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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Another One for the Pretty Pile

After finishing a few larger knitting and crocheting projects, I decided I needed a small-ish take along project that could easily be tossed in my bag as we travelled here and there with our 3 children over the next few weeks.  

A long time ago I  had pinned Bunny Mummy's  crocheted hexagon pattern and I figured it was as good of time as ever to give it a try.  

So I picked a plethora of bright, rainbow colours from my stash and got to work:


Gosh! How I love watching those hexis pile up!

After I had 10 of each colour I began stitching them together.  Even though I LOVED the stacked rainbow hexis, I wasn't really sure if I enjoyed them in the random fashion shown here:

But I went with it and I am glad I did. 
Of course, this afghan was supposed to use up some of those odd balls of yarn that had been kicking around.  But by the end, I had to buy more lime green and more purple to finish it up.  Back those 2 balls went - into my stash!!

After the hexis were sewn together, I crocheted a thick edging of rainbow double crochets.  


I think the border is may favourite part!!


It was hard to photograph this baby sized blanket inside.  I could never get the true colours  of the yarn.  So on a sunny day last week, my blanket posed in  a few places in the yard.   

Here he is lounging on the Muskoka chair:

And draped over a yet-to-be-planted window box. 


And here he is in full effect....

TA-DA!

When I look at this picture I see that some of my edging is kind of wonky, but it adds charm, right??

10 comments:

  1. Hi Bronwyn! I love this!! And the edging is so cute!!

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  2. Wonky?! Not at all! It's homemade, not machine made, so it's unique!

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  3. ohh lovely! what beautiful colors! found you via the blog hop xo

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  4. So gorgeous! Wow, you put a lot of work into that, but the results are worth it. Great job!

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  5. Absolutely gorgeous blanket
    Very nice work and beautiful colors

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  6. It looks great! I'm currently making small squares out of my scrap yarn so I can later use them in an afghan. I might have to try making a hexagon blanket next time.

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  7. Oh my goodness, that is so fun! I love it! Stopping by from the Networking Blog Hop...I am your newest follower! I would love if you would check out my blog and if you like what you see please follow back :)
    Modern Modest Beauty

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  8. Crochet hexagons? Sign me up! Judging by you calling the chair a Muskoka, rather than an Adirondack, I'm going to guess that you're in Canada! Hello fellow Canadian :-)
    Thanks for linking up to The Handmade Parade!

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  9. Love this! We have our Kitchen Fun and Crafty link party going on now and would love for you to share this!
    http://kitchenfunwithmy3sons.blogspot.com/2012/05/kitchen-fun-and-crafty-friday-link_24.html

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  10. Nice blanket! I'm always looking for crochet inspiration. I found you on the Saturday Seven link party.

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