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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. Now, the Osage ...
When browsing through shops, Karla Grant is looking for socks. The socks are not for her feet but for her craft. The West Fargo woman has rediscovered the art of making sock monkeys after taking a ...
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, ...
The tiny treasure in Long Grove, Ill., has nearly 2,100 of the snuggly stuffies Kate Hogan was Director of Digital Specials and Features at PEOPLE. She started at PEOPLE in 2008, leaving in 2025. Kate ...
ROCKFORD — A long-time fun tradition returned to Midway Village Museum today. Sock Monkey Madness Day. The family event has been around for nearly 20 years. It's a day full of fun and games where ...
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 ...
A woman's creativity with a pair of her boyfriend's socks has taken the internet by storm. In an adorable TikTok video, she turned an ordinary pair of black socks left behind by her boyfriend into a ...
Aug. 11 (UPI) --A museum in the Chicago suburbs broke a Guinness World Record with a display of 2,098 sock monkeys. Guinness World Records adjudicators Hannah Ortman and Chloe McCarthy visited the ...