Congratulations! As Rebecca said, yes, weave in your tail. Be sure to go up and down, not side to side. Side to side will take away from the stretchyness provided by the ribbing at that point. (I once did side to side weaving on a sock where I changed colors frequently, and it really make the sock hard to get on.) Can you join at cast-on so you don't have the dip? I join by the trading stitches method. I don't know how others do it. Yes, picking up stitches for the gusset is the hardest part. I usually pick up 2 extra also. I bought double sets of needles and worked on each sock alternating back and forth so they were both done at the same time, but I have never had "second sock syndrome" where I didn't want to start the second one. He wants to play with your masterpiece, your fabulous creation!!!??? LOL! Oh well, at least he takes an interest in what Mom's doing. Tell him you'll knit him a pair to wear one of these days. Cute story.

cpartist why would you want to run all the way to the garage to get a step stool Thank you, Claire. The door to the garage is right next to my kitchen so no running. And I live in FL so it's not like it's a problem with cold air. Heat yes. Cold no. There is a space right next to the steps that lead down for a hook on the wall for the step stool. It's really not an issue as I had thought it might be. cpartist does this tall cabinet actually exist in the kitchen where you are able to add a bar above cabinets and have the ladder tucked away when it’s not in use. Yes it does but as noted in the drawing that is a wall up against it. Plus there is no room. Also my kitchen is mostly finished. The cabinet peeking out on the left below is the cabinet you circled. The wall next to it juts out 24" to frame in the nook with the buffet. To the right of the buffet is the door to the garage.

I get nervous when I start running low on toasted sesame oil! Because I have problems finding it & usually when I do find it, it's a teeny bottle and crazy priced. When we were in Vegas, I picked up two 16 oz. containers at that Asian supermkt chain out west at a great 'on sale' price even. Gave one of them to my son and then started getting nervous because I didn't have a back-up btl! As luck would have it, I found another 16 oz container at my local Aldi, of all places. Last one on the shelf so I snapped it up and can relax for a while. I do keep all of them stored in the refrigerator because I've read that sesame oil isn't very shelf stable. Question...does the non-toasted sesame oil have a good flavor? How does the flavor compare to toasted? I found the non-toasted sesame oil at an Asian store in Wausau but didn't buy it....because the toasted is a critical ingredient in several dishes that I make....and that I make when I have a hankering for 'that' flavor, IYKWIM! Didn't want to chance it.

My husband in an attempt to cut all the overgrown trees and bushes around our Magnolia tree, cut the split trunk of the Magnolia which was 4" in diameter because the Y slit was only a foot off the ground. He thought it was another tree competing with the Magnolia. So in trying to give it better light and growing conditions, he cut it in 1/2 with the chainsaw. Boo Hoo! That is one of the worst mistakes, but there were many others. He's always hacking something by mistake. He also pruned my lilac's which took many years to grow that big. So now, good luck smelling any of them. I have to climb on a ladder to see or smell them, because he trimmed the lower branches. UGH!!! The great news is that Brugmansia's are super fast growers and with ample water and plant food they can grow from seedling to flowering in one season. I wish I can say the same for Magnolias and Lilacs. Sigh!