{"id":541,"date":"2006-08-09T23:50:22","date_gmt":"2006-08-10T03:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=541"},"modified":"2006-08-09T23:50:22","modified_gmt":"2006-08-10T03:50:22","slug":"second-set-of-socks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=541","title":{"rendered":"second set of socks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/images\/knit\/sock-a-month2.gif\" alt=\"sock-a-month2 logo\" align=right hspace=3 vspace=3 \/> Last night I finished my second set of socks for 2006 (and the first pair for Knittin&#8217; Mom&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/knittinmom.blogspot.com\/2006\/07\/sock-month-2.html\">Sock-A-Month 2 knit-along<\/a>). They were a pair of cotton socks for Rudi, who picked out the yarn and the pattern. I would have picked more exciting colors myself, but I figured he&#8217;s entitled to have handmade socks in whatever color he&#8217;ll wear. 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