Sock Animals!!

My newest obsession is making sock animals. I saw a few cuties on Pinterest, and decided I needed to get in on the action. Went to the dollar store, and found a ton of adorable socks. Some were even three pairs for a dollar! Yeah, they are below average quality, but no way am I going to take scissors to a $20 pair of socks. I cringed just making the first cut on my cheap socks. My oldest daughter, Hailey has decided that her favorite animals are hippos and ostriches. Because I doubt any pattern could make an ostrich look cute, I decided to look for a hippo tutorial. This is the one I chose:

Sock Hippo Tutorial

Okay, yes it is Russian! And it doesn't translate perfectly to English through Google translator, but the pictures are pretty clear. After a while I noticed that my screen saver had come on, and that I was pretty much doing my own thing anyways. So, without further ado, let me introduce you to Mr. Hip-hop-opotamus:

Far from perfect, but I think he is pretty darn cute. You can see how thin the socks are in the picture. 

Here is my sock rhino:

And here they are together. Hip-hop-opotamus and Rhyme-noceros. A little nod to Flight of the Conchords.

The newest member of our sock family, a Sock Giraffe! She was kind of tough, because I only had one pair of ankle length socks to work with. I definitely used every last bit of the fabric.