{"id":124,"date":"2005-07-31T23:48:12","date_gmt":"2005-07-31T23:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/?p=124"},"modified":"2015-08-12T21:45:49","modified_gmt":"2015-08-12T10:45:49","slug":"julys-month-of-softies-sock-monkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/2005\/07\/31\/julys-month-of-softies-sock-monkey\/","title":{"rendered":"July&#8217;s Month of Softies: Sock Monkey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is my submission for Loobylu&#8217;s July&#8217;s Month of Softies, a sock monkey. I&#8217;ve been curious about sock monkeys since first reading about the tradition a year or two ago, so I&#8217;m glad to have tried it out. This one started out plain and ugly, and I nearly abandoned him altogether, but I kept going back and reshaping bits. Now he is more refined, and I have grown quite fond of him.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/07\/Sock-monkey-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3400\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/2005\/07\/31\/julys-month-of-softies-sock-monkey\/sock-monkey-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/07\/Sock-monkey-4.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"375,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sock monkey-4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/07\/Sock-monkey-4.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3400\" src=\"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/07\/Sock-monkey-4.jpg\" alt=\"Sock monkey-4\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/07\/Sock-monkey-4.jpg 375w, https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/07\/Sock-monkey-4-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are a few more pictures of him:<\/p>\n<div data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/2005\/07\/31\/julys-month-of-softies-sock-monkey\/&quot;}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-124 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/2005\/07\/31\/julys-month-of-softies-sock-monkey\/sock-monkey-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/07\/Sock-monkey-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"3399\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/2005\/07\/31\/julys-month-of-softies-sock-monkey\/sock-monkey-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/07\/Sock-monkey-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"375,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sock monkey-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/07\/Sock-monkey-1.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/2005\/07\/31\/julys-month-of-softies-sock-monkey\/sock-monkey-5\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/07\/Sock-monkey-5-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"3401\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/2005\/07\/31\/julys-month-of-softies-sock-monkey\/sock-monkey-5\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/07\/Sock-monkey-5.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"375,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sock monkey-5\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/07\/Sock-monkey-5.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/2005\/07\/31\/julys-month-of-softies-sock-monkey\/sock-monkey\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/07\/Sock-monkey-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"3402\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/2005\/07\/31\/julys-month-of-softies-sock-monkey\/sock-monkey\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/07\/Sock-monkey.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,375\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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I&#8217;ve been curious about sock monkeys since first reading about the tradition a year or two ago, so I&#8217;m glad to have tried it out. This one started out plain and ugly, and I nearly abandoned him altogether, but I kept going [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_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":[184,30,19],"tags":[1388,1371,1386,311,186],"class_list":["post-124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-craft","category-creatures","category-fun","tag-craft","tag-make","tag-puppet","tag-sock-monkey","tag-softies"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paZhI-20","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3403,"href":"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124\/revisions\/3403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}