Mar Mar's Monkey

Mar Mar's Monkey, originally uploaded by Kathryn Kensington.

This monkey has been a definite favorite of Remy Friends followers. Mar Mar's Monkey was drawn by Remy for his three-ear-old friend Amartya. He and I talked about moving the ears to the side of the head to make it more monkey-like. I absolutely love this guy - it was so much fun to make.

I used fleece for the first time on Hosie's suggestion and found it so forgiving and easy to work with. The ears are doubled polar fleece with machine embroidery and the legs and tail are tubes of fleece. I made a second one for Remy's cousin, which turned out a little smaller and had a thicker tail. This one is about 13 inches wide and as tall.