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A ten hour drive to watch a Griz game yesterday did a lot for my knitting! I finished a Christmas sweater that has been hanging around my neck like a noose for a month. I don't usually put anything on the needles without finishing within a couple of weeks. The gals at the yarn shop had asked about my progress several times. I finally fessed up, this is not my finest project! How embarrassing to realize halfway through the sweater that you forgot the first three rows in the center cable pattern! (It was at the bottom of the first column of the page and I overlooked it - oh man!) I thought that it was a misprint and so reworked the beginning of the cable - having to rethink it every time I got to that point. When I realized what I had done the front was completed and I was on the back of the sweater and didn’t want to retrace my steps. But I like things perfect, down to every last stitch! I decided that the sweater was a lesson in acceptance, I assured myself that no one woul