handmade by stefanie

First off, it's semi-well-documented that I have a sock monkey obsession. At the very least, there is photographic evidence: This is why I totally flipped out when I heard about Team Sock Monkey , who competed in the Red Bull Flugtag in Ottawa over the weekend. I was hanging out with Jen from Eucalan at TNNA (who happens to be one of my clients) and she told me about how her husband and his friends were entering the Red Bull Flugtag with a giant flying sock monkey contraption named Sockrates. My natural curiousity got the best of me and I asked her if she'd mind asking the guys a few questions on my behalf for my blog. Below are their answers and some photos from the event courtesy of their Facebook page, be sure to check it out! Me: I’m guessing no one on your team had ever designed a giant flying sock monkey. What was the process like from conception to reality? Team Sock Monkey (TSM): We started with a stuffed sock monkey that we thought was pretty funn...