# Best stitch(es) for a sock monkey?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 11, 2017, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-stitch-es-for-a-sock-monkey/793303 "2017-08-11T00:05:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-stitch-es-for-a-sock-monkey/793303/1 "2017-08-11T00:05:14Z")

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I got a sock-monkey-making kit. I haven’t tried it out yet, as I’m not good at sewing.  
Those who know how to sew better than me - what is/are the best stitch(es) to use when hand-sewing a sock monkey? I don’t know that many stitches myself, but I figure I could learn a few from online resources.

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**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-stitch-es-for-a-sock-monkey/793303/2 "2017-08-11T14:38:59Z")

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I can’t answer the sewing part, but “Stitches For A Sock Monkey” sounds like a great name for a poem, or an episode of a Quinn Martin (The Fugitive, eg) tv show.

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**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-stitch-es-for-a-sock-monkey/793303/3 "2017-08-11T16:06:46Z")

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Great band name! I made a sock monkey about 15 years ago. I have a sewing machine from the 1940s which has one stitch, the straight stitch. That’s what I used, and when I had to hand sew the tiny parts, I used the regular straight/overhand stitch that I use when hand sewing a seam. Of course you know to turn the parts inside out when you sew aka wrong sides together

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**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-stitch-es-for-a-sock-monkey/793303/4 "2017-08-11T19:26:19Z")

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Thank you for your advice,\*\* peedin.\*\* The kit I got comes with instructions, though it just says “sew this” and “sew that” without saying how to sew it.  
Thank you.

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**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-stitch-es-for-a-sock-monkey/793303/5 "2017-08-11T20:55:12Z")

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For a machine, I’d use straight stitch.

For hand stitching, if the monkey is going to do anything other than sit on a shelf (i.e., be a toy that actually gets played with), I would back stitch it.

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**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-stitch-es-for-a-sock-monkey/793303/6 "2017-08-12T13:59:49Z")

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Thank you, **amarinth.**