{"id":2352,"date":"2010-03-16T00:53:26","date_gmt":"2010-03-16T05:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=2352"},"modified":"2010-03-16T00:54:01","modified_gmt":"2010-03-16T05:54:01","slug":"let-the-madness-begin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=2352","title":{"rendered":"let the madness begin&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s March and you know what that means: It&#8217;s time for Sock Madness!<\/p>\n<p>Pardon?<\/p>\n<p>No, nothing to do with basketball. Socks.<\/p>\n<p>What do you mean that&#8217;s weird? It&#8217;s totally not.<\/p>\n<p>Sock Madness is the time of the year when sock knitters put their accumulated skills to the test. It&#8217;s a competition that combines speed, agility, humor (at oneself, at any rate), and accuracy. You have to digest the plays your coach gives you (in the form of patterns by their designers) and execute them without deviation. There are refs to rule on tricky questions and sticky situations.<\/p>\n<p>Our competition began last Wednesday, and the first round will likely conclude next Tuesday night as up to 160 competitors head to the second round. If I want to be one of them, I&#8217;d better get knitting, as this is all I&#8217;ve finished thus far:<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/4434134909\/\" title=\"Sock Madness in Progress by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4058\/4434134909_9931951a25.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Sock Madness in Progress\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s March and you know what that means: It&#8217;s time for Sock Madness! Pardon? No, nothing to do with basketball. Socks. What do you mean that&#8217;s weird? It&#8217;s totally not. 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