A TSA agent confiscated a tiny toy gun belonging to an air traveler's sock monkey. Phyllis May of Redmond, Wash., who makes custom sock monkey dolls, brought the doll and its props in her carry-on bag ...

Do you know where your sock monkey is? Those creepy little monkeys with Angelina Jolie lips are all the rage now and if you don t believe it, visit Lancaster Museum of Art, where an entire exhibit is ...

SAGE — 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 ...

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 ...

Sock monkeys, the red-mouthed, yarn-topped toys with a wide smile, were born during the Great Depression and handcrafted for the working class.... (Sock) Monkey Business: A Festival For Iconic Toy ...

ROCKFORD — Several byproducts of the Screw City's time as a manufacturing giant was more kid-friendly than industrial. From the 1940s into the early 2000s, Rockford produced a bevy of well-known toys, ...

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 ...

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.