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You’ve heard of sausage… but have you ever seen SOCKSAGE? We stuffed an entire sausage casing with socks in one of our ...
The most common work sock of the era was from Nelson Knitting Company, which sported a trademarked red heel. When made into a sock monkey (stuffed with rice or sawdust), the red heel became the mouth.
ESCANABA — Readers may have noticed in the paper last week an ad for a lost sock monkey. “HAVE YOU SEEN ME?” reads the text next to a photo of the stuffed animal, which was last seen on ...
The Sock Monkey Museum, a champion caretaker of the tradition, officially opened in 2022, and their interactive playscape connects people with America’s rich heritage that began in Illinois.
Amid the scattered bottle rocket launchings on the Fourth of July, several organized Independence Day events are planned in southern Fairfax County. These include a parade and picnic in Clifton, a ...
Sock Monkey Madness Day. The family event has been around for nearly 20 years. It's a day full of fun and games where people get to stuff and sew their very own sock monkeys.
The Sock Monkey Museum in Long Grove, Ill. About 35 miles northwest of Chicago, there's some serious monkey business happening. Open since 2022, the Sock Monkey Museum houses nearly 2,100 of the ...
Sock Monkey Museum Earns World Record for Its Cute Collection: 'We're Spreading Happiness' The tiny treasure in Long Grove, Ill., has nearly 2,100 of the snuggly stuffies ...
An Illinois museum's sock monkey collection has officially set a Guinness World Record. Michael Okun, the co-founder of the Illinois Sock Monkey Museum in Long Grove, said he had been working with ...