because I need another hobby ;P

Yesterday while perusing pinterest I came across this stack of dishcloths. Some time in my past my mother taught my sister and I to make these...they are pretty much the only kind of dish cloths I like to use. Much to my eldest's chagrin I did not have a replacement ready when our last one wore out. She was not happy when it took me weeks to complete the simple little project, and we were reduced to using a store bought terry cloth one. Oh the horrors!! :P Anyway, the bright cheery rainbow stack made me smile, and I pinned the site, just in case I were to forgot the pattern. Dish clothes are pretty much the extent of my knitting, its not really something I love to do, although every once in a while I get the urge.

Source: lostinstash.blogspot.com via Amy on Pinterest

However on that same blog post I saw a link to a rippled rainbow crocheted afghan. It made me smile, thinking of Grandpa. The rainbow blanket he crocheted for me as a small child. Crocheting is not a skill I claim to have mastered. But I suddenly had the urge to make something, soft, rainbowy and crocheted.... Following this tutorial, Neat Rippled Pattern I begin teaching myself to crochet again. It took a few tries, but I think I got the hang of it...still needs a bit of fine tuning before I try a larger project but here is the swatch I managed to create last night. :D Its all I can do not to run out the craft store right now and buy skeins in every hue of the rainbow!!