I did. Mostly because of that Kea commercial (mostly because I saw 5 minutes of television).
Man, consumerism, right?
Anyways, the inventor of the sock monkey was John Nelson, a machinist and later engineer/ inventor.
i think he looked sort-of like this ^.
"Nelson Knitting was an innovator in the mass market work sock field, creating a loom that enabled socks to be manufactured without seams in the heel. These seamless work socks were so popular that the market was soon flooded with imitators, and socks of this type were known under the generic term "Rockfords". Nelson Knitting added the red heel "de-tec-tip" to assure its customers that they were buying "original Rockfords". This red heel gave the monkeys their distinctive mouth. During the Great Depression, American mothers first made sock monkeys out of worn-out Rockford Red Heel Socks. "[from wikipedia]
some interesting sock monkeys:
some interesting sock-monkey inspired fashions:
creepy use of sock monkey :
(and of course) how to make your very own sock monkey:
Accompanying this information, I present a ven diagram for consideration (just don't steal Max's patent):
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