HEXAGON

100% Wool skeins

Like most knitters, I so dislike having little bits of leftover yarn, storing it and hoping to do something with it at some time in the future.

So I had a think and decided that I’d like to produce a pattern for a hexagon blanket using the 100% wool skeins.

But as long as you are using up similar types of yarn, you can use any sock yarn or 4 ply yarn and it should all sew together with no problems.

The hexagons can also be used as the basis of scarves, shawls, cowls, brooches and embellishments for bags.

It’s just a great way to use up lots of bits of leftover yarns.
And it is a simple pattern but is enough to make the knitting interesting if you would like something more than just garter stitch squares.

The hexagon I’ve devised uses approximately 4g of yarn, about 14m in total for a hexagon. So it’s possible to make a hexagon with a very small amount of yarn.

If you would like to see the pictures of the pattern for every few rows, the link below will take you to the right page on the “My Little Royd Moor Yarn World” and the date for the Hexagon pattern is 20th July 2013.

The photos will give you some idea of how your knitting is going.