Sock Battle by Tanya Goen (telaine) [Knitting]

Submitter's Comments:
It's the Sock Monkey vs. Sock Puppet! And they are mittens, too!

This Threadless tee design was destined to be a handknit. First thought might have been to knit a regular sock monkey to go with the sock puppet. But I like my creations to be useful — and just one mitten does not keep your hands warm in the winter. So I set out to turn the monkey into a mitten.

The puppet dictated to me early on that these would be long mittens. So I cast on 24 stitches on my knitting loom and proceeded to knit a very long, ribbed and striped cuff. Once I got to to the hand and thumb, I switched to stockinette. Toward the top of the hand, I did a gathered bind-off. I sewed on two gray buttons and a black nose. I cut his scales and tongue out of red felt. I know a nose and tongue are not visible in the illustration but I imagined they would be there.

For the monkey, I switched to all grayish yarns and used the same cuff pattern. Once I reached the thumb area, my friend, Zoe, recommended I make TWO thumbs. We didn't want my monkey to have only one arm. After the thumbs, I included some colorwork for his mouth and forehead areas. I learned later that the color changes really tightened up the top part of the mitten. So I knew the mitten size would be a small women's or children's size at that point. I gave him little black button eyes, a cute felt mouth and goofy black-yarn eyebrows. And lastly, I knit up some little ears for the fella.

This was probably my fastest turnaround for a project of this detail. I had two weeks to make them because I was competing in the knitting olympics for Loops and Links yarn shop, too. I finished the pair at 3 a.m. Feb. 28.

Submitter's Comments:
It's the Sock Monkey vs. Sock Puppet! And they are mittens, too!

This Threadless tee design was destined to be a handknit. First thought might have been to knit a regular sock monkey to go with the sock puppet. But I like my creations to be useful — and just one mitten does not keep your hands warm in the winter. So I set out to turn the monkey into a mitten.

The puppet dictated to me early on that these would be long mittens. So I cast on 24 stitches on my knitting loom and proceeded to knit a very long, ribbed and striped cuff. Once I got to to the hand and thumb, I switched to stockinette. Toward the top of the hand, I did a gathered bind-off. I sewed on two gray buttons and a black nose. I cut his scales and tongue out of red felt. I know a nose and tongue are not visible in the illustration but I imagined they would be there.

For the monkey, I switched to all grayish yarns and used the same cuff pattern. Once I reached the thumb area, my friend, Zoe, recommended I make TWO thumbs. We didn't want my monkey to have only one arm. After the thumbs, I included some colorwork for his mouth and forehead areas. I learned later that the color changes really tightened up the top part of the mitten. So I knew the mitten size would be a small women's or children's size at that point. I gave him little black button eyes, a cute felt mouth and goofy black-yarn eyebrows. And lastly, I knit up some little ears for the fella.

This was probably my fastest turnaround for a project of this detail. I had two weeks to make them because I was competing in the knitting olympics for Loops and Links yarn shop, too. I finished the pair at 3 a.m. Feb. 28.

Submitter's Comments:
It's the Sock Monkey vs. Sock Puppet! And they are mittens, too!

This Threadless tee design was destined to be a handknit. First thought might have been to knit a regular sock monkey to go with the sock puppet. But I like my creations to be useful — and just one mitten does not keep your hands warm in the winter. So I set out to turn the monkey into a mitten.

The puppet dictated to me early on that these would be long mittens. So I cast on 24 stitches on my knitting loom and proceeded to knit a very long, ribbed and striped cuff. Once I got to to the hand and thumb, I switched to stockinette. Toward the top of the hand, I did a gathered bind-off. I sewed on two gray buttons and a black nose. I cut his scales and tongue out of red felt. I know a nose and tongue are not visible in the illustration but I imagined they would be there.

For the monkey, I switched to all grayish yarns and used the same cuff pattern. Once I reached the thumb area, my friend, Zoe, recommended I make TWO thumbs. We didn't want my monkey to have only one arm. After the thumbs, I included some colorwork for his mouth and forehead areas. I learned later that the color changes really tightened up the top part of the mitten. So I knew the mitten size would be a small women's or children's size at that point. I gave him little black button eyes, a cute felt mouth and goofy black-yarn eyebrows. And lastly, I knit up some little ears for the fella.

This was probably my fastest turnaround for a project of this detail. I had two weeks to make them because I was competing in the knitting olympics for Loops and Links yarn shop, too. I finished the pair at 3 a.m. Feb. 28.

Submitter's Comments:
It's the Sock Monkey vs. Sock Puppet! And they are mittens, too!

This Threadless tee design was destined to be a handknit. First thought might have been to knit a regular sock monkey to go with the sock puppet. But I like my creations to be useful — and just one mitten does not keep your hands warm in the winter. So I set out to turn the monkey into a mitten.

The puppet dictated to me early on that these would be long mittens. So I cast on 24 stitches on my knitting loom and proceeded to knit a very long, ribbed and striped cuff. Once I got to to the hand and thumb, I switched to stockinette. Toward the top of the hand, I did a gathered bind-off. I sewed on two gray buttons and a black nose. I cut his scales and tongue out of red felt. I know a nose and tongue are not visible in the illustration but I imagined they would be there.

For the monkey, I switched to all grayish yarns and used the same cuff pattern. Once I reached the thumb area, my friend, Zoe, recommended I make TWO thumbs. We didn't want my monkey to have only one arm. After the thumbs, I included some colorwork for his mouth and forehead areas. I learned later that the color changes really tightened up the top part of the mitten. So I knew the mitten size would be a small women's or children's size at that point. I gave him little black button eyes, a cute felt mouth and goofy black-yarn eyebrows. And lastly, I knit up some little ears for the fella.

This was probably my fastest turnaround for a project of this detail. I had two weeks to make them because I was competing in the knitting olympics for Loops and Links yarn shop, too. I finished the pair at 3 a.m. Feb. 28.

Submitter's Comments:
It's the Sock Monkey vs. Sock Puppet! And they are mittens, too!

This Threadless tee design was destined to be a handknit. First thought might have been to knit a regular sock monkey to go with the sock puppet. But I like my creations to be useful — and just one mitten does not keep your hands warm in the winter. So I set out to turn the monkey into a mitten.

The puppet dictated to me early on that these would be long mittens. So I cast on 24 stitches on my knitting loom and proceeded to knit a very long, ribbed and striped cuff. Once I got to to the hand and thumb, I switched to stockinette. Toward the top of the hand, I did a gathered bind-off. I sewed on two gray buttons and a black nose. I cut his scales and tongue out of red felt. I know a nose and tongue are not visible in the illustration but I imagined they would be there.

For the monkey, I switched to all grayish yarns and used the same cuff pattern. Once I reached the thumb area, my friend, Zoe, recommended I make TWO thumbs. We didn't want my monkey to have only one arm. After the thumbs, I included some colorwork for his mouth and forehead areas. I learned later that the color changes really tightened up the top part of the mitten. So I knew the mitten size would be a small women's or children's size at that point. I gave him little black button eyes, a cute felt mouth and goofy black-yarn eyebrows. And lastly, I knit up some little ears for the fella.

This was probably my fastest turnaround for a project of this detail. I had two weeks to make them because I was competing in the knitting olympics for Loops and Links yarn shop, too. I finished the pair at 3 a.m. Feb. 28.

Submitter's Comments:
It's the Sock Monkey vs. Sock Puppet! And they are mittens, too!

This Threadless tee design was destined to be a handknit. First thought might have been to knit a regular sock monkey to go with the sock puppet. But I like my creations to be useful — and just one mitten does not keep your hands warm in the winter. So I set out to turn the monkey into a mitten.

The puppet dictated to me early on that these would be long mittens. So I cast on 24 stitches on my knitting loom and proceeded to knit a very long, ribbed and striped cuff. Once I got to to the hand and thumb, I switched to stockinette. Toward the top of the hand, I did a gathered bind-off. I sewed on two gray buttons and a black nose. I cut his scales and tongue out of red felt. I know a nose and tongue are not visible in the illustration but I imagined they would be there.

For the monkey, I switched to all grayish yarns and used the same cuff pattern. Once I reached the thumb area, my friend, Zoe, recommended I make TWO thumbs. We didn't want my monkey to have only one arm. After the thumbs, I included some colorwork for his mouth and forehead areas. I learned later that the color changes really tightened up the top part of the mitten. So I knew the mitten size would be a small women's or children's size at that point. I gave him little black button eyes, a cute felt mouth and goofy black-yarn eyebrows. And lastly, I knit up some little ears for the fella.

This was probably my fastest turnaround for a project of this detail. I had two weeks to make them because I was competing in the knitting olympics for Loops and Links yarn shop, too. I finished the pair at 3 a.m. Feb. 28.

Submitter's Comments:
It's the Sock Monkey vs. Sock Puppet! And they are mittens, too!

This Threadless tee design was destined to be a handknit. First thought might have been to knit a regular sock monkey to go with the sock puppet. But I like my creations to be useful — and just one mitten does not keep your hands warm in the winter. So I set out to turn the monkey into a mitten.

The puppet dictated to me early on that these would be long mittens. So I cast on 24 stitches on my knitting loom and proceeded to knit a very long, ribbed and striped cuff. Once I got to to the hand and thumb, I switched to stockinette. Toward the top of the hand, I did a gathered bind-off. I sewed on two gray buttons and a black nose. I cut his scales and tongue out of red felt. I know a nose and tongue are not visible in the illustration but I imagined they would be there.

For the monkey, I switched to all grayish yarns and used the same cuff pattern. Once I reached the thumb area, my friend, Zoe, recommended I make TWO thumbs. We didn't want my monkey to have only one arm. After the thumbs, I included some colorwork for his mouth and forehead areas. I learned later that the color changes really tightened up the top part of the mitten. So I knew the mitten size would be a small women's or children's size at that point. I gave him little black button eyes, a cute felt mouth and goofy black-yarn eyebrows. And lastly, I knit up some little ears for the fella.

This was probably my fastest turnaround for a project of this detail. I had two weeks to make them because I was competing in the knitting olympics for Loops and Links yarn shop, too. I finished the pair at 3 a.m. Feb. 28.

Submitter's Comments:
It's the Sock Monkey vs. Sock Puppet! And they are mittens, too!

This Threadless tee design was destined to be a handknit. First thought might have been to knit a regular sock monkey to go with the sock puppet. But I like my creations to be useful — and just one mitten does not keep your hands warm in the winter. So I set out to turn the monkey into a mitten.

The puppet dictated to me early on that these would be long mittens. So I cast on 24 stitches on my knitting loom and proceeded to knit a very long, ribbed and striped cuff. Once I got to to the hand and thumb, I switched to stockinette. Toward the top of the hand, I did a gathered bind-off. I sewed on two gray buttons and a black nose. I cut his scales and tongue out of red felt. I know a nose and tongue are not visible in the illustration but I imagined they would be there.

For the monkey, I switched to all grayish yarns and used the same cuff pattern. Once I reached the thumb area, my friend, Zoe, recommended I make TWO thumbs. We didn't want my monkey to have only one arm. After the thumbs, I included some colorwork for his mouth and forehead areas. I learned later that the color changes really tightened up the top part of the mitten. So I knew the mitten size would be a small women's or children's size at that point. I gave him little black button eyes, a cute felt mouth and goofy black-yarn eyebrows. And lastly, I knit up some little ears for the fella.

This was probably my fastest turnaround for a project of this detail. I had two weeks to make them because I was competing in the knitting olympics for Loops and Links yarn shop, too. I finished the pair at 3 a.m. Feb. 28.

Submitter's Comments:
It's the Sock Monkey vs. Sock Puppet! And they are mittens, too!

This Threadless tee design was destined to be a handknit. First thought might have been to knit a regular sock monkey to go with the sock puppet. But I like my creations to be useful — and just one mitten does not keep your hands warm in the winter. So I set out to turn the monkey into a mitten.

The puppet dictated to me early on that these would be long mittens. So I cast on 24 stitches on my knitting loom and proceeded to knit a very long, ribbed and striped cuff. Once I got to to the hand and thumb, I switched to stockinette. Toward the top of the hand, I did a gathered bind-off. I sewed on two gray buttons and a black nose. I cut his scales and tongue out of red felt. I know a nose and tongue are not visible in the illustration but I imagined they would be there.

For the monkey, I switched to all grayish yarns and used the same cuff pattern. Once I reached the thumb area, my friend, Zoe, recommended I make TWO thumbs. We didn't want my monkey to have only one arm. After the thumbs, I included some colorwork for his mouth and forehead areas. I learned later that the color changes really tightened up the top part of the mitten. So I knew the mitten size would be a small women's or children's size at that point. I gave him little black button eyes, a cute felt mouth and goofy black-yarn eyebrows. And lastly, I knit up some little ears for the fella.

This was probably my fastest turnaround for a project of this detail. I had two weeks to make them because I was competing in the knitting olympics for Loops and Links yarn shop, too. I finished the pair at 3 a.m. Feb. 28.

Submitter's Comments:
It's the Sock Monkey vs. Sock Puppet! And they are mittens, too!

This Threadless tee design was destined to be a handknit. First thought might have been to knit a regular sock monkey to go with the sock puppet. But I like my creations to be useful — and just one mitten does not keep your hands warm in the winter. So I set out to turn the monkey into a mitten.

The puppet dictated to me early on that these would be long mittens. So I cast on 24 stitches on my knitting loom and proceeded to knit a very long, ribbed and striped cuff. Once I got to to the hand and thumb, I switched to stockinette. Toward the top of the hand, I did a gathered bind-off. I sewed on two gray buttons and a black nose. I cut his scales and tongue out of red felt. I know a nose and tongue are not visible in the illustration but I imagined they would be there.

For the monkey, I switched to all grayish yarns and used the same cuff pattern. Once I reached the thumb area, my friend, Zoe, recommended I make TWO thumbs. We didn't want my monkey to have only one arm. After the thumbs, I included some colorwork for his mouth and forehead areas. I learned later that the color changes really tightened up the top part of the mitten. So I knew the mitten size would be a small women's or children's size at that point. I gave him little black button eyes, a cute felt mouth and goofy black-yarn eyebrows. And lastly, I knit up some little ears for the fella.

This was probably my fastest turnaround for a project of this detail. I had two weeks to make them because I was competing in the knitting olympics for Loops and Links yarn shop, too. I finished the pair at 3 a.m. Feb. 28.

Submitter's Comments:
It's the Sock Monkey vs. Sock Puppet! And they are mittens, too!

This Threadless tee design was destined to be a handknit. First thought might have been to knit a regular sock monkey to go with the sock puppet. But I like my creations to be useful — and just one mitten does not keep your hands warm in the winter. So I set out to turn the monkey into a mitten.

The puppet dictated to me early on that these would be long mittens. So I cast on 24 stitches on my knitting loom and proceeded to knit a very long, ribbed and striped cuff. Once I got to to the hand and thumb, I switched to stockinette. Toward the top of the hand, I did a gathered bind-off. I sewed on two gray buttons and a black nose. I cut his scales and tongue out of red felt. I know a nose and tongue are not visible in the illustration but I imagined they would be there.

For the monkey, I switched to all grayish yarns and used the same cuff pattern. Once I reached the thumb area, my friend, Zoe, recommended I make TWO thumbs. We didn't want my monkey to have only one arm. After the thumbs, I included some colorwork for his mouth and forehead areas. I learned later that the color changes really tightened up the top part of the mitten. So I knew the mitten size would be a small women's or children's size at that point. I gave him little black button eyes, a cute felt mouth and goofy black-yarn eyebrows. And lastly, I knit up some little ears for the fella.

This was probably my fastest turnaround for a project of this detail. I had two weeks to make them because I was competing in the knitting olympics for Loops and Links yarn shop, too. I finished the pair at 3 a.m. Feb. 28.

Submitter's Comments:
It's the Sock Monkey vs. Sock Puppet! And they are mittens, too!

This Threadless tee design was destined to be a handknit. First thought might have been to knit a regular sock monkey to go with the sock puppet. But I like my creations to be useful — and just one mitten does not keep your hands warm in the winter. So I set out to turn the monkey into a mitten.

The puppet dictated to me early on that these would be long mittens. So I cast on 24 stitches on my knitting loom and proceeded to knit a very long, ribbed and striped cuff. Once I got to to the hand and thumb, I switched to stockinette. Toward the top of the hand, I did a gathered bind-off. I sewed on two gray buttons and a black nose. I cut his scales and tongue out of red felt. I know a nose and tongue are not visible in the illustration but I imagined they would be there.

For the monkey, I switched to all grayish yarns and used the same cuff pattern. Once I reached the thumb area, my friend, Zoe, recommended I make TWO thumbs. We didn't want my monkey to have only one arm. After the thumbs, I included some colorwork for his mouth and forehead areas. I learned later that the color changes really tightened up the top part of the mitten. So I knew the mitten size would be a small women's or children's size at that point. I gave him little black button eyes, a cute felt mouth and goofy black-yarn eyebrows. And lastly, I knit up some little ears for the fella.

This was probably my fastest turnaround for a project of this detail. I had two weeks to make them because I was competing in the knitting olympics for Loops and Links yarn shop, too. I finished the pair at 3 a.m. Feb. 28.

Submitter's Comments:
It's the Sock Monkey vs. Sock Puppet! And they are mittens, too!

This Threadless tee design was destined to be a handknit. First thought might have been to knit a regular sock monkey to go with the sock puppet. But I like my creations to be useful — and just one mitten does not keep your hands warm in the winter. So I set out to turn the monkey into a mitten.

The puppet dictated to me early on that these would be long mittens. So I cast on 24 stitches on my knitting loom and proceeded to knit a very long, ribbed and striped cuff. Once I got to to the hand and thumb, I switched to stockinette. Toward the top of the hand, I did a gathered bind-off. I sewed on two gray buttons and a black nose. I cut his scales and tongue out of red felt. I know a nose and tongue are not visible in the illustration but I imagined they would be there.

For the monkey, I switched to all grayish yarns and used the same cuff pattern. Once I reached the thumb area, my friend, Zoe, recommended I make TWO thumbs. We didn't want my monkey to have only one arm. After the thumbs, I included some colorwork for his mouth and forehead areas. I learned later that the color changes really tightened up the top part of the mitten. So I knew the mitten size would be a small women's or children's size at that point. I gave him little black button eyes, a cute felt mouth and goofy black-yarn eyebrows. And lastly, I knit up some little ears for the fella.

This was probably my fastest turnaround for a project of this detail. I had two weeks to make them because I was competing in the knitting olympics for Loops and Links yarn shop, too. I finished the pair at 3 a.m. Feb. 28.

Submitter's Comments:
It's the Sock Monkey vs. Sock Puppet! And they are mittens, too!

This Threadless tee design was destined to be a handknit. First thought might have been to knit a regular sock monkey to go with the sock puppet. But I like my creations to be useful — and just one mitten does not keep your hands warm in the winter. So I set out to turn the monkey into a mitten.

The puppet dictated to me early on that these would be long mittens. So I cast on 24 stitches on my knitting loom and proceeded to knit a very long, ribbed and striped cuff. Once I got to to the hand and thumb, I switched to stockinette. Toward the top of the hand, I did a gathered bind-off. I sewed on two gray buttons and a black nose. I cut his scales and tongue out of red felt. I know a nose and tongue are not visible in the illustration but I imagined they would be there.

For the monkey, I switched to all grayish yarns and used the same cuff pattern. Once I reached the thumb area, my friend, Zoe, recommended I make TWO thumbs. We didn't want my monkey to have only one arm. After the thumbs, I included some colorwork for his mouth and forehead areas. I learned later that the color changes really tightened up the top part of the mitten. So I knew the mitten size would be a small women's or children's size at that point. I gave him little black button eyes, a cute felt mouth and goofy black-yarn eyebrows. And lastly, I knit up some little ears for the fella.

This was probably my fastest turnaround for a project of this detail. I had two weeks to make them because I was competing in the knitting olympics for Loops and Links yarn shop, too. I finished the pair at 3 a.m. Feb. 28.