I Received My Monkey Socks

I received amazing gifts from three Sock Monkey Angels - and angels indeed they are. Rachel from Vermont made a pair of Monkey socks that fit my large feet with perfection. They were made from Serendipity Zen String in the Pagaea colorway (beautiful blue and greens).



Melissa from Australia send banana candy, a Cookie A Twisted Flower sock pattern and a koala key cover. So cute.



Esther from California sent a Cookie A Thelonious sock pattern with the cutest Monkey stuffed animal ever who was holding Body and Earth vanilla sugar (the monkey must have known I needed a little extra pampering). Also Esther sent a Knitpickers Yarn Traveler's bag I can use to hold a sock project while I travel, Monkey valentines and stickers, a black cell bag, a sunflower notecard and Tofutsies color 727 (pink and dark gray) sock yarn.

WOW - I was blown away. To everyone who saved me from despair, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. This was such a special act of kindness and I appreciate your generosity and Rachel's and Rebecca's hard work to make this happen. I only hope I can do the same for another Monkey swap when an angel is needed. I hope everyone has received a package my now. Mine was certainly worth waiting for.

My monkeys have landed

Came home Saturday to a box on the front door. Inside was monkey socks in a pretty pink varigated On Line sock and in side the box was a major haul!








Enough yarn to make 2 pairs of socks, one is a local hand-dyed yarn in Dark Elf, 2 skeins of Patons sock yarn, a monkey, patterns, etc.

Thank you so much Barb! It was a very nice package and well worth the wait! :)

MY MONKEYS HAVE LANDED

I received my monkeys from my monkey angel Eve. You can see photos of them on my blog at: http://pennypurlsandkittyknits.blogspot.com/. Thank-you Eve for stepping in as an angel and knitting me my monkeys. They are a perfect fit and I love the color and the feel. Your packaging is great also. I want to come up with some way to package mine also now.
I hope all those who have not received part or all of their swaps have or will receive something from an angel like I did shortly.

Monkey Sock Wrap-Up

I have been working with several of you stranded Monkeys privately and contacting participants who have not sent their packages and left their pals stranded. Just to make sure that I have not overlooked anyone who has not received a package, PLEASE EMAIL ME. The names you use for Blogger do not always line up with my list of your real names and I have no way of figuring out who you are.

Please touch base with me. I have a list of angels who have volunteered to help out. And, if you are not on my angel list and would like to help please let me know.

Thanks,
Rebecca
Monkey Sock Swap THREE Hostess

I OPENED MY MONKEY SWAP PACKAGE

Christmas day I opened my Monkey swap package from Caryn. She sent me a bag of Hershey's kisses, a lovely lunch box with monkeys on it which will make a great small project (such as socks) carrier, monkey magnetic bookmarks, the Thelonious Cookie A sock pattern and some lovely yarn to knit socks with. The socks had no label indicating what type of yarn it is super wash or not, with or without nylon, yardage or the name of the yarn. So if anyone knows please tell me. It is lovely yarn BUT I would like to know what it is.
Only there were NO MONKEY SOCKS included in the package.
She did mention in an email she would send them when she finished them as soon as she could but since she is not answering my emails I don’t know if she is still working on them or not.
I am thankful I received something when I know others have had partners who totally flaked on them. I wrote my partner when I received my package and sent her another email today but she hasn't answered either. I hope things have settled down for her from the last time she emailed me. I checked her blog and she has not put an entry in since Sept. This first photo shows the goodies I received from Caryn.
This is a close up of the yarn I received.
I had a lot of fun making the socks for my pal and purchasing goodies for my pal as a lot of the fun is in the giving as much as the receiving and I was looking was looking forward to the next Monkey swap. Now I am not so sure after reading that so many people have been left high and dry I guess I am just leery but I really would like to join the next swap if there is one.
There will be more of other swap packages I opened on Christmas day on my blog shortly.

Angels

Have arrived, and I'm happy to announce that I happily volunteered to take on two that posted today. I hope there wasn't more members needing angels?? Anyone else? Perhaps another member would love to contribute. :)

Rosie Loves Me!

I finally got a moment to open my package from Rosie and I'm so excited! She sent me beautiful bright Lorna's Laces sock yarn, the Mona Cookie A. pattern and great monkey goodies. Cocktail swizzle sticks, a notepad, a ring, a stuffed monkey with magnetic hands & feet and monkey chopsticks (I think!). Everything was wrapped in funky monkey paper too. She's not done knitting my socks yet, but will send them along as soon as she's finished. Thank you Rosie for sending everything else. As you know, I was feeling like I didn't want to participate in a swap again. You've renewed my faith in swaps! I love everything!

Angels in need?

I haven't seen the swap host post in a really long while, I beleive angels are needed here.

Maybe a list of everyone whom did not receive their Monkey swap package?

Or simply, reply here, I was looking through posts and some received and need to be sure its accurate to date.

Still No Monkeys

I'm still waiting patiently for my Monkeys to arrive. I haven't heard from my pal in awhile.

Guilty Monkey Swapper

I confess I am one of the Monkey Swappers who has yet to finish her pal's socks. I've been working on them really, but it seems that every few days our new baby presents us with greater challenges and there just aren't enough hours in the day to shower let alone knit. I've apologized to my pal (Reneé) but I know she's disappointed (I would be too). I did send out all of her treats including yarn and pattern but I can't apologize enough. For those of you out there still waiting on your packages I am sure that there are good reasons for the delays and that your spoilers probably feel as terrible as I do.

I finally opened my Monkey package from my spoiler Kristy. The socks are amazing and all the treats, including the yarn and pattern selection, are amazing. I especially love the handmade card. Kristy included a copy of the adventures of Curious George which I look forward to reading to the baby. Here are some pics:


Thank you so much Kristy!

ALSO STILL WAITING TO RECEIVE MY MONKEY SWAP PACKAGE

I am also waiting to receive my monkey package. My pal did write a couple of weeks ago to say she was going to be sending me a partial package. I couldn't really understand if she has just not completed the socks or if they were even started. BUT nothing has arrived yet. The mail has been very slow coming to Canada due to the Christmas mail and also all the items Canadians seem to be buying off ebay. I have several other outstanding packages due which I gather are being held up for the same reason. So I just continue to hope my monkey swap package arrives soon.

Monkey Packages from Angels

Thank you Frieda, Evelyn, Leslie, and Esther for the quick delivery of my packages.

I received my first one from Frieda with this little monkey. His name is Hoodwinked. I think this is an appropriate name since my pal bailed.

The last three pals came in a flourish.

The socks were such a lovely color. I tried them on immediately and ignored the fact that they were too long and a bit big. I really wanted to wear them, but alas they slipped and slid too much. They fit churchable to a T. I hope he wears them since he told me not to make socks with holes in them for him.

I did not seem to get any yarn so I don't know if I have another angel hiding somewhere. I am happy with what I got so don't worry people. Thanks again. you guys were fast and very generous.

Monkey Dognapped! Almost...

Dear Monkey Socksters: my faith has been restored re the internet swappage after receiving THE KEWLEST monkey sock pack from my EXTRA SUPER SECRET PAL Lori -- ooops? *grin*

I opened the box slowly to prolong the FIRST swap experience. And it was worth the wait! Thank you so very much for the total yarnie goodness. Knittery burnt orange cashmere merino!!! Cherry Tree Hill Fall Foliage!!! Whatknot Sock in Arbor II, which is GAWJUS. And did I mention the perfectly-fitting Monkies in Raspberry Twist from All Things Heather????

I got so excited, I forgot to artfully arrange my box contents! Included in the package were a Curious George pencil set, a cute little plastic monkey, a lovely bag to hold my monkey socks, some very nice smelly stuff to keep bugs outta stash, a pretty card, a Cookie A. patt., some Soak wash (oooh!) and a toy monkey.

Went to answer my phone. Came back and someone has moved my monkey. When I went to put it away, it was sopping wet!!! Yes, that's right, Lyta, the Kelpiweiller princess had tried to kidnap my monkey! I guess it's delicious. And yes, I did get told off for taking cute little monkey away. Needless to say, the little white monkey is safely out of reach of Rotty jaws now.

Thank you so very much monkey sock buddy! Full photo show at my blog, strandedinoz. And thanks again to Rebecca for hosting.

Monkey Hostess Spoiled

Your Monkey Hostess has been spoiled again! Moirae sent me a WONDERFUL package! There were SO MANY goodies in the package that I could not take only one picture --- so.... I present a slide show.............

THANK YOU, Stephania! Monkeys make me happy and so do YOU!