mini hexagon blanket..one a day!

Saw this on facebook by crochet grannies i think, basically you commit to making one sqaure a day towards a blanket , heres my link to my raverly project its includes notes of whats happened in the week..although im think i might need more than 365 squares depending on size after 365 days lol http://www.ravelry.com/projects/noynoyavery/mini-hexagon-pattern

heres how it look so far..i think im also commited to about 5/6 other blankets lol..not all for me i hasten to add

wishing you many happy crafting adventures!

Sams Blanket

Friends' nephews "lovey" had fallen apart..disaster! I was sent a sample in the post, but  there wasn't a pattern I could find anywhere so I had to try and recreate it somehow, all the basket weave blankets I'd seen where odd number stitch patterns repeated and/or the back of the same as the front, this one was even number repeats (inside borderer) and the back was plainish knit (different to the back)

3.75mm needles
100g pattons fab dk yarn (I used a whole ball leaving about 10 yards!)

This blanket once pressed or killed (steamed) is approximately 50 x 70 approx, of course,e you do not have to press it, this was just how it was in the sample I was sent, unpressed its about 43 x 57cm.
If you want to make it bigger just add an extra 8 stitches and knit to the required length.

Cast on 86 stitches.
Knit in garter stitch for 6 rows.
Then...
Row 1, K7 *p4,k4* to last 7 stitches k7
Row 2, knit
Repeat rows 1-2  Two more times (6 rows in total)
Row 3, K7,K4,P4* to end K7
Row 4, Knit
Repeat rows  Two more times (6 rows in total)
Continue with repeating rows as a set pattern to approximately 1.5 inches below the desired length, finishing on the Rows 1-2 repeats.
Garter stitch 6 rows and cast off in garter stitch. Pres.

@Copyright Laura Avery 2012. I give permission for you to sell from this pattern but please do not pass it off as your own, many thanks!

Im not hiding honest!

Sorry ive been in hiding ! Basically wee man is superglued to me like a limpet, but he seems to have calmed down  a bit in the past week thankfully! Ive even managed some craft time! But mostly we are having the house re furbished so furnture and clutter is all over the place , the attics being turned into a bedroom with en suite shower room, and our old bedroom is being turned into a smaller bedroom with corridor so the 2 lower bedrooms can bth access the current bathroom which is currently off our bedroom so our sons have to wlk through our bedroom to use the bathroom..you can imagine the mess! Ive repainted our living room i love it and all it cost ws £13 for a tin of paint!
Two firsts for us this week..keon middle son aged 4 has finally allowed the hair dresser to cut his hair he now sports a very grown up big boy hair cut ready for starting big school in september im so proud yet also sad having looked through an old post about baby wearing him, im wondering where the time has gone? The other first was i took luke and the other 2 lads to the childs matinee all by myself (i know im crazy) They behaved perfectly and i didnt realise that babys where quite common, im going to make it a monthly treat, anyway ttfn see you soon and have a great holiday!