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Mission Accomplished

I finished the Bearfoot socks while attending the Western Water Workshop. Here they are:

I love the yarn, and I finally got to the point where I enjoy doing a shortrow heel. On the second sock, I clued into how to make that last round without generating a hole: when you're knitting the last short row (there is one wrapped stitch at each end of the heel), knit across the heel and pick up the wrapped stitch, and then keep going around the sock and take care of the other wrapped stitch when you start the next round. Duh! If you go back and forth one more time, that's when you get the hole.

I'm back home now, even though the workshop continues through noon today. The program for today didn't look all that interesting. The attendance steadily dwindled as the afternoon wore on yesterday, so I wasn't the only one who made the decision to cut and run.

It's a good thing I got home when I did. My husband and daughter are enjoying a few days away in California visiting Uncle Dan, meaning that the boys were home alone. You know, you try to raise your kids right and instill good values. You try to set an example. You hope and pray that they will do the right thing, even if a parent isn't present.

So what did I find when I got home? They were watching music videos on CMT. Where did I go wrong? Pop, rock, rap, classic, anything, dear God - but not country.

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