Hex Away!
Posted By Laura on June 25, 2008
A while ago I purchased Crochet Motif Item by a person whose name I can’t write! I bought it with the sole purpose of getting the pattern for the hexagon blanket. So, whilst I had nothing on the needles I thought I would try a hexagon on some random acrylic yarn I had lying about.
The pattern is written in Japanese, which was extremely daunting. However, life was made easier as they wrote their patterns using symbols rather than abbreviations. And as well as symbols, they have a really comprehensive stitch guide at the back, so it was easy to actually match up the stitches to the symbols. I don’t need to know any Japanese at all 
The hex is quite funky. It comes up rather quickly and looks rather striking. It puckers slightly at the edges because the hexes are all joined on the go, through some chained stitches in the outside round. They wouldn’t be so noticeable when other hexes are joined in.
I love it I am already planning my hex blanket. But I’m not buying any more yarn. Not at the moment. Not til after our Italian holiday next month.
After I crocheted my hexagon, I cast on a new project.
It is another Elijah! This is a female Elijah though. It is going to be for a friend’s babba, who is due in September. They are having a wee girl so the elephant is going to be female. I wanted a really nice baby pink colour for it, but couldn’t actually find anything suitable in John Lewis in town. So I have gone for a nice, neutral cream and will embellish with a baby pink ribbon, methinks. But I do love this pattern. And I love that it is a seam-less pattern.
On a similar but different note, does any of the Sheffielders know when the John Lewis sale starts? They normally have one around this time of year and my google-fu is failing me …
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