One of my favorite things about crochet hexagons and other granny motifs is being able to play with color. You can pick one or two colors or go crazy and mix and match color palettes. This hexagon crochet pattern also makes a great scrapbuster project. You can work them up with the left over yarn bits in your stash.
This basic hexagon crochet pattern consists of three rounds of double crochet stitches. The hexagons are worked in the same way you would work a basic granny square, except with two additional corners … hence the hexagon.
The fourth and final round is the edging. Depending on your preferred joining method, you can either work the fourth round for each one and join them using a slip stitch join or you can wait and crochet the fourth round while joining using the join as you go method (JAYGO) … more on that later.
For my hexagon crochet blanket I chose the JAYGO method so I saved Round 4 for joining.
You can work up your crochet hexagons in one color, or go for a monochromatic color scheme, or completely go color crazy mixing and matching.
For my hexagon afghan, I wanted to use up some of the colors that I have left over from my Kaleidoscopic Afghan and purchased some new colors as well.
Here’s what I picked …
These are the Brava Worsted Yarns from KnitPicks that I chose:
Reds/Browns: Persimmon, Paprika, Sienna
Blues: Tidepool, Cornflower, Tranquil
Greens: Fig, Peapod, Dublin
Easy Granny Hexagon Crochet Pattern
Resources and tutorials you may find helpful in following this crochet pattern: Crochet Abbreviations, U.S. to U.K. Crochet Conversion Chart, How to Make a Magic Ring {photo & video tutorial}.
Add this pattern to your Ravelry library.
With CA, make a magic ring (as an alternative to the magic circle, you can ch 4 and join with a slip stitch in furthest chain from hook to form a ring).
Round 1: Ch 3 (counts as dc), 1 dc in ring, ch 1, *2 dc in ring, ch 1, rep from * 4 more times, join with a Sl st to first st and fasten off — 12 dc.
Round 2: Join CB in the last ch-sp made (I do this so I can start crocheting over those pesky ends as I go), ch 3 (counts as dc), [1dc, ch 1, 2 dc] in same ch-sp, ch 1, *[2dc, ch 1, 2 dc] in next ch-sp, ch 1, rep from * 4 more times, join and fasten off — 24 dc.
Round 3: Join CC in the last ch-sp made, ch 3 (counts as dc), 1 dc in same ch-sp, ch 1, [2dc, ch 1, 2 dc] in next ch-sp, ch 1, *2 dc in next ch-sp, ch 1, [2dc, ch 1, 2 dc] in next ch-sp, ch 1, rep from * 4 more times, join and fasten off — 36 dc.
Weave in the rest of those pesky ends.
Final Hexagon Round
As mentioned above, depending on your planned joining method, you can work this fourth and final round on all the hexagons and then join. Or you can work this round while joining crochet hexagons using the JAYGO method.
If choosing the JAYGO method, work this round on your first hexagon only and then click over to my tutorial for joining hexagons with the JAYGO method.
Round 4: Join edging color in in the last ch-sp made, ch 1 (does not count as st), 1 sc in same ch-sp, ch 2, 1 sc in next ch-sp, ch 2, [1sc, ch 1, 1 sc] in corner ch-sp, ch 2, *1 sc in next ch-sp, ch 2, 1 sc in next ch-sp, ch 2, [1sc, ch 1, 1 sc] in corner ch-sp, ch 2, rep from * around, join and fasten off — 24 scs and 24 ch-sps.
For my edging and joining color I chose a pretty cream, also from the Brava Worsted line from KnitPicks.
Completing Your Hexagon Project
Now that you see how quick and easy these crochet hexagons work up you can go crazy mixing and matching colors. You will be surprised how quickly those little hexes stack up!
If you need to create a straight edge on your project, you will also need to crochet half hexagons as well as an edging pattern that fills in those smaller valleys.
To make your own hexagon blanket, click over to my hexagon crochet blanket pattern page for a complete resource on each step.
So many color combinations!!
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Hi thank you for this pattern. I have crocheted for 50 years but I had a problem with my health last year and was in an induced coma. Thank fully I have recovered but I have physical and memory deficits.
This is the perfect pattern to get me started again as anything to big now Is quite terrifying.
Thank you so much and kind regards
Lorraine
how do you do a half granny in this pattern?
I’m curious how I would sc around this and than continue on with the dc rounds. I want to record a week’s temperatures into a hexagon with seven rounds and adding a sc round if there is a holiday/birthday. Thank you in advance if anyone can help!
love it! retro-granny goodness with a modern shape; I finally found my bedspread pattern! lol
the easy pattern and your 3-color combos did it for me. colorful enough to not be boring, but you know they will look good together 🙂
love jaygo, it looks so much nicer without a heavy seam, and less ends to weave!
great stash buster too
Hi Kara– I’m a little late to this party but would like to try this afghan. When you say a ‘ball / skein’ of yarn, do you mean 3 1/5 ounce or 8 ounce or something different. I don’t want to run short or over buy. Thanks
Pat
Hi Pat 🙂 The final dimensions of my afghan were 70 in. × 70 in. and I used about 9 colors of worsted weight yarn (approx. 3 skeins of each). Here is the link to the final afghan with a little more detail on each part … http://www.petalstopicots.com/2014/08/crochet-hexagon-afghan-pattern-tutorial/
Hi!!
I was just wondering how many hexagons you ended up making for this project!!! I LOVE IT!!!! I am still learning and I may be over doing it, but I really want to try this!! 🙂 eeek!!! lets see how it goes!!!
On the right side of the page there is a lovely bouquet of flowers. Are there patterns for this bouquet? (I’m new and this is the first time I’ve used the site.) Thank you.
I’m not sure what flowers you are referring to. Perhaps they were in my Pinterest box??
Kara: wanted you to know that I love this hexagon granny pattern. I also got the joining ideas you put on the site also. I did not know that I have also printed off the flower one in the middle of the top of this site and the cross pattern that I saw here. I like the great artistic thought in your work. Thank you so much for sharing so much with us. I look forward to future projects with you.!
Thank you so much for your sweet comment, Laura! It means so much to me 🙂
I am wondering how many balls of each color you needed and how large your finished afghan came out to be. Do you think this could be a good scrap busting project?
How would the finished edges look? I am almost finished with my blanket but not sure about finishing edges/borders.
There are so many ways you can finish. I am working on a tutorial now to show how I did it. Hopefully I will have it up for you soon 🙂
Wow, these are so pretty! Can’t wait to do some of those!
Thanks, Teri!
Unos trabajos muy bonitos y originales . Enhorabuena por tu blog , hay mucho arte .Un saludo
Kara, you always have the best tutorials! I can’t wait to see the joining one! Thanks so much for linking up on Hookin on Hump Day!
I have never made hexagon shaped grannies before…but I just pinned and tweeted this so I can be sure to add these to my “to make” list!
Oh my goodness, those ends just KILL me. It’s such a downer after having fun making all those pieces, lol!
Fun pattern!
This is absolutely beautiful! Thank you for sharing- this just got added to my to-do list!!!
Oh my goodness I LOVE this Kara!! It is turning out beautifully. I wish I had the patience for something like this, but I get board to easily.:(
This is a really beautiful Granny! It goes together so well ~ looks flawless!
Kara, this is beautiful!!! I love the look you’ve created.
Amy
Love your afghan! Very beautiful.
Kara, your blanket is amazing! It is so creative how you combined the colors in groups of three. It is going to be a piece of art 🙂
How many hexagons are you making for this? And what size do you plan on making? Also how much yarn did you order? I am looking at ordering Knit Picks Comfy Worsted yarn and there is about 100 yards less in a ball. I am going to do purples and blues, but join it all together with a grey color.
Hi Lindsey 🙂 Your colors sound sooo pretty!! I have been wanting to try their comfy worsted too … you’ll have to let me know how you like it. As for how many skeins, and hexagons it will take, I’m not sure yet since I am still working on it. I used left over yarn from my last blanket and believe their was about a skein and a half of each color left. I just ordered 1 more skein of each since I want to make it bigger. Hope that helps. Can’t wait to hear how you make out … and maybe even get to see your project too 🙂
Hi Kara! Thanks for the input 🙂 I think I am going to order 4 balls of each color. That should be a good start. If I have lots left over, those colors would make great baby hats and slippers. Right now I am working on a king size afghan for my hubby so I won’t be starting on mine until his is done. He picked the yarn out seven years ago and I am finally getting to it. Its about 1/4 of the way done. I am terrible for starting ten different projects and never finishing them. So this year I have made a goal to finish all of my unfinished projects. Surprisingly I only have a few left 🙂 I finally get to be a stay at home mom after years of working, so now when the kids are in school I will have time to complete things.
So pretty! Lovely colour choice – I’ll look forward to seeing it finished 🙂 Elisabeth x
So beautiful!! I have a goal to make an afghan like this at some point! Love yours!
The hexies look beautiful!
Great post! I love the free pattern and tutorial and the colors you chose. This blanket is stunning! Thanks for sharing at Hookin On Hump day!
Very nice! Love the colors. Thank you for sharing the pattern…I would like to do a Hexi blanket…maybe my next one!
ooooo Love this!!!
Love your colour choices. It looks great!
You make everything so colorful and easy to tackle! Thank you for sharing your beautiful hexi blanket, Kara.
Goprgeous , Kara !
It’s lovely Kara I enjoyed making a stash-buster hexi blanket too, It’s great to make something so beautiful out of yarn you have lying about at home. 🙂
Hexagon love – so tempting..My next blanket is a hexi one…will deff look into this pattern for the same1
Oh pretty pretty – I love it too. Will look forward to the next post for joining. Thanks so much for sharing. xoxox
Really nice love :o) thanks for sharing the pattern!
It’s very beautiful! Love the way you have done your color scheme. I am always confused with colors and not that color confident. If there are too many colors, I just let it go wild:) I can try your way, looks more easier to separate shades.
join as you go is the ultimate best. why on earth would anyone sew them together? looks fab!
Very nice! I could see this covering a ottoman… or on the back of comfy patio furniture to cuddle up in on a cold evening
Hi,
I love this pattern. I started to work one of it. Please tell me if you have an order when stitch them together, or you made as you wished?
regards,
Daniela