Hexies

Hello little ones, how is your half term treating you?  Not being one to give you too much of an easy ride, I thought I'd share a little lesson during the hols ;)

Today's lesson is a take on a classic, crochet hexie, with a little bit of fancy colour changing to make it all contemporary. 

Materials
5mm hook, 3 shades of aran weight yarn. 
(I've used Cascade Pacific in A – Peacock, Blue Mist, Aquamarine, Baby Turqoise, Yarn B – Jet Heather and Yarn C – silver, but Paintbox Simply Aran would work just as well.  If you hop over to LoveCrochet, you can find all of them.)

Pattern
Using yarn A and a 5mm hook, ch3, ss ends to make loop.
Round 1: Using Yarn A, ch 3, tr into loop, ch2, 2tr into loop ch2, Yarn B, *2tr into loop, ch2, 2 tr* rpt in yarn C, ss to finish

Round 2: Join on in ch sp using  matching colour yarn, then work a tr in each st, (tr, ch2, tr) in each ch sp.

  

Round 3: Join on in ch sp using matching colour yarn, then work a tr in each st, (tr, ch2, tr) in each ch sp.

Round 4: Join on in ch sp using  matching colour yarn, then work a tr in each st, (tr, ch2, tr) in each ch sp.

To avoid weaving in all those ends: when you join on a row, draw up your start loop, and then wrap both the working yarn AND the tail around your hook and use them both to make your start chain, and work over the ends as you go.

If you'd like to have a go at making the finished pattern, you can find the link to the full instructions here.

Mrs.S xxx