Well, after getting a number of granny squares completed I decided to make those in to (I think) a cover for my computer chair. I just wasn't happy with the cheap-o yarn of the squares for an afghan but they'll be perfectly fine for the chair cover. I'll post on that project as I get closer to getting completed.

But, that said, I did get some new yarns that also coordinate with our living room furniture and found a nice, easy ripple afghan to work up with the new yarns.  Here's the FREE pattern I'm using for it.

Here's what I got done yesterday (day one) ...

Width is for a 55" wide afghan. This is just 5 rows so far (almost completed). But I want it to at least be long enough for my 5'9" tall body so I have a LOOOOONG way to go!LOL  it is super simple though with just double crochet, simple increase and decrease.

This is the first time I've worked with color changes, and that wasn't hard either!  I did find, after the initial ch 178 that I can officially say that I'm a tight crocheter. I thought I was anyway, just from having been working on other things, but this confirmed it. So much so that after trying to get the first row onto the foundation and struggling with that I decided to rip it all out and start over. I used a size larger hook and really focused on chaining loosely. Boy, even that was barely enough! I used a size smaller hook after that. LOL But I managed to get that first row in and I'm on my way!

Here's a close up of a section.

Colors showing are cream & cranberry (officially called "autumn") with hunter green and maybe a brown to also be added in.  Will post again on my progress.