Sarit Knits: What's that? A Mat?

Hi there! I made a tarot mat! It is inspired by this crochet pattern: https://tarotreadingsfromabitch.wordpress.com/2017/12/10/tarot-mat-with-pocket-crochet-pattern/?fbclid=IwAR22M5D2MUa4Ay0-ObSZ50ZBpP7RJxuV0ow09ohhcRO3BpwFntVliTnv6go
My sibling made asked me to make this for him, but I said, "no can do! That's a crochet pattern." But then I looked at it, and thought that it could be easily translated into a knitting pattern! So I kind of winged it. I wanted to use the seed stitch to allude to the pattern and create a nice base for the cards to lay on as well as provide a nice texture to touch. I made it yellow to orange to red to resemble fire. To make the transition between the colors, I knit two colors at the same time for three rows. I started with about 64 stitches, I believe. Now I don't remember. Then I decreased towards the end to make my wrap around string. Now, these are my tarot cards that I used for reference. They're Hobbit themed! However, I do not know the size of his cards. I tried to sneakily find them, but couldn't. My sneaky skills have been lost since childhood, I guess. Haha.
I made this for his graduation! I typically don't love making things for people, just because it takes a lot of time and they kind of often get bored of it after awhile, or they request something and keep bugging me about it. It's understandable and fine, I just typically like knitting for me and not having to worry about someone else's perception of it. Maybe that's what's so difficult about art. Oftentimes you have to share it with others and it's a personal thing that stops belonging to you after a while. I do love giving to others and knitting really shows that you time to slow down and think about them.
I'm still working on my sweater! This was a fun interlude.
I didn't get a chance to take in progress pictures, but here are some completed ones!