As always, why work on, focus, dedicate your time to one thing when you can multi-task and work on four or five, right?
Let me back track a minute though and play catch-up: This month I finally finished the afghan for DS2 (picture below) that I had started in the fall of 2006. Okay, so diligence is not one of my greatest character traits!
I've started a basketweave afghan for the Angel:
AND I finally got to visit with my in-laws so that I could get a picture of this afghan that I made for my mother-in-law two years ago:

Actually, what I wanted was a close up photo of this because I love it so much and this is the same pattern that I want to use to make Daughter her first full-size afghan -- but I have been unable to find the book I used or the pattern anywhere! But, as I was hoping, with this photo I can figure the pattern out for myself.
The pattern for this very cute and small and basic Granny Square is:
With Contrast Color, ch.4, sl st in first ch to form ring.
R1: Ch 3 (counts as first dc), 2dc, {ch2, 3dc} 3 times, ch2, sl st in top of ch3 to complete round; finish off.
R2: with Main Color in any ch2 sp, join with sl st, ch3,2dc, ch2, 3dc, {in next ch2 sp, 3dc, ch2, 3dc} 3 times, join with sl st in top of ch3 to complete round; finish off.
Repeat about 300 times (half of the squares in color, half of the squares solid color) and you'll have a great afghan!
Funny how it isn't like I remembered, but that's just fine. It's even easier than I remembered! Okay, so now that I have the pattern, I can get started on Daughter's afghan -- except that . . . .
When I pulled out the Stained Glass Afghan for my Giveaway, I found this little gem wrapped up in it:
These are various squares from a swap I did about 10 years ago, and two years ago when I was desperate for something to do, I picked out the best/most colorful, and put them together in a little throw.
Now (and here I'm finally getting to my point) that got me to thinking about this:
This is a bag of crocheted squares from a HUGE afghan my mother made about 20+ years ago. It was too big to really use (she made it big enough to be a bedspread) and it was starting to come apart where she had sewn the squares together. So about two or three years ago (man, I was really busy then, wasn't I?) I took it all apart thinking that I would put it back together as two or three smaller, usable blankets. But as often happens, they were put in a bag for that very intangible "some day" and promptly forgotten.
Well, with the discovery of the little scrap afghan, I remembered these squares and thought how cute they would look done up in a scrappy-pull-whatever-color-out-of-the-bag-throw-type-thing!
So, here is my start:

Don't you think that the darker/bolder colors make the pastel squares really (I'm not one for using trendy words - but in this case it truly fits the situation) POP! I think I may do a round or two of color and then put them together with a nice chocolate brown, which seems to be my color of choice lately.
Now, my point (finally!) is that I have committed to reduce my seemingly endless supply of yarn and fabric, reuse (or use up) what I have in constructive or creative ways - and if I can't then get rid of it and let someone else use it!! - and recycle, find a new use for something that isn't used anymore, again letting go and letting someone else enjoy it if I cannot.
Voila! Crochet that is good for my clutter cleaning, and good for the beneficiaries of my efforts (those who will receive these little throws), and good for putting an end to the mindless consumption that I have been partaking of for the past decade . . or two . . . . okay - three. Look, nobody's really counting, are they?
What are you working on or what are you doing to re-use or re-purpose an item in your home?