It's my first post in this community i hope to be welcomed here💓
Hope everyone is having a pleasant day or night...
I want to share to everyone my first crotchet making, because i was less busy,i decided to knit a table mat
I was taught how to crotchet in middle school(secondary school). Although i never had interest in making crotchet and as a result of that i let my friends help me whenever we were assigned to do it....
I've been at home for a while because I'm on holidays and because of that,i got bored and then ive been looking for something to involve myself in for a while and after several pictures of crotchet work on hive i decided to make a table mat.
At some point i regretted why i didn't put more interest in learning it while i was at secondary school.
After deciding on making a table mat,i contemplated on the particular color to use and luckily for me i watched a video of my country "Nigeria" and i saw their flag which gave me an inspiration on a color to use..
Green and white is my country's color and i decided to make a table mat with and it came out beautifully
Here are the processes i used while making the mat.
I purchased my wool and my knitting pin and started work immediately
I knited a straight line and gradually turned it into a circle using the green wool,i made it a bit tight to avoid too much space in my work.
After knitting a circle out of the wool i tried to turn it into a shape of a mat (square). Why i started with a circle was because i wasn't familiar with using a square shape from the start so i did what i could..
The possibility of me getting a square out of the circle was because i knitted 4 rounds each in one space at the edge of the circle and as a result of that i made 4 edges and it turned into this shape
After getting my desired shape i continued knitting till i got to the size i had in mind...after this process,i decided to add the white color. It wasn't a difficult process,i dragged in the white thread instead of the green and continued..that was how i got to this step
After joining the white color i kept knitting till it got bigger,i made like 4 to 5 lines before joining the green color again.All this process is to arrive at the green, white and green color (colour of the Nigerian flag)
And that was the last time i joined a colour.I knitted the green color till it got to my desired table mat size and here is the result of all my endeavors
At some point i felt this wasn't enough so i decided to style it a bit by using the white and green wool together
So i attached my little design to the table mat and this is what i arrived at💗
The process of knitting is so fun and I'm feeling regretful that I missed the opportunity of learning it properly..... I'm even thankful to my secondary school cuz i learnt a bit even if i showed less interest
Thanks to crochet work,i was able to make my day with this, it saved me from boredom
I have intentions of doing this henceforth, whenever I'm less busy and bores...
Thank you all for reading through my post
I'll really appreciate your comments on my work
Have a nice day everyone 🙏
