Christmas Presents

Christmas Catalogue (click here to see photos)
Every year, since 2004 when we invented Monkey and Sofia, we have produced a catalogue of gifts for Christmas.
We love to make things and our simple life allows us the time to spend on designing and inventing things then turning our ideas in to real knitted, sewn or constructed things.
It's great.
Each year we send out our catalogue, then everyone looks at the photos of all the lovely things.
Then the fun starts!
Emails fly back and forth as everyone contacts us to tell us what they want and then packages wing their way across the sea.

We love to hear from all our Monkey and Sofia friends, to catch up with news, find out how things have gone this last year.
The very best thing though, is to know we are all still thinking of each other.

So, here's this year's selection of specially made goodies which we hope you'll like.
As ever the prices are kept as low as possible so that everyone can be part of Monkey and Sofia.
If you would like to know more about any of the things or make an order, talk to us.
Email and ask anything and we'll let you know all the details.

The world can be a difficult and lonely place to live, especially if you are trying to live a life which has meaning, so it's great to hear from fellow travellers, those who are making choices about their lives.
Christmas is a time for joining together and although we are miles away, we will definately be spending time thinking of all our friends.
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Visit our site on flicker, by clicking above and see all the lovely things.
Then send us a message!
Tell us how you're doing, we love to hear from you!
Then, we can then easily send you the price list and all the info on ordering things.

We're looking forward to hearing from you.
With love,
Maureen and Phil
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the flying yellow bread bowl diner

Settling in. Being part of somewhere. Difficult to imagine when you just arrive somewhere, thatś why finding Carol
at The Flying Yellow Bread Bowl,
was really great.
Not only is it the finest diner in Powell River.
it's probably one of the best vegetarian restaurants
in the whole of British Columbia......
The food is great, Carol cooks like its part of her personality and everyday is different, she make delicious bread, like bagels and big soft granary loaves and the menu for each day has stuff like thick spicy pumpkin soup, garlicky hummus on bread, stuffed vine leaves, spicy falafel burgers, mmmmmmmmmm, can't you just taste it? The diner is tiny, and packed with people, the music is perfect, like Natasha Atlas, things with an eastern vibe that goes with the food, the atmosphere is wonderful, everyone eating, chatting with friends and and really enjoying it.
This is what eating is all about.

the Monkey and Sofia knitting book

This is what it looks like!

It finally exists, the Monkey and Sofia Knitting Book is now back from the printers and it looks fab. All the work on checking and re-checking all those knitting patterns finally paid off and they are all there in the pages of this little book.
The idea for this was that having spent 18 months inventing knitting patterns for knitted toys, well, not just any knitted toys, THE sweetest knitted toys in the world, the time had come to stop knitting them and let everyone else have a go.
So, the book has all the instructions for knitting Monkey, Sofia, The Mice ,The Rabbits, plus a cosy cute pair of socks and how to make the cat in your life it's very own knitted fish! Who can live without it?

email us to get a copy: monkeyandsofia@yahoo.co.uk

All these photos are of the patterns in the book. Most are easy, and great for new knitters, with plenty of opportunities for interpretation by more experienced knitters.

Best of all these patterns are fabulous for fundraising projects.

Supporters of Cat Protection are already knitting!

Check the entry further up the the blog