My First Crochet Project: Coffee Coaster Granny Square

Hi, Hive friends! Sharing with you my first crochet project. This is my practice just to see if I know how to follow instructions. It's like a refreshing course for me. I am now able to understand all kinds of crochet stitches but I am familiar with only four stitches.

The good thing about re-learning this is that there are several YouTube videos you can follow. I have to admit that I made mistakes along the way.

I bought a copy of 50 Deck cards of Granny Square that I can follow. I searched which one has the beginner level and I found this. The most stitches to use are double crochet, treble crochet, slip stitch, and magic ring.

Good thing, I still remember how to do the magic ring. I did the treble crochet on the first round, double crochet on the second round, treble crochet on the third round, double crochet on the fourth round, and slip stitches to end the edges of the square.

As you can see, I have trouble with my first project. I did the second granny square of the same project and decided to use it as a coffee coaster. You can see the other projects I made which I will talk about it later.

It's a small granny square and so far, it fits this coffee mug. It's just me who will use this so having two granny squares is fine. I will use the other one on my office table and the other one is for the dining table.

At least, coffee drinking at home looks fancy because of this one simple granny square. I am always excited to prepare coffee every morning just to use this.

I will try to improve this granny square for a different project.

The next projects will be:

• A cross-body bag for my phone
• A little bag for my daughter

I am just doing these little projects when I am not busy. I am happy to do this hobby again. I am thinking of buying more yarns for a hat project. :D