I'm Afraid It's Going to Require Surgery

Scissors meet socks.
Thankfully it turned out not so horrible once I had a good idea of what I needed to do:
So, I'm knitting along like gangbusters on this stripey sock, spend a LOT of time on the intarsia heel flap (I need colorwork practice, but I knew that going in and I think this turned out to be a pretty fair looking specimen), and then realize that the 20 stripe chart says "stop chart after stripe 14 and begin heel flap". Huh? Now why would there be a 20 stripe chart if I wasn't supposed to follow it blindly to the end? *grin* I think, "Well, the socks are just going to be six stripes too long. So what?"
So, six stripes amounted to 24 rows which, having made no calf increases, gave me socks that were too tight at the top. Way too tight. "No sending these out to a pal" too tight. But I'm definitely not going to rip out the whole sock 'cause that would just be dumb, now wouldn't it? Time to kitchener, ladies! That's right. I cut off the heel flap a few rows up and unraveled to the beginning of the flap. Then I ripped back up the leg to where I was supposed to stop the first time. And I'm gonna kitchener that sucker together. Tomorrow. ;)

Or maybe I'll knit the other sock leg since the first went so fast and come back to this one. Either way, it's fixable and I'm glad.
Oh! And don't let me forget to mention the sweet surprise that arrived in the mail yesterday. A pair of bitty bulldogs! One for the big brother and one for the little guy-to-be. From the super awesome Kim at Hand Eye Crafts! Thanks, Kim! You rock. :)

p.s. I've started getting spam on my old (pre-word verification) posts. Suck. :(