Weekend Fun - Cable Afghan & Scrap Yarn Project

This past weekend I decided that I needed to work on some of my almost finished knitting projects.  I got to the edging on the Cable Afghan I started while pregnant with my second son.  It looks really sophisticated and grown up.  I cannot wait to see what it looks like when I finish the boarder.

Here are some of my favorite squares along with my cat Prince Rhaegar. He loves to help me knit and crochet

I also started a scrap yarn project with Andi.  It is a basket weave crochet afghan where you just keep adding in yarn as you run out.  It looks really neat to see the colors fade in and out.

New Projects

I almost always think about starting a new project, even though I have so many unfinished at the moment.  Why is that?  I have been toying with the idea of starting a new Pop tab purse.  Everyone seems to love them but there is so much work and time that goes into them.  I might just have to flip a coin finish some projects or take on another huge purse project again.  I still have tons of materials left to make them.

Maybe I finish up the last (LATE) Christmas presents and then try and see if it speaks to me.   I have this cube of projects sitting beside me maybe I focus on those and clear space in the brain for more creativity.  I sometimes wish it did not feel like I have a million tabs open in my brain browser.

Gift Wrap Up

I never got to post all the wonderful things that I made for my friends and family for Christmas.  Thinks are always so busy around that time of year and just now seem to be calming down a little.

Here are some of the shawls/wraps I made

I oldest son got a Shark Pod and a set of Ninja Turtle Hats

I also completed 4 Pop Tab wristlets:

My youngest son got a blanket I have been working on for years.

I have an afghan I am still working on :(

Brioche Knitting

There were a few things I told myself I wanted to learn this year.

Continental Knitting
Brioche Knitting
How to play the Violin
and get my NASM CPT or Personal Trainer Certification to name a few.

Well I have had some ups and downs and life is as always crazy but here is where I stand.

I tried and tried continental knitting and kept having issues with tension and could never get it to work.  I put this in the back of my head and said I will come back lets move on and see what Brioche has in store.  I could not read the patterns not knowing what a Bark and Burp really meant.  So I am sitting here thinking I am 0-2 this year so far.  I go where I almost always go to learn things YouTube.  Things finally started to click and I was able to make patterns make sense to me, but here is the kicker, I could only do Brioche in continental Knitting!!! I somehow killed two techniques with one set of needles.  Now mind you I have not yet tried continental on anything but brioche yet but I hope that after a project it will be like second nature to me.

On a personal note I have had great progress with my nutrition and exercise and I am finally moving in the right direction in a slow steady rate.  I am down 20 lbs since the birth of my second child and cannot wait to get to my goal.  IIFYM has really been a life saver to me.

Here are some pictures of my brioche testing pieces.