First Monday Mending and a New Wave

April, welcome. Cold, snow and dreary skies be gone!

*This post was supposed to go up last week, a glitch has apparently occurred:)

How is that for a mixed title? Well, of course, if you are a regular reader you already know that I learned years ago to choose a day, per month, to catch up on my mending.  One of my least favorite tasks is mending. I like creating and sewing new things and not rescuing old but reality sets in and on the first Monday of the month, I fix. This keeps me up to date with no piles of this and that in the studio. This month it is hemming pants, with and without cuffs. Husband needed new clothes, He is between available lengths, therefore I hem. Not to bore you with the mundane I also have started a new crochet project.

Enter the wave afghan. I know, does she need another one? Well, I don't really need another one but my hands are restless and the colors are just exhilarating. Enticed by the colors at ATTIC 24 and POSEY GETS COZY I am still working the old crochet hook. I tested three, four different patterns for a wave, not a ripple and not a chevron pattern. Then I sort did some freestyling and here is the start.Then I didn't care for the way I lined up the colors (after row8) and tore it all out. Reminds me of a color block blanket I did, then un-did not so long ago. I have color issues, it is true. 

My basket of colors for this project are bright and happy with fun gradations built in. I haven't touched it for a couple days because I have been working on a quilt. That I will share later in the week. In the meantime I need to recount my stitches, I think I went off the pattern during our movie night of ARGO. This will be the fourth  rip out. The occasional salty language sort of distracted me! from the movie dahlings, not from me! heaven forbid!  Well, that sounds like a good excuse to me!

the rainbow selection, from Red Heart yarn

I am totally liking the Red Heart yarns. They are nice weight, well spun and don't fray with multiple workings, mmmm, and the new colors are very 'sherbet-like!'

Have a lovely Monday. The beginning of a new a busy week always inspires me. Like starting a new book, much to discover and learn.