Posts Tagged ‘hexagon’

May The Fourth Be With You

I’m making good progress on the yellow hexagon blanket:
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(I’m pretty sure I’m going to need to block those at some point…)

Not bad for only working on them on the subway and on my lunch breaks at work!

I’m still debating how I want to join them together. Whip-stitch will probably look best, but sc might give it a bit more stability… I’ll have to experiment!

I’ve Got Mail

Look what arrived!
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It was full of happiness:
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See that yellow-ish yarn peeking through on the left side of the box? I wasn’t sure what I was going to do with that yarn… it was cheap, and I like self-striping yarn, and I got 10 balls of it, just in case. (I also got 10 balls of a pink-and-white striping yarn of the same type).

Then it hit me, when I was almost finished that green-and-cream dishcloth from the last post: this yarn would look fantastic in the swirly-hexagon motif!

So, I started the dishcloth pattern again, but with 30ch to begin (instead of 15 for the dishcloths). I did try 15 sts originally, but I found that each wedge was *almost* a single colour, and that wouldn’t really look nice, in my opinion, so I decided to go big.

Here is the result, pinned out (colours a bit off) :
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Here’s a close-up, it’s a bit fuzzy, but the colour is more accurate:
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And it’s quite drapey!
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(Yarn is Bella DK Tapestry, using a 6mm hook)

This might end up being a Christmas present, too… we’ll see!

Growth

Just a quicky today!

The hexagon scrap baby blanket is coming along nicely:

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And that green basket weave blanket is now at 8.5″. Exciting stuff!