Flower Afghan For Spring

I am busy with a new crochet project. In fact I was having so much fun I had to make myself stop because my hands were starting to ache. I can't crochet hours on end like I used to. So when the pain starts I stop. Even so I got about 5 flowers made I think. I found the pink and green I needed in my storage trailer.

It is for one of my Facebook Friends. Could that friend be you? I'm not telling.

Garden Afghan

I was getting really frustrated with the Internet today and so sick of uploading and downloading and hitting buttons and clicking this and that. So I figured the only cure was crochet. So I started a brand new afghan from a vintage pamphlet from Leisure Arts. So far I've crocheted 2 purple flowers with yellow centers. I've missed crochet. It seems to fly by so much faster than knitting. The pattern calls for a sage green background which I don't really care for. I think I'll go with a kelly green or something darker. I think I'll make all the flowers in cool colors like light and dark purple, plum, pink, and coral. The centers are a cool yellow, but I'm thinking of having several shades of yellow so it is not too boring.

There is an icy wind outside that's been blowing all day so it was good to have a nice cozy project to do in front of the fire. We didn't get any snow in our yard but it came right down to the base of the hills.

Hubpage Challenge

I just made my first International Etsy sale to Canada. I'm pretty nervous about the customs thing. But yay me.

I also got the rug hook in the mail that I ordered off of Etsy. I wish I had a real life teacher for this rug hooking stuff. It's going to be a challenge.

I'm writing 100 articles in 30 days for the Hubpages challenge. I want at least 20 of those articles to be on arts and crafts. So if you have any ideas in that area I'm all ears. I already have a lot of craft articles on there. If you go to the link you can read some of them. I think my first one will be on garden crafts; things you can make to add whimsy to your garden.

The World of Art

Photo caption: Two ladies were walking their kids.

I've gone back over some of my recent posts and added photos.
I needed to balance the mental with the physical so I went out and tackled an overgrown vine in the garden this morning. Nothing like taking your aggressions out on sprawling jasmine, thorny roses, and tangled lantana vines.

I've been watching some PBS shows on India and Iran. I must say I love all those saturated colors. It's nice to see countries that aren't afraid of color. Plenty of peacock blue, tangerine, fire engine red and saffron. I love the minarets, the mosques, the mosaics, the calligraphy. The USA is such a new country we don't have those rich treasures of ancient architecture.