Free Lockdown Crochet Pattern

Here's the free pattern for the crochet hexagon stars. I'm not going to bore you with all the EPIC stuff that has been happening since my last post, the very quick version is: new online course in upcycling with crochet out May 2020, new upcycling with crochet book out in June 2020, new 'magazine' in development over at Make It Better  and hoping for first edition out by Summer.

This though guys, is the pattern for you to crochet your own starry blanket. It's a lockdown special as it's designed to be easy, and as endless (cos who knows how long we'll be at home for!) I've chosen the colours by finding treasures on my 'daily exercise' walk and from around the house and my plan is to find a new colour each day and then make a star. It takes me roughly a movie to make one star so is ideal.

I also have no idea how I'm going to finish the edges or anything at the moment but I figure we can work that out together :) You'll need to make basic plain hexagons and stars.


 Parrot & Pear Blossom Blanket
You can see why it's called that ;)

Aran Yarn - Yarn A = Star, Yarn B = Joining Hexagon

5mm Hook

Ch - chain

Ss - slip stitch

Dc - UK double crochet, US single crochet

Tr - UK tr, US dc

Dc2tog - UK double 2 stitches togther, US single 2 stitches together

Tr2tog - UK treble 2 stitches together, US dc 2 stitches together

Hexagon

Yarn A or B, Ch4, ss ends to make loop

Rnd 1: ch2, tr, *ch2, 2tr* x 5, ch2, ss

Rnd 2 - 7: (tr, ch2, tr) in ch sp, tr in each st

If turning into a star continue with the instructions to create the points below, if making a plain hexagon do round 8

Rnd 8: (dc, ch1, dc) in ch sp, dc in each st, ss and fasten off

Adding points to make a star

Yarn A, join on in chain space

Row 1: ch2, tr2tog, tr 10, tr2tog, tr in ch sp, ch2, turn

Row 2: tr2tog, tr 8, tr2tog, tr in start ch, ch2, turn

Row 3: tr2tog, tr 6, tr2tog, tr in start ch, ch2, turn

Row 4: tr2tog, tr 4, tr2tog, tr in start ch, ch2, turn

Row 5: tr2tog, tr 2, tr2tog, tr in start ch, ch2, turn

Row 6: tr2tog, tr2tog, tr in start ch, ch2, turn

Row 7: ch2, sk 2, tr in start ch, ss fasten off

Repeat on each side of the hexagon until you have 6 points

In Yarn A work dc stitches around the outside edge of that star, to do this: 

Rnd : join on in the chp space between the points,

ch1, 2dc around each tr post on the point edge,

at the tip of the point (2dc, ch1, 2dc), rpt all the way around the edge.

Rnd: Yarn B, dc in each st, at tip of point (dc, ch1, dc) and where points meet at the bottom dc2tog, ss to finish