Nigerian crochetist and social entrepreneur, Chidinma Okafor has kicked off her 72-hours crochet-a-thon to interrupt Guinness World Document (GWR).
She kicked off round 2:00pm on Sunday, December twenty fourth.
The marathon crocheting will proceed until twenty seventh of December at GOGE Africa, Maryland Lagos.
Crochet is a needlework made by looping thread with a hooked needle. It includes creating totally different stitches with totally different numbers of loops on the hook.
For this crochet-a-thon, the 30-year-old crochetist plans to knit a marriage robe.
Chidinma who’s ecstatic over this record-breaking feat advised The Nation she had made preparations to develop into a record-holder as this may fulfill her lifelong dream.
Alessandra Hayden of Gig Harbor from Washington USA, holds the longest marathon crocheting after an astounding 34 hours and seven minutes in November 2023.
Hayden knitted a blanket, the blanket made throughout her try was donated to her daughter’s college public sale, the place a buddy purchased it for $2,000 and gave it again to Hayden as a present.
Impressed by the Nigerian chef Hilda Baci’s world file for the longest cooking marathon, Many Nigerian youths have been making makes an attempt at setting or breaking world data in several spheres of life.
Chidinma famous that her household has been very encouraging and supportive of her file try.
She additional defined that she began crocheting at a really tender age and located it as a pastime and later grew a powerful ardour for crocheting totally different equipment and attire.
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