Dog Blanket - Part I

This is going to be a blanket for my dog, and is the project I started to 'use up' the old wool I found. However, having decided on the size of the blanket, I ran out of old wool before I finished so had to go out and buy new! I colour-matched as best I could but figured it didn't matter too much for a dog blanket.

So here's what I did ...

First I found a nice hexagon crochet pattern on the internet (here) and decided on the colourways (I did this randomly, no real process here apart from making sure each colour appeared once for each round):

HEXAGON	1st Round	2nd Round	3rd Round	4th Round
B	Orange	Green	White	Blue
Y	Blue	Black	Orange	Yellow
W	Green	Yellow	Red	White
O	Red	Blue	Yellow	Orange
X	Yellow	Red	Green	Black
G	Black	White	Blue	Green
R	White	Orange	Black	Red

Then decided on the size of the blanket and layout for the hexagons and started making.

I'm working with DK wool on a 4mm hook. So far I have all the full hexagons finished. I'll post again when I've decided how I'm going to do the half-hexagons :)

Blogging again

Ok, so I've decided to start blogging again!
I'd like to keep track of the things I'm making at the moment and to share some of my ideas and patterns.

I recently found some of my old toy-making wool at my Mum's house and my brother's mother-in-law had sent a bag of her spare balls of wool, so at the moment I'm knitting and crocheting. Projects and patterns to follow ... !

Craving

Didn't get much time for IF this week, I was working on something else but I hope you enjoy this sketch instead.