{"id":1008,"date":"2010-12-27T22:01:02","date_gmt":"2010-12-28T03:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jorahlavin.wordpress.com\/?p=169"},"modified":"2010-12-27T22:01:02","modified_gmt":"2010-12-28T03:01:02","slug":"random-finished-object-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=1008","title":{"rendered":"Random finished object"},"content":{"rendered":"

I didn’t realize how many things I’ve missed out on posting on the blog over the last couple of years. In June of ’09 I finally finished my first pair of socks intended for me. I made these cuff-down, two-at-at-time on a long circular needle. They are made with Mountain Colors Bearfoot<\/a>. Size 12.5 US Men’s socks are big socks.<\/p>\n

I ran out of yarn about half way along the foot. My wife wrote about how we found additional yarn<\/a> on her blog…<\/p>\n

\"Socks<\/a><\/p>\n

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I’ve worn the socks a couple of dozen times, I’d guess. They’d get more use except that they’re so warm that I can’t wear them except on the coldest days. The soles have fulled a bit, but that’s not a problem. I’m still very pleased with them. Only my third pair of socks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I didn’t realize how many things I’ve missed out on posting on the blog over the last couple of years. In June of ’09 I finally finished my first pair of socks intended for me. I made these cuff-down, two-at-at-time on a long circular needle. They are made with Mountain Colors Bearfoot. Size 12.5 US … Continue reading “Random finished object”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[85],"tags":[99,122],"class_list":["post-1008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-knitting","tag-fo","tag-yarn"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgY3e-gg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":996,"url":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=996","url_meta":{"origin":1008,"position":0},"title":"First pair of sock-like objects","author":"Jorah","date":"December 2, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm pleased to say that I am edging ever closer to producing an actual, real, wearable, recognizable pair of socks. 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