Prepare to be swarmed with Sock Monkeys at the 20th anniversary of Sock Monkey Madness. This year’s theme is Rockford Sports with tons of Rockford Peach photo opportunities. Kids can make their own ...

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 ...

The famed sock monkeys of Rockford’s Midway Village museum, profiled in March 2007 by Q, are swinging their way up in the world, brushing shoulders with renowned primate researcher Jane Goodall. If ...

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 ...

STONE LAKE, Wis. — Trademark red lips make them sassy, yet sweet. Fashioned from the socks of working men, the homemade toys speak of frugal times and childhood traditions. “Sock monkey dolls make ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

FORNEY,Texas-- This is the socks it starts out with, said 7-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 ...