A woman on a list serve I read invited others to a “mending party.”  “How delightful,” I thought.  I have a few things in my mending basket.  I usually use mending or knitting time as an opportunity to sit and think and listen to music and sometimes write down in my journal what seems like an interesting thought.  It would be a most enjoyable alternative to sit and converse with others, all of whom have at the least a shared interest in beautifully mending clothes so that they last.  And at the end of the evening, my mending would be done.  I am sure it would be quite alright to knit or crochet or embroider, if there was no mending that needed to be done.