Okay, so perhaps I'm not a gym bunny yet. But I did do my induction in the gym this morning. The instructor recognised me from when I last used to go about 5 years ago. I was a little bit worried abit it as I'm so unfit and I was also worried about aggrevating my neck/back too much so I started slow. I did 10 mins on the bike, 10 mins on the cross trainer which was extremely hard work. I used to be able to do 30 mins on the cross trainer at a much harder programme than I did today followed by 30 mins on the stepper. I decided to miss out the stepper today and did another 10 mins on the bike so that was 30 mins in total of cardio, which isn't too bad. I then did two weight machines for my arms and back. Upper body machines can aggrevate the pain so I'm keen to start slow and build up gradually. And to finish 4 machines for the legs. All in all, it took me about an hour which is what I'm aiming for. I ran in to a couple of mums from school I've not spoken to for a while so had a nice chat while I was on the bike. All in all, it was a pleasant experience apart from the weighing and bodyfat measurements which I could have done without.
Weight watchers was bad this week too. I put on the 2 pounds I lost last week so feeling a bit down about that.
Let's talk about some nicer stuff instead. I've done lots of knitting. The first Yarn 4 Socks socks is off the needles and I'll get some photos done and a sneak preview tomorrow or Friday. It's for the August club and I'm providing the yarn too.
I cast on in this yarn
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for a new pair of socks for a British mag. I love the yarn and the socks are progressing well. Need to double check the chart before I do any more as I think I made a mistake when typing it up and don't want to have to frog the socks at a later stage. I've got a short deadline for these socks.
I'm making slow progress on this shawl
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knitted in the June Sock Variety Club yarn.
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It's Glorious Sock yarn and the colour is more like this: I love this colour. I mis-counted rather badly so I have lots of this yarn leftover. So it's good I like it.
I've been doing quite a lot on my Supreme Lace shawl and have started thinking about the border. I've changed to stitch pattern too as I want a more solid stitch pattern before the edging. I've not got any up-to-date pics as it still looks pretty much like this, just bigger.
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Yarn for a new secret project should arrive next week so that means I need to focus a bit more than I have lately. I need to prioritise the Supreme Lace Shawl, the new socks and the Yarn 4 Socks socks as these all have to be done fairly soon. I'm thinking about using the Supreme Lace shawl for July's Lace Variety Club although I've got a different yarn in mind. I've got a new lace yarn which I think would be great with this shawl.
Back to some knitting in the sun. It's still gorgeous here.
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