Granny Hexagon Star

I’m getting ready to start a temperature blanket and I want it to feature stars – the intended recipient will have constellations on their bedroom wall. Although I like a 5-point star, pentagons need extra shapes to tessellate and that would make this blanket too large. A 6-point star easily becomes a hexagon which are much easier to put together.

I can find stars and I can find hexagons but not the 2 combined on a small enough scale so here’s my design plus the ½ hexagons that I’ll need down the sides.

The silver yarn I’ve used for the prototype will be my filler colour for the non-days at the end of short months plus the beginning of the first and end of the last. I’ll also probably use it for the border. The white yarn is just something from my stash that shows up the star. I’m planning to mark birthdays and feast days by including a metallic thread in the first round, if that works… more prototypes needed.

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Tension

This pattern, worked in DK using a 4mm hook should give a full hexagon measuring 9.5cm measured point to point; 8.5cm measured side to side.

Abbreviations

All instructions are given in UK terms. The equivalent US terms are shown below

	UK terms	Equivalent US term
ch	chain
dc	double crochet	Single crochet
dtr	double treble	treble
rpt	repeat
slst	slipstitch
tr	treble crochet	Double crochet

Instructions

Granny Hexagon Star

In star colour:

Round 1: starting with a magic ring, ch3 (counts as 1tr) and work 11 tr into the ring; slst to join and pull the magic ring tight.

Round 2: ch1; dc in same st; *(2tr; 1dtr; 2ch; dc in top of dtr (picot); 2tr) all in next st; dc in next st; rpt from * to end, joining with a slst to beginning.

Fasten off star colour and join in surround colour at one of the picot sts.

Round 3: ch 3; dc in same st; * (1dtr, 3tr, 1dtr) all in next dc (inner corner); (dc, 2ch, dc) in picot st; rpt from * to end, slst join to 1^st ch

Round 4: ch6; tr in same space; * tr in next 5st; (tr, 3ch, tr) in ch sp at tip of star; repeat from *, joining with a slst to the 3^rd ch of the starting chain.

Fasten off yarn

Granny Half Hexagon

In surround colour:

Round 1: starting with a magic ring, ch3 (counts as 1tr) and work 5 tr into the ring; slst to join and pull the magic ring tight; turn.

Round 2: ch3; tr in same st; 2tr in next st; ch3; 2tr in next 2 sts; ch3; 2tr in next 2 sts; turn.

Round 3: ch3; tr in same st; tr in next 2 sts; (tr, 3ch, tr) in ch sp; tr in next 3 sts; (tr, 3ch, tr) in ch sp; tr in next 2 sts; 2tr in end st; turn.

Round 4: ch3; tr in same st; tr in next 4 sts; (tr, 3ch, tr) in ch sp; tr in next 5 sts; (tr, 3ch, tr) in ch sp; tr in to last st; 2tr in end st.

Fasten off yarn

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