This weeks hexie is Groa, number 4 of #52weeksofhexies. Bymami crochets/designs a new hexie each week and the plan is to crochet them all together into a blanket in the end. The blanket will be named ‘Valkyrie’. Read more about the project and find the pattern for the first hexie here and see all the hexies here.
Important to know about the hexies: Some hexagons end with a stitch count of 60, while others end with 66 stitches. The uneven number of stitches will be aligned when the blanket is assembled in the end. Also, because of time pressure, the patterns have not been tested, so if you discover any mistakes, please let me know so I can fix it!
Hexie #4 Groa
Crocheted in Drops Lima in colors Pistachio (7219), Seagreen (9018) and Petrol (0701), from Hobbygarn. One finished hexie uses app.10g of yarn.
YOU WILL NEED
Drops Lima
A 5 mm crochet hook
A darning needle for fastening ends
ABBREVIATIONS
st / stitch
ch / chain
sc / single crochet
dc / double crochet
tr / treble
fp / front post (stitch)
tog / together
SK / skip
sp / space
beg / begin
rep / repeat
SPECIAL STITCHES
Front Post Stitches are made by inserting the hook horisontally under the stitch post, from front to back (between stitches) and then from back to front again, YO and finish the stitch as per usual.
HOW ITS MADE
The pattern states where to begin each round, not how to begin it. All rounds are closed invisibly or using a slip stitch to the 1st stItch. The 1st stitch is replaced by ch1=1sc, ch2=1dc etc.
- In a magic ring, put *[1 dc, ch1, 1 dc]*. Rep 6x total (18)
- Beg in a chain space: In ch sp put *[1 sc, ch3, 1 sc], 1 fpsc around dc, ch1, 1 fpsc around next dc*. Rep a total of 6x (24 st, 12 ch sp)
- Begin a ch3 ch sp: *[3 dc, ch1, 3 dc] (corner made), 1 tr in ch1 sp between fp stitches *, rep 5x more (48)
- Beg in a corner sp: *5 dc in ch sp, 1 dc in sp between dc and tr, ch1, 1 dc in sp between tr and dc*. Rep 5x more (48)
- 1 sc in each st, in corner st (3rd dc) put [1 sc, ch1, 1 sc] (60)
Lad mig se dine Bymami makes
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