Mats crocheted by Margareet Armstrong.
On Saturdays I normally post a poem I have written. I have decided to take time during this very unusual phase in our lives to ask you what you are up to. In South Africa we are in lock down as from this last Thursday. Some of you might be in lock down or self isolation or socially distancing yourselves as well, wherever you are in the world. We have been united through a common aim: gain victory over Covid 19.
So what have you been up to lately?
I just hand washed a whole lot of crocheted mats. My mother, Margareet Armstrong, was a very creative woman. She died last October from Bronchitisus (damaged lungs) one week before her 88th birthday. She is well known for her knitting but she also crocheted mats from nylon string. She first made bathmats and then went onto making dogs mats. When she died I decided to keep hers as I also now have her dog. Most of the mats are scattered in my art studio for the two dogs to sleep on as I spend most of my days there.
These mats, I have discovered to my dismay, have to be washed by hand otherwise they unravel. It is therefore quite a palaver and they are heavy so I don’t like washing them. I decided that this was just the right time to be doing one of those chores I have been putting off.
A close-up of the nylon crocheted mats Margareet Armstrong made.
Please remember to let me know what you are doing.
Life is a gift, be inspired and make it happen!
Morag Noffke 
What a beautiful weave–I hope that’s the correct term. I admire your initiative. I’ve been documenting the Flora and Fauna of My Place as suggested by the author Loree Griffin Burns. https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=uhsWE1lqcCI That, and learning how to teach 5th graders online.
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Thank you Tamara, I think documenting flora and fauna is an absolute fabulous thing to be doing. So interesting. I wish I could do that. Learning how to teach children online would be quite a challenge for me. I hope you find it not too challenging but that some new avenue opens up through it too. All the best
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Thank you for the link. It was most interesting. It reminds me of Charlotte Mason. She was an educator in England around the beginning of last century. I think she started cottage schools and had a very creative way of teaching.
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Beautiful way to spend the time. Your ideas are so. Creative mam. I am engaging myself in making sweets as I love to cook… Stay blessed and have a great day 🤓
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Thank you Neha. Making sweets sounds like a lovely idea. I joked with my husband yesterday that maybe I should make him some sweets as he likes sweets a lot and while we are in lock down he is going to miss his supply of sweets. What kind of sweets are you making?
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So cute mam. Good to here that ☺️ wish I could have send you ☺️ although I love making dessert and chocolates but this time made semolina balls you can say so. As I am from India here it’s called laddoos made. With semolina, butter, sugar, milk and dry fruits. It’s really healthy as well. Will share to you on email. You also can make it as it’s so easy if you like 😊😊
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Thank you. That sounds great. I make chocolate chia seed balls from chia seed, cocoa, dates. Sometimes I add Cinnamon. It’s also healthy. We could swap recipes. I am rewriting my email morag two naught naught seven at gmail dot com
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Thank you so much mam. It sounds delicious 😋 yes I would love to share it with you. 😊 Warm regards 😊💕
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I look forward to it.
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😊😊❤️🤗
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Wonderful! I would love to make some of those mats too but they have become very popular so the materials for making them have become expensive!
We might be doing some gardening today but I will definitely be having an online knit together with my regular coffee shop group this afternoon ❤ stay crafty
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Oooh that sounds nice to be able to still get together with your group even while having to stay at home. What materials are your mats made out of that you are planning to make?
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They now sell something called t-shirt yarn which looks exactly like Granny’s toujies
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Cool. I was thinking of making it out of old or recycled cotton cut in strips on the bias. I don’t know if that would work.
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There are loads of videos on how to cut it out of t-shirts. 🙂 You need to cut it in a specific way so that it is joined
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Yes I can imagine.
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