{"id":8924,"date":"2019-03-07T01:50:06","date_gmt":"2019-03-07T06:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=8924"},"modified":"2019-03-07T05:01:08","modified_gmt":"2019-03-07T10:01:08","slug":"smock-madness-unraveling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=8924","title":{"rendered":"smock madness unraveling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/47254743162\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Smock Madness\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7914\/47254743162_94c70f900b.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Smock Madness\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The beginning of March may herald college basketball playoffs for some, but for many sock knitters it marks the start of Sock Madness, the springtime sock knitting competition.<\/p>\n<p>The first pattern, Smock Madness, dropped on Sunday and I began knitting Monday evening. (I&#8217;m not feeling overly competitive right now.) The first round will end in ten days on the 17th, by which point I hope to have a complete pair of socks that will enable me to move forward into the next round. Yesterday evening, I knit for a bit next to the outdoor fireplace at Glen&#8217;s, which is what you see above. I&#8217;m a little further along now.<\/p>\n<p>On the reading front, I have nothing new to report. I&#8217;m still working on <em>Geekerella<\/em> and <em>Early Riser<\/em>. I picked up Marlon James&#8217; <em>Black Leopard, Red Wolf<\/em> at the member sale over the weekend at Rudi&#8217;s request. He&#8217;d heard an interview with the author on NPR while driving home one weekend and was really excited by it. I&#8217;d put a hold on it at the library, but since we both want to read it, it made sense to buy a copy.<\/p>\n<p>Head over to <a href=\"http:\/\/askatknits.com\/2019\/03\/06\/unraveled-wednesday-3-6-19\/\">As Kat Knits<\/a> for more knitting and reading posts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The beginning of March may herald college basketball playoffs for some, but for many sock knitters it marks the start of Sock Madness, the springtime sock knitting competition. The first pattern, Smock Madness, dropped on Sunday and I began knitting Monday evening. (I&#8217;m not feeling overly competitive right now.) 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