Sherry,
You're so right about learning something new prompting new ideas!
Please let me know when you discover the secret to more hours in a day.    Sure could use them! 
Melanie  (cat slave and Official Feline Can Opener) =^.^=

Melanie,
Learning something new always opens up so many new ideas.   Now if I could just find a way to cram more hours into each day so that I had time to try out all these things that run through my head.
Sherry

Karen,
Loving the newest pic, BTW...shells are my faves in crochet!  <3
Melanie  (cat slave and Official Feline Can Opener) =^.^=

Sherry,
Is it the same for you, as well...learning/mastering something new...even if you'll never use it?    Every time I see something new...gotta learn it! 
Melanie  (cat slave and Official Feline Can Opener) =^.^=

Karen,
Beautiful work. I think the entrelac is my favorite.
Yeah, I think I might be a technique junkie too.
Sherry

Karen,
Ooh, thanks...I'll have to look for that tutorial!  <3  Even if I don't make anything from it, I'm definitely enough of a technique junkie to need to learn it.    Though I do love the idea of making a throw like the Entrelac in your photo!  <3
Melanie  (cat slave and Official Feline Can Opener) =^.^=

The Entrelac I learned following Bethintx1's tutorial on youtube. She does the entire throw in sections and she is really easy to follow.

Karen,
How did you learn the Entrelac?  It looks more complex to me than knitted Entrelac!
Ooh, I'm thinking of trying that 12 pointed star afghan!  I haven't made one in quite some time and that looks like a total blast to make. 
Melanie  (cat slave and Official Feline Can Opener) =^.^=

Thanks Melanie
The Entrelac isn't as hard as it seems..Once I got going I found it fairly easy. The 12 pointed star afghan I made following Mikey's (from The Crochet Crowd) instructions on youtube.

Karen,
What gorgeous afghans!  <3  Love all of them...and the colors...fantastic!  <3
Is the Tunisian Entrelac hard to do?  It looks sooooo complex!
Loving that 12 pointed star...is that your own invention or is it from a pattern somewhere? 
Superb work!  <3
Melanie  (cat slave and Official Feline Can Opener) =^.^=

love this blanket, is this your own pattern please
 

beautiful