Crochet Hexegons

This crochet blanket has been on the go for a good six months.
I'm making it for my new grandson William.

It seems a long time ago I had lots of these....

                                  


Which then turned into many of these.....



And is currently this.......



Just the edging now - almost there

Watch this space...

Comments

  1. Deborah OHare13 February 2014 at 02:26

    LOVE THIS!
    You should put a link to this blog on your other blog :D
    This morning it struck me that you were sharing others work and not your own and THEN from the recesses of my brain I remembered you saying something about starting another blog so I had a look and here you are!
    Joy of Stitching is now in my blog feed too!

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  2. Joyofquilting24 February 2014 at 12:01

    Lovely jubbly

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  3. happydaysquilting27 February 2014 at 01:45

    That looks perfect for William.

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  4. Joyofquilting1 March 2014 at 01:57

    It took ages to make tho Patricia. But I do love it and hope William will too.

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