{"id":11292,"date":"2021-05-20T01:35:43","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T06:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=11292"},"modified":"2021-05-20T03:47:10","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T08:47:10","slug":"spring-knitting-and-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=11292","title":{"rendered":"spring knitting and reading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/51190976356\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Spring Knitting and Reading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51190976356_f4b6bc32fa_w.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" alt=\"Spring Knitting and Reading\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I got through the heel of my sock during a conference call yesterday and am on to the  foot. At least I think I am. 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