Wednesday 9 February 2011

Happy Hexagons

Hello my lovies, how are you today? I hope you are well.

It is very dark and dreary today in my neck of the woods. Not good picture taking weather at all. Luckily the sun came out yesterday and I used the time to take some pics of my recently finished project. I have been longing for colour and brightness to counteract the greyness of winter here in the UK and decided to make a colourful throw. I found a pattern in the same Japanese book that the pattern for the flowers came from.

When I posted about the flowers a couple of you lovely readers asked which book they were from. Now, I am usually very careful about letting you know where I get my ideas and patterns from but for some reason I forgot to say in that post. The book is called PRETTY COLOR CROCHET and KNIT GOODS 2...




And it is available from a lovely seller here.

There are many lovely, colourful patterns in the book and I fell in love with this image...


...and decided that I had to make my own. How could I resist?
I added a white border as I like to have a little bit of white to make the colours pop and here is how it came out...






It's not a very big throw, just a nice size to put over your legs whilst watching tv and doing a bit of crochet. The hexagons are quite easy after you have done the 1st one so it's quite a quick project and a good way to use lots of yummy colours.

If you are having a grey day today I hope that the colours have cheered things up a bit. 

Take care, much love.
x

45 comments:

  1. It is wonderful and you are right about the white border, it makes the colours sing. A great antidote to our grey days.

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  2. It's gorgeous, Emma (but then everything you do is gorgeous!). Beautiful colours.

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  3. Hi. I found you by blog hopping and just wanted to say how absolutely beautiful your hexagon blanket is. I'm only just starting out and am hopeful that one day I'll be able to make such pretty things!

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  4. Oooooooh gorgeous gorgeous! Love all those yummy colours. x

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  5. Definitely very cheery indeed!!
    It's gorgeous Emma and you're so right about the white making the colours pop. Brilliant!! :)
    Vivienne x

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  6. Ooh I have that book and often look longily at that picture.
    Your is absoloutly gorgeous I love it !! well done xx

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  7. Hola. Que manta tan bonita te ha quedado y es verdad que las uniones en color blanco intensifican los colores.
    Un saludo.

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  8. Yummy, yummy! I have that book and fell in love with that page too. I started making the hexagons last year and still havn't finished it. I wanted it to be a little bit bigger than the pattern states, but it seems to be one of those that is taking time for me! Love the white border on it, it really makes the colours stand out!

    What a day brightener! Thank you! xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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  9. Oh my, sooo gorgeous! I love the colors, the pattern, everything!

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  10. Just beautiful, I think hexagons look so effective. Thanks for the colourful inspiration xox

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  11. Hello Emma! Really really beautiful! You have very good eye to mix the colours! I like to use also some white to clear the bright colours! Your colourful, hexacon-flower throw is just what needed this time!
    Sunny wishes from Teje

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  12. Gorgeous blanket! I have the book and I am so in love with every single page :) I should really try this...Yours is really beautiful!
    Angie

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  13. WOW! That is stunning! You clever girl! xxxx

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  14. Oh my word, I just realised I didn't say thank you for my award! My head is all over the place at the moment, chick. So sorry. I'm very touched that you thought of me. I'm starting a new blog shortly for reasons that you'll find over at amanda makes. Can I kick that off with answering my questions? It would be a positive thing to start with, a lovely award, wouldn't it? xxxx

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  15. That really is lovely, perfect colour combinations and so neat, I love it :) well done x x x x x x

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  16. Well,Emma what a feast for the eyes.Sooo,lovely.You are so clever.Thanks for telling us about the book. Anne x

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  17. It is gorgeous! I love the white border. That is a fantastic book, very inspiring - and that is one of my favourite projects in it!

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  18. Wow i have never seen crochet hexagons before until you posted about it the other week, and it has come out so beautiful, i adore the colours and your use of white. well done you. dee x

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  19. You have made a lovely throw the colours are so pretty.
    Cate x

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  20. That is just GORGEOUS!!! You have a serious talent there!

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  21. Wow, love it, love it, love it! ope I'll be able to do something like that one day.
    x

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  22. What a stunning throw, I would love to create something like that one day!

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  23. This is so beautiful - the colours remind me of flowery painted porcelain designs. Really gorgeous! Helen x

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  24. What an absolutely stunning quilt! The colours you have chosen for all of the hexagon flowers are just beautiful!

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  25. Good grief. That's absolutely gorgeous. I have throw envy. It's so spring-like too!

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  26. Oh, that's lovely. I have that book and bought it specifically because I want to make that blanket. I haven't started yet though - too many other things on the go! I just came across your blog today - I can't believe I never found you before...thank goodness for icrochet!

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  27. Wow, that's stunning! The white border is fab and the colours have cheered me up after a rubbish day :)

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  28. me too (throw envy!) and ability to crochet envy too!
    Not long til spring....fee x

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  29. looks amazing! I have the book too and want to make this..I still am trying to figure out the diagrams.... ugh

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  30. Wow, that looks like a fabulous pattern! I have seen that book on Elizabeth Cat's blog and lusted after it - I really must buy it, thanks for giving us a link to the seller! I need to make a blanket for my niece's wedding inJ uly and this could be just the ticket! Meanwhile I am crocheting African Flowers (and trying to finish that blanket first) as the cheery colours do really make you feel better on chilly winter nights!

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  31. Oh gosh, that is so beautiful! I am seriously coveting that book now. I'm kind of a newbie at deciphering crochet patterns, and I doubt I could understand enough of a Japanese book to get anywhere, but it looks like it would be worth it just for the photos!

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  32. WoW! That is truly gorgeous.If only my crochet skills were up to making something as lovely.
    Hope the sun shines on you this week. :0)

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  33. It's fabulous! I love your colour choices!

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  34. Oh Emma , I love you blanket, it is stunning!!!!!! I prefer your version , with the white border to the original. Your colour combinations are so lovely :0)
    Jacquie x

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  35. Oh wow, what a wonderful hexagon throw - your colours are beautiful!!!!Now I want to make one too!
    Just found your blog, am happy that I did!
    Gill

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  36. Found you via Julia Crossland's blog and love the colours you have used... such a bright cheery thing to see on a grey and misty and cold Norfolk morning, and inspiring to rummage in the odds and bits basket and do something with a hook and yarn. As if I need another project!

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  37. I'm still waiting to see this rug!! you haven't been blogging because you have been rug making I know.....

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  38. Hi, I'm your latest follower!! I'm not sure how I come across your blog but I'm glad I did, I love it, Lucey xx

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  39. This is really gorgeous, I love the colours. You are really clever, as you say it certainly brightens up a gloomy day.
    Ann x

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  40. Wowzers! That blanket is really stunning. I love it! So cheerful. Very different from my boring brown bobble blanket (though I am still in love with that BBBB!)

    I'm so glad you left me a comment the other day as I think I'm going to like your blog a lot.
    xxx

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  41. Oh yes you were right to do a white boarder. I like your blanket better than the one in the book!

    Would you mind letting me know if me if my bobble stitch tutorial worked for you if you ever do give it a go? xxx

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