{"id":6935,"date":"2014-01-24T18:00:24","date_gmt":"2014-01-24T23:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/?p=6935"},"modified":"2014-01-24T14:07:25","modified_gmt":"2014-01-24T19:07:25","slug":"the-sock-is-in-the-mail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/?p=6935","title":{"rendered":"The sock is in the mail."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/?p=6807\" title=\"swoopy thing on the foot socks\" target=\"_blank\">jonesing to finish these socks <\/a>since Hunter Hammersen wrote &#8220;something may go swooping wildly about on the foot&#8221; in early December. There&#8217;s just something about a plain sock that isn&#8217;t really plain at all that appeals to me. And here they are. (right before they went in the mail to their photo shoot)<br \/>\n<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2658-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Aurin socks\" title=\"Aurin socks\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2658-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2658-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nI liked the yarn quite a bit. It feels amazing and has nice stitch definition. I&#8217;ll be using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stringtheoryyarn.com\/home.php?cat=126\" title=\"String Theory Caper Sock yarn\" target=\"_blank\">Caper sock <\/a>again, but I think I&#8217;ll go with a semi-solid. Black Tulip (purple), Dark &#038; Stormy (ocean blue), or Carina (gray) or&#8230; maybe I&#8217;ll go full on crazy and give Alexandrite a whirl.<br \/> <br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2659-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Aurin socks\" title=\"Aurin socks 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2659-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2659-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nYarn: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stringtheoryyarn.com\/home.php?cat=126\" title=\"String Theory Caper Sock yarn\" target=\"_blank\">String Theory &#8211; Caper Sock<\/a><br \/>\nColorway: Beach Plum<br \/>\nNeedles: 2.25mm Signature DPNs<br \/>\nPattern: Aurin by<a href=\"http:\/\/violentlydomestic.com\/\" title=\"Hunter Hammersen's blog, violently domestic\" target=\"_blank\"> Hunter Hammersen <\/a>(COMING SOON!)<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_6936\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6936\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2651-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Aurin socks and plane\" title=\"Aurin socks and plane\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6936\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2651-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2651-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6936\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It&#039;s a bird, no,  it&#039;s a plane, no, it&#039;s socks and a plane!<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<br \/>Ps. Check out what others have finished at:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tamisamis.blogspot.com\" target = \"_blank\">Tami&#8217;s Amis<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wonderwhyalpacafarm.blogspot.com\" target=\"_blank\">Wisdom begins in Wonder<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.naturalsuburbia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Natural Suburbia<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been jonesing to finish these socks since Hunter Hammersen wrote &#8220;something may go swooping wildly about on the foot&#8221; in early December. There&#8217;s just something about a plain sock that isn&#8217;t really plain at all that appeals to me. And here they are. 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