Beekeepers quilt

170ish puffs later, my Tiny Owl's Knits "The Beekeeper's Quilt" is complete! Here are the yarns I used, how I sewed it together and how much time it took here.

I'll post more pictures when I knit the next one. Size US9 DPN's Vanna's choice yarn. (you can use any yarn and the appropriate needle size to make various sizes of hexagons) Hexagons can be joined to make a pillow or blanket of any size. You will need to knit some half hexagons to create a straight edge. Using the vanna yarn and 9 needles, each side of the hexagon measures 2 1/2 inches and 4 inches from side to side. Bind on using long tail method, onto two needles alternating from one to…

Use this template to figure out how many hexes you need to make to achieve your desired size quilt.

Hexagons are becoming more and more popular by the day! They're not just a yarny trend, they're a major theme in interior design too. There are several free hexagon motif patterns out there (future roundup anyone?), but the motif is just the starting point - it's what you do with those pretty shapes that counts. And as long as you make enough of them, in the 'right' size for the pattern, the hexagons themselves are interchangeable! Here are some great free patterns for putting hexagons…

Millions of hexipuffs, blood, sweat and tears later and the beekeepers quilt is finally finished. Claude Debussy said “Music is the silence between the notes.”

I have this thing where I don't buy knitting or crocheting patterns. I don't understand why I should pay for one when there are so many amazing patterns for free on the internet. I get really irritated when I find an adorable picture, click on it, and find out they want me to pay $5 for it on Etsy or Ravelry. It usually ends up in a little bit of cursing like a sailor as I attempt to peruse the World Wide Web for a comparable version that's free. And 9 times out of 10 I find one. Or at least…

Ravelry: debbiemrkane's Crocheted Beekeeper Quilt

I am making this to be 6’x6’ so will require 1152 hexipuffs. Pictured is the project at 1/3 of the way through, 384 hexipuffs aka the large size blanket from the pattern. 1) Trial layout to see ...