Hexagon Knit Blanket

Tuxedo cat sleeping curled up on a crocheted hexagon blanket on her person's lap with the in progress knit hexagon blanket on to of her and an in progress hexagon on the needles. The current one is greys, blues, reds, and whites.

In times of stress apparently I work on blankets.

Hexagons with Emily Ocket's circular cast on increasing to 120 sts, binding off with Jeny's Super Stretchy Bind-off.

Photos

hexagon progress shown laid flat on white background

3 hexagons blocking on a blue towel in the sun. One is light blues aand tan, one is blue-greens, and browns (evokes feeling of sea glass), final is rainbow with cloudy blue skies

3 hexagons blocking on a blue towel in the sun. 1 is stripes/rings of greens, pink, light purple and tan; 1 is purple, gold, and white; one is fluorescent pink and bright yellow

Tuxedo cat sitting on her person’s lap with a just finished dark purple hexagon laid on her back. Her nose is close to the knit fabric and it’s as if she’s inspecting it.

Knit hexagon blanket, six motifs joined, 3 wide and two rows. Laid flat on a wooden table.

Log

9 December 2022

Snuggle cat approves of progress.

6 December 2022

Joined together the first six hexagons. I didn’t really think too much about a plan for this blanket. It’s definitely light weight. I may work a double stranded motif to see what I think of that, I also need to rethink how I’m dealing with the holes between hexagons based on current joining method. I like how the first one is tidied up, but it’s fussy.

20 September 2022

Still caregiving for L. Trying to figure out new normals and new routines.

Working the border as one ridge garter stitch and joined with russian grafting. There's going to be many ends to weave in!

31 August 2022

We lost Z a week ago. Unsure when I'll pick up this project again.

22 August 2022

Couldn’t find the one I finished the night before so I knit it again. As I was cleaning up getting ready to go to bed I found it. So now I have two. The dark purple one on dot’s back is the second one in that color series.

The border/joining yarn I ordered is taking a vacation in NJ i think. Hopefully it’ll appear soon.

Completed: 8 hexagons

19 August 2022

slowly they grow.
listening & rereading a blight of blackwings

completed: 6 hexagons

16 August 2022

Decided on border/joining yarn (KP Cobblestone Heather Stroll) — a garter st stripe border between each hexagon.

Completed: 4 hexagons

13 August 2022

Z is in hospice at home and it’s very stressful. Needed something modular to work on — if I mess up it’s not going to side track the entire project. But is also exists in small enough chunks I feel as if I’ve completed something. Another scrap yarn blanket felt like a good idea. Using Emily Ocker’s Circular Cast-On this time.

Each hexagon needs about 9g of yarn so far.