Adele Jedynak makes monkey sounds to a group of kids who are steps away from playing Sock Monkey bowling and plush-primate parachuting. It's all part of the Sock Monkey Madness Festival, the eighth ...

This classic American sock monkey is affordable, easy to make and a ton of fun for crafters of all ages. You can use the traditional Rockford Red Heel socks or make one with bright colorful socks. The ...

FORNEY -- This is the socks it starts out with, said seven-year-old Emily Hough, holding two socks of a familiar brown pattern. It takes two socks just to make one sock monkey. Here's an arm, here's ...

The sock monkey is a piece of Americana born in the 1920s when the original Rockford Red Heel sock was first turned into animal dolls. This particular sock was manufactured as a work sock in 1915 and ...

ROCKFORD (WREX) — Sock Monkey Madness, a one-of-a-kind annual event, returns as a celebration of the past by highlighting Rockford’s once thriving knitting industry and the iconic stuffed sock toy ...