Hexagon Baby Blanket Crochet Pattern

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Last year, I had several friends who had babies. I had grand plans of making them each beautiful blankets for their bundles of joy, but that didn’t happen with each baby. I fully intended to make this crochet baby blanket for one of those babies but with homeschooling my oldest girls, keeping up with my preschooler, and helping my husband with his ministry, I didn’t make the time. But, these past few weeks, I have found myself with a little extra time. Even though the baby is already here, I’m sure the new mom won’t mind receiving a late gift.

This blanket is just one large hexagon. Hexagons are simple to crochet – even a beginner can make them – and they give plenty of opportunities for working with color. As anyone who’s been around for awhile knows, I’m a huge stripe-lover. When I came up with the plan for this blanket, I knew that I wanted the  “body” of the  blanket to be understated gray and white stripes with pops of color on each “point.” I’m so happy with the way it turned out. The tassels add a great pop of fun and color.

If you’re not in the mood to make a hexagon blanket, check out my most popular blanket pattern. It might be just the thing for you.

Materials Needed:

• Size 10 crochet hook (6 mm)
• 5 Skeins Simply Chunky Yarn in Paper White
• 5 Skeins of Simply Chunky Yarn in Stormy Gray
• 1 Skein each of Simply Chunky Yarn in Kingfisher Blue, Blood Orange, Leaf Green, Rose Red, Pansy Purple, and  Buttercup Yellow 

Hexagon Baby Blanket Crochet Pattern

Finished blanket is approximately 36 inches across.

Round 1: Ch 3. DC into the first chain. Ch 2, *2dc, ch2* 5 times into the first chain. Sl st to the top of the ch 2 to join. 

You will have 6 sets of 2 dc separated by 6 ch 2 spaces. 

Round 2: Ch 2. DC in the next stitch, *dc, ch 2, dc in the chain 2 space from the previous round, dc in the next 2 stitches* 5 times. dc, ch 2, dc in the last ch 2 space. Sl st to the top of the ch 2 to join. 

Each side of your hexagon will have 4 dc and you will have 6 ch 2 spaces. 

Round 3: Ch 2, dc in the next 2 dc, *dc, ch 2, dc in the chain 2 space from the previous round, dc in the next 4 stitches* repeat 5 times. dc, ch 2, dc in the last ch 2 space. Dc in the remaining dc. Sl st to the top of the ch 2 to join. 

Each side of your hexagon will have 6 dc and you will have 6 ch 2 spaces. 

Round 4: Ch 2, dc in the next 3 dc, *dc, ch 2, dc in the chain 2 space from the previous round, dc in the next 6 stitches* repeat 5 times. dc, ch 2, dc in the last corner gap. DC in the remaining 2 dc. Sl st to the top of the ch 2 to join. 

Each side of your hexagon will now have 8 dc and you will have 6 ch 2 spaces.

Round 5: Ch 2, dc in the next 4 dc. *dc, ch 2, dc in the chain 2 space from the previous round, dc in the next 8 stitches* repeat 5 times. dc, ch 2, dc in the last ch 2 space. dc in the remaining 3 dc. Sl st to the top of the ch 2 to join. Cut yarn and weave ends

Each side of your hexagon will now have 10 dc and you will have 6 ch 2 spaces.

Round 6: Join new color using your preferred method. Ch 2, dc in the next 6 dc. *dc, ch 2, dc in the chain 2 space from the previous round, dc in the next 10 stitches* repeat 5 times. dc, ch 2, dc in the last ch 2 space. dc in the remaining 4 dc. Sl st to the top of the ch 2 to join.

Each side of your hexagon will now have 12 dc and you will have 6 ch 2 spaces. 

This pattern will continue in this fashion for 29 rounds. Please see the detailed instructions below on how to continue this pattern. 

Let’s talk a little bit about how each round is getting bigger:

As you can see in the pattern above, each time you make a new round, every side of your hexagon will increase by two stitches. So, no matter if your side has 22 stitches or 102 stitches, you’re going to increase by 2 the following round.

If you do the following for each round, you can make your hexagon as big or as small as you want. 

• ch 2, dc in each stitch of the round (your ch 2 at the beginning of each round will count as a double crochet)
• dc, ch 2, dc in each ch 2 space
• sl st to the top of the ch 2 to join at the end of each row. 

Also remember, after making the last dc, ch 2, dc in the final ch 2 space, you’ll dc in each of the remaining stitches of the round until you get back to the beginning.

Using this information, you should be able to figure out that rounds 7-9 would be as follows:

Round 7: Ch 2, dc in the next 8 dc. *dc, ch 2, dc in the chain 2 space from the previous round, dc in the next 12 stitches* repeat 5 times. dc, ch 2, dc in the last ch 2 space. dc in the remaining 5 dc. Sl st to the top of the ch 2 to join.

Each side of your hexagon will now have 14 dc and you will have 6 ch 2 spaces. 

Round 8: Ch 2, dc in the next 10 dc. *dc, ch 2, dc in the chain 2 spaces from the previous round, dc in the next 14 stitches* repeat 5 times. dc, ch 2, dc in the last ch 2 space. dc in the remaining 6 dc. Sl st to the top of the ch 2 to join.

Each side of your hexagon will now have 16 dc and you will have 6 ch 2 spaces. 

Round 9: Ch 2, dc in the next 12 dc. *dc, ch 2, dc in the chain 2 spaces from the previous round, dc in the next 16 stitches* repeat 5 times. dc, ch 2, dc in the last ch 2 space. dc in the remaining 7 dc. Sl st to the top of the ch 2 to join.

Each side of your hexagon will now have 18 dc and you will have 6 ch 2 spaces. 

Continue crocheting until you have made 29 rows.

On your 29th row, each side of your hexagon will have 58 dc and you will have 6 ch 2 spaces.

The color pattern is as follows: 5 rounds of gray, 4 rounds of white, 4 rounds gray, 4 rounds of white, 4 rounds of gray, 4 rounds of white, 4 rounds of gray.

Round 30: Ch 1, sc in each stitch. Work 3 sc into each of the ch 2 spaces. Sl st to the top of the ch 1. Cut yarn and weave ends.

For the Tassels

Materials

• Book
• Scissors
• Yarn

Directions

Wrap the yarn around the book about 30 times.

Slip the yarn off the book, and cut the yarn on one end so that you have long pieces of yarn. Straighten them.

Fold the yarn in half. Push the loop through one of the chain spaces. Pull the yarn ends through the loop and tighten so that a knot is formed. Pull the ends until the knot is as tight as you want it, then snip the ends to your desired length.

Repeat on each corner.