Project: Hexagonal Baby Blanket (boys)

I have a friend who 'til very recently was expecting a new little baby boy to add to her family. Great news, he's arrived safe, sound, and healthy!  Well, while my friend was pregnant with the bundle of joy, I wanted to create blanket just for him.

For some reason, I wanted something DIFFERENT.  I wanted a ROUND blanket.  I googled and searched, and finally managed to come across a pattern for a round baby blanket... I followed the directions of this pattern to a T... and guess what happened?  Another happy mistake!  Instead of a round baby blanket, I got one that was a bit more polygonal...

 (Here's a photo of the finished blanket.)

I knew going in to this pattern exactly what would happen, because I'd already made this kind of blanket before (which I'll discuss in another post.)  It's all done in hdc (half-double crochet) but every 10 rounds, I did a row of treble crochet (tr) to break up the monotony and give it a bit of character without having to change colors.  On the very outer edge, I did do a row of single crochet (sc) in order to tack up any loose threads.

(A closer look at the blanket.)

Now the little one is about a good 4 days old, and I want to get this to his mommy as soon as I can... but I've really just not been able to break away from work. T^T  This would work well as a receiving blanket or a light one to lay over a little one while they sleep.  The yarn came from the Caron one-pound baby yarn skein.

I'll see if I can find the pattern again.  If I can, I'd be more than happy to link it for you to try. :)

Happy crocheting!

-Z