MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --Rebecca Yaker may have been known for her sock monkey fashion, but she's now moving on. She can work wonders with a yard of fabric and now she wants to prove that you can as well.

Punch the words “sock monkey” into the eBay search portal and you’ll get back 12 pages of sock monkey stuff for sale. Sock monkey clothes, sock monkey books, sock monkey drawings and sock monkeys ...

Some muses come and go, but for photographer, author and crafts pro Dee Lindner, the red-heeled sock monkey is eternal. “The giggles and smiles my work generates and the sentimental stories I receive ...