Sockdog

Here are instructions on how to make sock dogs. They are adapted from an old Martha Stewart Kids which I couldn't find online, so I just made these. I think I made it look harder than it is; they are, as I noted below, hella easy to make. I was just being thorough. Click on images to enlarge.

UPDATE: when I click on the images in Firefox the bottom is cut off. However, if I download and save the image and then open it in preview or whatever it looks fine, so I suggest you do that. Something about typepad...

Comments

[Russell Arben Fox]

Awesome! Thanks, Belle!

[belle waring]

no prob. I was just going to comment indignantly, where are my appreciative comments! but never mind. good night, everyone.

[ben wolfson]

I am almost certainly never going to make a sock dog, but I find these instructions very cheering nonetheless.

[woof]

This is also a good way to bring things (foie gras, for example) past customs. Once it's beloved and slobbery no customs agent is going to let his dog make the baby cry.

[The Modesto Kid]

beloved and slobbery

This is the best kind of fois gras, the beloved and slobbery kind.

[Cala]

I am charmed by the handwritten '!1!'. Oh noes! You hit the shift key on your pencil!

[Kent]

I have a 12-week-old niece who will be getting one of these. Thanks!!

[belle waring]

kent, if you are making a sock dog for a baby I recommend you sew the eyes and nose with embroidery floss, because a baby could om nom nom that button right off and then choke.

[Kaleberg]

Maybe you would know. Are sock puppets anything like sock puppies?

[belle waring]

no, sock puppets are just made by sewing things (eyes, hair) onto the sole of socks and putting your hand inside to create a mouth with your fingers forming the top and your thumb the bottom. you can add a felt tongue if desired. call it "sprezzatura".

[The Modesto Kid]

For those of us familiar with internet traditions, sock puppets are something quite else.