Traveller’s Joy Hexagon

Do you like hexagons? I do. It doesn’t matter whether it’s someone else’s pattern or my own. I love the countless number of possibilities they offer when it comes to their texture and colors. They are perfect for making blankets, bags, and pillows.

Pattern: by Tally’s Crafts

Recommended yarn: Scheepjes Stone Washed XL

Recommended hook size: 5mm

Finished size: approx. 15cm

Abbreviations (US terms)
sc – single crochet
hdc – half double crochet
dc – double crochet
tr – treble 
fpsc –front post single crochet
fphdc – front post half double crochet
fpdc – front post double crochet
fptr – front post treble
ch – chain
st(s) – stitch(es)
sk- skip
st – stitch
sl st – slip stitch
pf –puff stitch
sp – space  

Special Stitches:

puff stitch – dc, yarn over, insert your hook behind the dc and yarn over, pull up a loop, do it 2 more times, you should have 7 loops on your hook, pull through all 7 loops, ch1 to close the puff

Round 1

start with a magic circle, ch3 (counts as the first dc), dc, ch2, 2dc, ch2…repeat till you have 6ch2sp and 12dc, join with a sl st

[12dc, 6ch2 sp]

Round 2

standing dc in any ch2 sp and make a puff st around that dc, sc in the st between 2 dc, dc in the next ch2 sp and a puff st around it…repeat, join with a sl st

[6puff st, 6sc]

Round 3

standing sc in any sc from the previous round, ch3…repeat, join with a sl st

push the chains behind the puff st

[6sc, 6ch3 sp]

Round 4

fptr around any 2dc from R1 (grab 2 dc together), (2sc, ch3, 2sc in the ch3 sp)…repeat, join with a sl st

[6fptr,24sc, 6ch3 sp]

Round 5

fpsc around any fptr from the previous round, (5dc, ch2, 5dc in the ch3 sp)…repeat, join with a sl st

[6fpsc, 6 petals]

Round 6

bphdc around any fpsc from the previous round, bphdc in the remaining st till ch2 sp, (sc, ch2, sc in the ch2 sp)…repeat, join with a slst

[12sc, 6 ch2 sp, 66bphdc]

Round 7

(standing sc in any ch2 sp, ch2, sc), ch1, skip the next 2 st (bpsc andhdc), hdc in the next st, ch1, skip the next st, dc, ch1, sk the next st, tr, ch1, skip the next st, dc, ch1, skip the next st, hdc, ch1, skip the next 2 st (hdc and bpsc), (sc, ch2, sc in the next ch2 sp)…repeat, join with a slst

[12sc,12hdc, 12dc, 6tr, 6ch2 sp]

Round 8

(standing sc, ch2, sc in any ch2 sp), ch1, sc in the next ch1 sp, ch1, sc in the next ch1 sp…repeat, join with a sl st

[42ch1 sp, 48sc, 6ch2 sp]

Round 9

(standing sc in any ch2 sp, ch2, sc), (2sc in the next ch1 sp), (2sc in each of the next ch1 sp)…repeat, join with a sl st

[96sc, 36ch1 sp, 6ch2 sp]

This is a free pattern designed by Tally’s Crafts. You may use the photos as long as you credit me and link to my website https://www.tallyscrafts.com/ or Instagram @tallyscrafts. You are not allowed to post the pattern and the photos as your own.