can't so I didn't. Instead I made her this .....

..... a monkey sock sock monkey .....

..... and I thought that was the end of it. But no. SuzyB had to take it one step further. Like I didn't feel bad enough already that I hadn't made her any, she only went and sent me some .....

MONKEY SOCKS!!

*sigh*

Monkey socks AND all this other fabulous stuff .....

.... including this little bag that has monkeys on the outside and knitting on the inside .....

.... inspired!

Thank you, SuzyB. Thank you very much for showing me up so magnificently. And for all the lovely gifts. But especially for these .....

..... monkey socks ......

I love them! And I wear them all the time.

Here's one with some fast-withering flowers .....

..... no - they were withering before my foot got near them .....

Here's one making the bed .....

Here's one reading the Sunday papers .....

Here's one doing the ironing .....

Here's one wondering why those pesky hairy monkees still aren't finished .....

.... sorry for the blurry picture quality ....

.... but it was a long way up .....

Here's one being forced into my boot .....

Here they are in the shower .....

..... and here they are getting ready to cycle to work .....

..... blimey, did I ever get some odd looks that day!

Like I said ..... I love them, thanks SuzyB!

And I think we all know what's coming next .....

.... it just had to be done .....

In other non-sock-related news, we're off to visit relatives in Devon and Cornwall, so I shall be off the blogging radar for a few days.

I just have one packing issue that I'm having trouble with .....

..... hmm ..... who to take ..... who to take .....

..... I think 007's thoughts are pretty clear on that one .....