SCRAP HEXAGON PATTERN
Make it as big as you want aiming for a King size bed cover for mine
4mm Hook for dk or
5mm Hook for Aran
US Terms
UK Terms in brackets
Make a finger wrap of 4/5 wraps, or chain 5 sl st into a circle
Round 1: cont. in same col, ch2 counts as first dc [tr], in all rounds.
24dc [24tr], into circle sl st to complete round.
Round 2: att, next col. in any st, dc [tr], into next 3sts, ch3, miss a st, dc [tr], into next 3 sts, ch3, miss a st, repeat to end, ch3 sl st to complete. (6 x 3sts each side)
Round 3: att next col. in the top of any first dc on any side, 2dc [2tr] in first st, 1dc [1tr] in next st, 2dc [2tr] in next st, ch3, move to the next group of 3sts and repeat.
Repeat for all sides. Sl st to complete. (5sts each side)
Round 4: att. next col. in the first st, of any group, 2dc [2tr] in first st, 1dc [1tr], in next 3sts, 2dc [2tr], in last st, of group, ch3 move to the next side.
Repeat for all sides, sl st to complete.(7sts each side)
Round 5: att. next col. in any first st, of group, 2dc [2tr], in first st, 1dc [1tr], in next 5sts, 2dc [2tr] in last st, of group, ch3 move to next side.
Repeat for all sides, sl st, to complete. (9sts each side)
Round 6: att. next col. in any first st, 2dc [2tr], in first st, 1dc [1tr], in next 7sts, 2dc [2tr], in last st, of group, ch2, move to next side, repeat.
Repeat for all sides, sl st to complete. (11sts each side)
FOR THE SCRAP HEX PATTERN I HAVE STOPPED HERE BUT YOU CAN CONTINUE TO DO MORE ROUNDS IF YOU WANT A BIGGER HEX
Round 7: att. new col. in any first st, 2dc [2tr], in any first st, 1dc [1tr], in next 9sts, 2dc [2tr], in last st, of group, ch2, move to next side, repeat.
Repeat for all sides, sl st to complete.(13sts each side)
ROUND 8 IS THE JOIN AS YOU GO ROUND
Round 8: att. last col. in any first st, 2dc [2tr], in any first st, 1dc [1tr], in next 11sts, 2dc [2tr], in last st, of group, ch2, move to next side, repeat.
Repeat for all sides, sl st to complete.(15sts each side)
JOIN AS YOU GO
Use a sl st at the end of each st, to join to the previous hex, for this design do no join the ch 3 sts only the dc sts should be joined together, this leave a tiny triangle in the centre of each join
SIMPLE PLAIN BORDER
this border is fr a hex of 9 rounds, adjust stitch count for a hex bigger or smaller
pick your colour and add rows of 17dc missing a st at the dip of each pair of hex's and 2dc, ch2, 2dc at points. [17dc, each side]
17dc each side of each hex the open finish row do a dc, ch1 dc, ch1 instead of dc, in each st, [9 spokes each side]
use the picture to help
