One of my favorite hobbies to do is knitting. Right now I am in the middle of making a knitted afghan for my daughter’s bed and it is really starting to come along quite nicely. After seeing me work on this particular project for a few days, my youngest son has also requested that I make him an afghan as well. Well I have started looking at different patterns to see if I can create him something that looks like it would be good for a little boys bed. After coming across one pattern which I think may work out, some of the instructions got me a little confused. One of the stitches for this particular pattern would be the “cable” stitch. The term fiber cable has come up a lot lately in my research and I thought it had to do with knitting. But, after doing a little more digging, I have discovered that it doesn’t and it is something totally different. This is a good thing as I really had no clue as to how to do this particular type of pattern. I guess I don’t have to worry about that for now.

My husband works as a mechanic and he is always talking about different things that have to do with cars, trucks and SUVs. Actually anything that moves he has a serious interest in. Sometimes I do actually listen to him when he is droning on and on about different auto accessories and other times I tune him out. Well I learned yesterday that I really shouldn’t tune him out quite so much as I do. He came home with a transfer tank for his truck and when I asked him about his purchase he politely informed me that we had already discussed this purchase. So that’s when I decided that I really need to start listening to him a little more closely from now on.

Well I have decided to try something different with my homemade jewelry.  I have been making jewelry for a couple of months now so I have only been making some really basic pieces just to get the practice.  Now don’t get me wrong.  Although the pieces I have made are very basic, they are very pretty and I have had quite a bit of interest in my jewelry products.  But, I have decided that I really need to come out of my comfort zone and try something a little fancier.  So later today when I dig out all my beading supplies, I’m going to try a more difficult pattern.  I’m always up for a challenge and I’m just keeping my fingers crossed that this little adventure will turn out.

So wish me luck and if I manage to create something a little more difficult than what I normally do I’ll be sure to pop in here with a picture or two to show you all my work.