Road Tripping Knitting

Heading back home from an unexpected road trip. Fonzy singing, I'm knitting. That's what usually goes down on our road trips.

Neutral Baby Blanket and Pale Pink Sweater

I finished my nieces baby blanket and sweater in time for the baby shower. I love the soft, neutral colors. It's going to be so much fun having a little girl to dress and play with! My sister and I are too excited!

Green Chunky Blanket

When I finished my chunky cable blanket over the Thanksgiving holiday, I said it would be a while before I attempted another one.

Well, I guess a while for me has passed. I have started another chunky blanket. This one is for my sister. I'm loving the green! Let's hope I don't decide to keep this one for myself also!

The Making of a Blanket ~ Chunky Cable Blanket

I LOVE this blanket!

This is my biggest knit project to date and my favorite. I started it on July 22, 2016 and finished it November 24, 2016, Thanksgiving day. As I look over the pictures of my progress I noticed most of my knitting was done in the Fall. Starting a thick chunky blanket in July probably wasn't the best idea.

Since finishing this blanket it has gotten lots of use. I cuddle up in it while watching TV. Drape it over our bed at night for extra warmth. It's my go to blanket. Hubby isn't too fond of it, says it's too heavy and hot for him, but isn't that the point of a blanket. To wrap you in warmth. During our Christmas break, we binge watched Game of Thorns and he said my blanket would fit in perfectly with the Night Watch at The Wall, with all the snow, cold and Jon Snow. He's called it my Game of Thrones blanket.

Sidenote: We loved Game of Thrones! One of the best series. Can't wait for Season 7. 

When I finished this blanket, I said I wouldn't knit another chunky blanket for a while and started to knit other things, but guess what? A new chunky blanket is calling me. I love knitting with chunky yarn and big needles. The size 8's I'm using for a few hats right now are killing me! I happily cast on a new chunky blanket the other day. It's not the same pattern, but I'm loving it and how easy it is. Just knit and purl. I'll be posting it soon.

The pattern for this chunky cable blanket is by Go-Girl Knitting, the Aspen Blanket, and can be found on my project page here on Ravelry.

Happy Bright ZigZag Afghan

I started this afghan in April of 2012. We are now in June of 2016! Yeah....that's a long time to have a work in progress. I was so excited when I first started my zigzag. I thought for sure I was going to have it done by Fall. But I got bored with it and put it aside. I've done that several times. Excited to have it finished, bored when I had been knitting on it for days! We have a beach trip coming up in early July and  I'm DETERMINED to get this done before then. I would love to take finished pictures of it on the beach. I just think these bright colors would look awesome on a sandy beach.

Hmmmm...just had a case of deja vu. I think we had a beach trip before when I said the exact same thing. This time I'm going to make it happen!

I will not get bored. I will not get bored. I will not get bored.
I think I can. I think I can. I think I can.

Previous zigzag afghan posts here.

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