Monkey Man

One of my best friends from college is going to have baby #2 any day now. The yet to be named baby boy (and boy #2) needs something new. With monkey bedding from Pottery Barn Kids he needed a super cute monkey of his own. I really loved the monkeys on Little Cotton Rabbits but she doesn't share or even sell her patterns. Boo!! So I searched high and low and found at patter from Fuzzy Mitten... it is close. I went with colors similiar to what Little Cotton Rabbits uses and I am going to skip the overalls and try to make him a little sweater in the orange yarn. I might have to modify a couple of toy sweater patterns but I think (hope) that it works! Here he is so far.

I am using Cascade 220 and am loving it. I tend to buy a lot of yarn at Michaels or AC Moore and it is nice to be using good yarn for a change!!