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Short-row Heel

I worked my first short row heel tonight. It was pretty easy with the instructions I was using. I’m doing the toe-up version of the campfire socks by Cider Moon. Instead of following the instructions in the pattern for the heel, I used a tutorial at CosmicPluto Knits. It worked like a charm and my heel came out pretty good for a first attempt. And using handspun yarn makes it all the better, because the stitches blend making the short rows somewhat disappear. 

Here’s my pretty heel:

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