It's all about the Hexagons

I was having a look at the gorgeous Granny Square blanket made by Lucy at Attic 24

http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/2013/02/page/2/

and was thinking that as I have so many single balls of wool maybe this could be a good project to use them all up.

Then in the latest Mollie Makes

They had another granny square blanket I liked

Using a wool that changes colour

the next day in our local department store I found this in the sale

Reduced to £1.50 a ball. I know I was supposed to be using up wool not buying more but the colours were fab!!

However the granny square shape didn't change colour or inspire me so I got out a great book I use again and again

And found a new shape to play with

I had a go

It looked pretty good and hadn't taken long

But I felt they needed a border so I added a single row in white

This looked better

And defined the colours more when put together.

I now have a bit of a hexagon obsession going on

What size blanket was I going to make? I got pen & paper out and did a bit of maths...

One hexagon is 18cm so 6 hexagons are just over a metre. 36 hexagons are a metre squared. A double duvet is 2m x 2m so I would need 144 hexagons.

I make @4 hexagons a ball so I would need 36 balls in total....rush back to the shop to make sure they have enough in the sale stack.

Phew!

This one will be a slow burner I think. Its nice and portable whereas my knit/crochet jumper is now too big to cart around so I will always have the hexagons in my bag. I still need to finish the jumper now I have cracked the American crochet pattern but I also need to finish knitting the arms. A friend told me after I had cast on that she always knits sleeves together. Casts on twice on the same needle- 2 cast ons, 2 balls of wool- that way they will always be the same. A good tip for next time.

I will finish the jumper as I started it in June but these Hexagons are easy and fun to make, not sure I'll be saying that when I get to 144 mind.....