Socks

[capt_facepalm]

Title: Socks
Author: capt_facepalm
Rating: PG
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (Gaslight ACD)
Characters: Mrs Hudson
Summary: Mrs Hudson is not idle in her retirement
Warnings: (Obscure prompt bending is not cheating)
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes: July 2016 amnesty prompts: childhood, old age, sore feet, and Let the end be the beginning

.oOOo.

Knit, purl.

Being retired from London did not mean she would retire from the world. She would challenge anyone who accused her of being idle in her old age…

Knit, purl.

Dr Watson’s letters hinted of the hardships he faced in the French trenches. The thought of all those boys with cold, wet, sore feet…

Knit, purl.

This was skill from her childhood, set aside for the challenges of marriage, family life, and eventually running her own business…

Knit, purl.

She would organise others like herself, mighty yet invisible, and they would make a difference to those soldiers…

Knit, purl.

.oOOo.

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Comments

[laurose8.livejournal.com]

Well done, Mrs Hudson! And thank you, captain, for this excellent postscript.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Lovely idea.

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Lovely use of the prompts.

[med_cat]

An excellent use of the prompts :)

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Awww, I could see her doing that.

[debriswoman]

*cheering on Mrs H*

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

The First Double-Needle Homefront Worsted Battalion is on the move!

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

You know them by the furious clickity-clack of their needles!
(Thanks!)

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

Thanks! This one was a bit different for me.

[med_cat]

Indeed it was, but you succeeded admirably :)

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

I really wanted to empower Mrs Hudson. She probably rested for the first few days of her retirement, got bored, and took up golf.
(Thanks!)

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

Thanks! After many years of housekeeping for Mr Holmes, retirement would seem rather dull.

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I reviewed all the Am'Nasty prompts, looking for obvious ones to link. This couple was less obvious until I Mrs Hudson appeared.

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

Absolutely. I cannot picture Mrs Hudson being idle at all.
(Thanks!)

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

Don't call her an old lady. She survived Sherlock Holmes!
(Thanks!)

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

Very kind of you to think so.