The old-fashioned, handcrafted sock monkey dolls made with Original Rockford Red Heel® socks from Fox River Mills have become a favorite piece of "Americana" over the years.  Intended and worn even today as work socks, mothers in the early 1900's fashioned these Rockford socks into sock monkeys for their children.  Clever crafters have been making Sock Monkeys and other animal sock dolls ever since. In 1890, Nelson Knitting began manufacturing these Red Heeled socks. Fox River Mills purchased Nelson Knitting in 1992. Today, the instructions for making these dolls are still included in each package of authentic Red Heel Monkey socks.  Crafters have been lovingly making Sock Monkeys for generations. 

About the Crafter...

My name is Emily. I am 14 years old and I am wild about almost anything that has to do with monkeys! I started making these monkeys for family and friends as gifts and have had so many requests for them which is how "Wild about Sock Monkeys" was born.

My hand-crafted sock monkeys are now adopted in to loving homes and your generous donations go in to my college fund...which makes my Mom happy.

I can also customize monkeys so if you have a special request please fill out the request form and I'll get back to you with a custom quote.

I hope you're as wild about sock monkeys as I am and that my special monkeys bring you many years of joy!

Emily