Crochet Hugs & Kisses Hexagon Quilt Blanket
It's true, I love Caron Big Cakes the most! I cannot get enough of them. This particular colorway, Cherry Cake, was really calling to me. I finally figured out why. When I was a child, I had a handmade quilt with the same colours, all bordered in white. I think it was probably a scrap quilt as all of the colours were random. So that was the inspiration behind the Crochet Hugs and Kisses Hexagon Quilt Blanket Pattern.
So I decided to incorporate the Hugs & Kisses design into a random-looking, quilt-style afghan using this yarn. Nothing was planned here. I just let the beautiful self-striping yarn flow. I bordered each hexagon in white to tie everything together.
If you choose to use Caron Big Cakes as I have, you will get 11 hexagons from a ball of yarn. So if you want to make a bigger size blanket, it's easy to plan out. Also, you can plan your colours with any yarn you wish, but I would suggest continuing to border each hexagon with the same colour.
Hugs & Kisses
Hexagon Quilt
Designed by Jeanne Steinhilber
Caron® Big Cakes™
(10.5 oz / 300 g; 603 yds / 551 m)
Color A - Caron Big Cakes 2 Balls
Color B - Caron One Pound
Hook
5.5 mm / Size I
Abbreviations
Beg = Beginning
Ch = Chain
Dc = Double Crochet
Hdc = Half Double Crochet
Rep = Repeat
Sc = Single Crochet
Sl st = Slip Stitch
Sp = Space
St = Stitch
Tr = Treble Crochet
Special Stitches
X-st: Skip next st, dc into next st, cross back and dc into skipped st; 1 X-st made.
Pc (popcorn stitch): Work 4 dc into the next st, drop the loop from the hook, insert your hook from front to back under the top 2 loops of the first double crochet of the group; 1 pc made.
Project Size
47” at widest section
Instructions
Make 19 Hexagons
Rnd 1: With color A, ch 2, 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook, sl st to 1st sc. - 6 sc
Rnd 2: Ch 3 (counts as dc now and throughout), (tr, dc) in same st as ch 3, [(dc, tr, dc) in next st] 5 times, sl st to beg ch, sl st to next tr. - 12 dc, 6 tr
Rnd 3: Ch 1, (sc, hdc, sc) in tr, *sc in next 2 st **, (sc, hdc, sc) in next tr; rep from * 4 more times, then from * to ** once, sl st to beg sc, sl st to next hdc. - 24 sc, 6 hdc
Rnd 4: Ch 3, (tr, dc) in same st, *X-st, twice**, (dc, tr, dc) in next hdc; rep from * 4 more times, then from * to ** once, sl st to beg dc, sl st in next tr. - 12 X-st, 12 dc, 6 tr
Rnd 5: Ch 1 (sc, hdc, sc) in tr, *sc in next 6 st **, (sc, hdc, sc) in next tr; rep from * 4 more times, then from * to ** once, sl st to beg sc, sl st to next hdc. - 48 sc, 6 hdc
Rnd 6: Ch 3, *hdc, hdc, PC, hdc, hdc, PC, hdc, hdc ** dc in next hdc; rep from * 4 more times, then from * to ** once, sl st to beg dc. - 12 PC, 36 hdc, 6 dc
Rnd 7: Ch 1 (sc, hdc, sc) in same st, *sc in next 8 st **, (sc, hdc, sc) in next dc; rep from * 4 more times, then from * to ** once, sl st to beg sc, sl st in next hdc. - 60 sc, 6 hdc
Rnd 8: Ch 3, (tr, dc) in same st, *X-st 5 times**, (dc, tr, dc) in next hdc; rep from * 4 more times, then from * to ** once, sl st to beg dc, sl st in next tr. - 30 X-st, 12 dc, 6 tr
Rnd 9: Ch 1 (sc, hdc, sc) in tr, *sc in next 12 st **, (sc, hdc, sc) in next tr; rep from * 4 more times, then from * to ** once, sl st to beg sc. Break color A. - 84 sc, 6 hdc
Rnd 10: Join color B in next hdc, ch 3, (tr, dc) in same st, *dc in next 14 st **, (dc, tr, dc) in next hdc; rep from * 4 more times, then from * to ** once, sl st to beg dc, sl st in next tr. - 96 dc, 6 tr
Rnd 11: Ch 1 (sc, hdc, sc) in tr, *sc in next 16 st **, (sc, hdc, sc) in next tr; rep from * 4 more times, then from * to ** once, sl st to beg sc. Finish off. - 108 sc, 6 hdc
I just whipped the hexagons together with the front sides together and in the back loop only. You can use your favorite joining method.
One Caron Big Cake makes 11 hexagons.
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