Meet Marcus Woofington and Wendy

This is the first blog post of two about some fantastic books that I've been reading recently. I've never really owned any craft books before but I am definitely going to start amassing a collection now, even if it's just to look at the pictures in them for inspiration! I got the book Sock and Glove for Christmas and it's ace,  I've never made any sock animals before but have always wanted to have a go.

There's so many cute animals to make, including a dog, a cat, a monkey, a rabbit, a pig, and a bird and the best bit is the instructions are really simple to follow and are mainly just pictures.

I went straight out and bought some socks and a pair of gloves, and made the dog from the front cover of the book and the elephant.

Meet Wendy and Marcus Woofington. They didn't turn out quite like the ones in the book, as  I decided to erm 'customise' them... I gave Marcus a sort of collar/polo neck jumper as I had lots of glove left after I'd stuffed it, and Wendy ended up with an extra long and very thin truck! Still I'm pleased with how they turned out for my first attempt, think I'll have a go at the pig next. 

You can check out other peoples sock creations from the book on Flickr and I also found this group with lots of cute sock creatures in.