Latest Project - "Join As You Go" Hexagon Crochet Blanket

I feel sad that I have not blogged for a long time. I miss this little world within my world. I simply haven't had the time. The tiny amounts of free time I manage to grasp are used mainly for preparing the projects and class notes for my crochet group, "The Riverhouse Hookers". 

I love making cotton blankets, which I much prefer to acrylic or wool because of the texture and appearance of the finished item. However, it's not easy to find cheap cotton yarn and when you need a considerable quantity to make even a smallish throw or blanket, it can soon turn into a very expensive project.

Modular projects such as blankets made of small, repetitive motifs are brilliant when you only have snippets of free time because you can make one or two motifs when you have the opportunity; over a long period of time you can achieve something substantial such as a throw or blanket.

I need a project just like like that, right now, so when I saw that Black Sheep Wools had some Sirdar Simply Recycled for sale at £1.59 per 50g ball it didn't take much procrastination before I'd added between 4-6 balls of each colour-way to my basket in the hope that it would be enough for a throw.

When my haul arrived, I immediately loved the muted colours and natural look of the fibre, which, incidentally is very soft, being made from recycled t-shirt fabric.

Although I bought each colourway available, after playing around with colour combinations, I decided to only use 6 of them.

1. Shade 0014 - Greenhouse

2. Shade 0019 - Mustard

3. Shade 0022 - Grape

4. Shade 0012 - Cork

5. Shade 0013 - Clay

6. Shade 0021 - Pumice

After looking through some of my crochet motif books and not being able to find something that was "just right" I  came up with my own hexagonal design incorporating puff stitches. The motifs are "joined as you go" so there is no sewing in at the end and the colour arrangement will be random but I will try to ensure no two colours the same are next to each other.

So far I have made about a dozen motifs and I like the way the colours and motifs work together.

I'll try to post progress reports and maybe even write up the pattern.