HAYWARD — Dee Lindner didn't always know she'd become the "Sock Monkey Lady." The first time she recalls having seen a sock monkey was in the early 1970s, when her grandmother gave one to her nephew.

Dee Lindner, award winning photographer and author/artisan known as the “Sock Monkey Lady,” has promoted and immortalized sock monkeys through various channels including radio, television and ...

Sock monkeys were hanging from the rafters Thursday at the Sock Monkey Museum in Long Grove. They also were spilling out of barrels, hanging from decorative trees and tucked into innumerable nooks, ...

They have been hanging around children's bedrooms and kid's toy boxes for many years. But it wasn't until October that 9-year-old Melissa Godbolt of Hammond finally met and made her first sock monkey.

OSAGE — The old-fashioned, handcrafted sock monkey dolls made with the original Rockford Red Heel socks from Fox River Mills have become a favorite piece of “Americana” over the years.

Her family didn't have a lot of money, so when Carrie Jones was born, her dad went to the Salvation Army and bought her a sock monkey - a stuffed animal made out of a brown work sock with a red heel.

Arlene Okun bought a cute stuffed monkey made out of a pair of socks at a gift store 16 years ago. That led to her seeking the plush primates on eBay and via flea markets, and eventually opening up a ...

Most likely your sock monkey was a gift, and it was probably made by a loved one. The Sock Monkey Ministry at Christ United Methodist Church in Sugar Land aims to carry on that tradition. Beth Van ...