<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/ef1b0891-cb91-4c12-b876-27d20f30b03d/7DE4C85A-64C9-49E5-949C-6EBFAC2A6B9F/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://home.austin.rr.com/poolballinasock/" href="http://home.austin.rr.com/poolballinasock/" style="font-size: 11px;">home.austin.rr.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://home.austin.rr.com/poolballinasock/"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">As when creating any object, you'll first need to gather the right parts. There are two basic parts used to create a Pool Ball in a Sock: <OL> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><SPAN>A Pool Ball</SPAN> <IMG src="http://home.austin.rr.com/poolballinasock/images/poolball.jpg" title="A pool ball" alt="A pool ball" /></LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><SPAN>A Sock</SPAN> <IMG src="http://home.austin.rr.com/poolballinasock/images/sock.jpg" title="A sock" alt="A sock" /></LI> </OL> Here is a picture of both items together, to give an idea of their relative sizes. <IMG alt="A pool ball and a sock" title="A pool ball and a sock" src="http://home.austin.rr.com/poolballinasock/images/poolballwithsock.jpg" /> Note that a tube sock should be used when constructing a basic Pool Ball in a Sock. While other kinds of socks can be used, they should only be constructed and wielded by those who have already mastered the basic Pool Ball in a Sock. </LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://home.austin.rr.com/poolballinasock/"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Once you've gathered the parts, you'll want to find a flat surface on which to work. The first step is to insert the pool ball into the mouth of the sock, as illustrated here. <IMG alt="Pool ball entering the sock" title="Pool ball entering the sock" src="http://home.austin.rr.com/poolballinasock/images/ballinsockmouth.jpg" /> Make sure that the sock fits over the entire pool ball, so that it does not slip out in the steps that follow. Here is a close-up of what the construction should look like at this point. <IMG alt="Close-up of pool ball entering sock" title="Close-up of pool ball entering sock" src="http://home.austin.rr.com/poolballinasock/images/ballinsockmouthzoomedin.jpg" /></LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://home.austin.rr.com/poolballinasock/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/home.austin.rr.com/img/C57DA8D9-5187-414D-B12E-9B89D9C073E6" alt="Pool ball inside the sock" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://home.austin.rr.com/poolballinasock/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/home.austin.rr.com/img/6EE54087-1095-443C-9B52-0C8010A06D80" alt="Pushing the pool ball in the sock" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://home.austin.rr.com/poolballinasock/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/home.austin.rr.com/img/FB812036-F899-46D0-9EA3-6F1F3650762A" alt="A fully constructed Pool Ball in a Sock" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://home.austin.rr.com/poolballinasock/"><BIG>Congratulations! 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