Hexagon baby blanket

Post updated Jan 30, 2014 with pattern instructions and link to new blog

When I was pregnant with R, I decided I wanted to make her a baby blanket.  So I went to a yarn store and bought some carolina blue and white yarn (I’m not into the whole pink for girls and blue for boys thing…) and while I was there, I saw a woman knitting a beautiful hexagon blanket!  I instantly fell in love!  Well I was new to the knitting scene at that point, so I didn’t feel comfortable asking her where she got the pattern from.  Instead I went home and did an exhaustive search online for “hexagon blanket” and finally found the pattern on a blog that is unfortunately now private (I hope I didn’t send too much traffic her way!)

However I think this is pretty easy to find now, if you do a search for “Hexgon knitting pattern” you will find plenty.  Here is one pattern I found on craftlover’s blog here:

cast on 30 stitches for each needle, and place a marker for every 15 stitches in each needle (that marks the corner of the hexagon.).

1st & 2nd rnd: knit

*3rd rnd: [K2tog, knit to 2 sts before next marker, ssk ] 6 times.

Work 2 rnds even (St st)*


Repeat from * to * until there are 3 stitches left between markers.

work 2 rnds even, then*k2tog; rep from * around, now 9 sts left.

Break yarn and thread through remaining sts and pull tight and fasten off.

Anyways, way back in 2008 when I was looking for this originally, it was hard to find, so when I did, I was SO excited and got started right away.

Given I was a novice, I didn’t think about the needle gauge or yarn weight when planning my blanket…i.e. I didn’t realize I was using thin yarn and small needles…so it would take me FOREVER!  Oh well, it turned out cute and R loves it.  She calls it her “special star blanket.”

After finishing the knitting part, I expiermented with crochet (my first time) and crochet’d a little border around the blanket and then hand stitched “UNC” on the corner.

So check out the Dulle Griet blog and the pattern for making the blanket.  You can make it for babies or adults!  The only change I made was that instead of using DPNs (double pointed needles), I used circular needles to start each hexagon, with markers to mark the sides of the hexagons.  This was great because I didn’t have to fiddle with the different needles getting all twisted etc (that drives me crazy!).  I would definitely recommend going that way.  You will however have to switch to DPNs once the hexagon gets small enough that it will no longer fit onto the circular.

ENJOY and please leave a comment with a link to a picture if you make one so we can all see!

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