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.