To Be Determined

To Be Determined, originally uploaded by dalviaw.

As a baby shower gift we received a sock monkey. I love searching out origins of items with history and at 11 PM and no other photos taken this little monkey in the corner was screaming pick me for a photo. More low light practice to be prepared for the big days ahead.

THE HISTORY:
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.