honeycomb blanket - work in progress

Thanks for stopping by and saying hello, today and on all other days, too. I really love to hear from you. To answer Katie's (ironic) question on my last post: my heroic dog rescue did not make the evening news and luckily there were no malevolent onlookers posting my undignified efforts on YouTube (I haven't checked). Life continues as before:-)

Today is not a wooly blanket kind of day: it is hot, sunny and heartwarming. I am wearing my psychedelic dress for the first time this year (I had forgotten about it) and I am enjoying the warmth of the sun light filtering through my office window and the gentle air-conditioning cooling my back.

The hot weather is a bit of an anomaly I think, the weather has been quite frightful lately and there was was a whiff of autumn in the air last week. Even today there was a light mist and a chill in the air. I thought I'd better crack on my new blanket. Because those cool days will be back, and soon.

I am working on a crochet blanket, wishing I had never started. The beginning of a blanket is always a bit disheartening, don't you think? It takes many hours of work to reach a stage where the blanket turns from a narrow strip into something that covers your knees and eventual turns into something that is big enough to wrap yourself up in.

The blanket is a hexagon blanket. I am drawn to hexagons, I love how they fit together neatly and every time I see hexagons I think of bees and honey and sweetness. The reality of a hexagon crochet blanket is not quite so delightful. Or maybe it is. I am in two minds. The hexagons
I am working on are small, just three rounds in a single colour. These are joined on the go at the corners. I am not sure if I am doing it quite right and If I wasn't so lazy I would probably start over and join the hexagons differently to avoid toe sized gaps.

Crochet is not my first love but for blankets, it is definitely the way to go. Much quicker than knitting. It took me a long time to make a knitted hexagon blanket and I only finished because I declared it a lap blanket. 

I am using this pattern for inspiration. It is the Weekender Blanket designed by Sandra at Cherry Heart. I really love the colours Sandra has chosen for her Weekender blanket but I found it difficult to replicate these with my own yarn. I am working with Drops Karisma and Sandness Smart because I have lots of scraps and leftovers. These brands are identical, superwash, pure wool, same weight, yardage and ply. Maybe they are produced in the same factory? Drops is a Danish brand I think, Sandness Norwegian.  The colour ranges do complement each other and the price is good. I made a blanket using these yarns before and it holds up nicely and is very warm.

I have been turbo blocking the blanket as I worked on it to give me a better sense of size. I use my steam iron to do that, it is quick, doesn't require a huge amount of space and pins are not necessary either. Don't try this with an acrylic yarn!

What are you working on at the moment? Whatever it is, enjoy! xx