Hexie Love Forever!

Along with the granny square, I'd say my love for the crochet hexagon will never fade. I just love making these simple and beautiful shapes. They are astonishing in their funkiness with such a small effort involved! My kind of crochet!

So, I thought I'd share my simple little pattern. I tend to use a 5mm hook as it gives a decent size hexie.

First, chain 5 and join to make a ring. Chain 3 (to count as your first tr) and make one tr into ring. Ch 2. *2 tr into ring. Ch 2.* Repeat * 4 more times. You should have 6 '2 tr' spokes and 6 'ch 2' spaces. Join with sl st into top of ch 3 from beginning of round. 

Ok, now round 2. Ch 3 to count as your first tr. Into top of next tr, make a tr. *You will now be at a 'ch 2' gap. Into this gap, make the following: (1 tr, ch 2, 1 tr). Make 1 tr into the top of each of the next 2 tr*.  Repeat * around, finishing with the (1 tr, ch 2, 1 tr) into the final 'ch 2' gap. Join with sl st into top of ch 3 from beginning of round.

Ok? How we doing? Almost there now! Round 3 is the final round yay!! So, this round is made up of htrs, not trs. Ch 2 to make your first 'htr'. Make 1 htr into top of next 2 trs from prev round. *Into the 'ch 2' gap make the following: (1 htr, ch 2, 1 htr). Make 1 htr into top of next 4 trs *. Repeat * around, making your final (1 htr, ch 2, 1 htr) into final 'ch 2' gap, then make sure you remember to make 1 htr into top of  final tr before you join with sl st into top of ch 2 from the beginning of the round. 

There, you should now have a lovely hexagon. Make a few, stitch them together, have fun creating beautiful hexie blankets, placemats, scarves, anything goes!