Midnight bright

Explore the colour blue with Kate Bruning’s gorgeous wrap.

Kate has chosen triadic shades to mix with blue in her wrap, which she’s made of hexagon-shaped motifs joined together. Triadic shades are trios of colour that are equidistant on the colour wheel – the hot pink and bright yellow really pop against the depth of the rich blue.

NOTES

The puff stitch corner is made by making a puff st, ch1, puff st. This will always be worked into the ch1-sp from the puff stitch corner of the previous round.

The first Hexagon is made with Round 6a, and all other Hexagons are made with Round 6b and are joined as you go. Use the image to construct the Wrap.

HEXAGON MAKE 105

Round 1 Using a 5mm hook, ch4, ss to beginning of ch4 to make a ring.

Round 2 Working in the ch4 loop, ch2 (counts as dc, ch1), tr, (dc, ch1, tr) 5 times, ss to join to starting ch2. [12 sts]

Round 3 *(Puff st, ch1, puff st) in ch1-sp, dc in space between tr and dc; repeat from * five more times, ss to first puff st to join. [6 puff st corner, 6 dc]

Round 4 Ch1, ss into first ch1-sp, *(puff st, ch1, puff st) into ch1-sp, dc into puff st, tr into next st, dc into puff st; repeat from * 5 more times, ss back into the top of the first puff st. [6 puff st corners, 12 dc, 6tr]

Round 5 Ch1, ss into the first ch1-sp, *(puff st, ch1, puff st) in ch1-sp, dc in puff st, tr in next dc st, dc in tr st, tr in dc st, dc in puff st; repeat from * 5 more times, ss back into the top of the first puff st.

[6 puff st corners, 18dc, 12tr]

FIRST HEXAGON

Change to 4mm hook.

Round 6a Ch1, ss into first ch1-sp, *(ss, ch5, ss) in ch1-sp, ch4 sk3, ss into dc st, ch3, ss into same dc st, ch4, sk3; repeat from * 5 more times, ss back into the first ch1-sp. [6 ch5-sp, 6 ch3-sp, 12 ch4]

Fasten off and weave in ends. Join the motifs as you go along – that way there’s no stitching together to do at the end.

SECOND AND SUBSEQUENT HEXAGONS

This round will join each Hexagon to the Wrap. Place Hexagons RS facing up. When working on a Hexagon that joins to two connecting points on the Wrap, insert the hook through both of the connecting chains.

Round 6b Ss into the next corner, ch2, remove the loop from the hook being careful not to lose the loop, insert the hook through the ch5-sp on the Wrap where the Hexagon will join, place the loop back on the hook, draw the loop through the ch5-sp, ch3, ss back into same ch1-sp, ch 4, sk3, ss into dc st, ch1, remove loop from the hook, insert the hook into the ch3-sp on the wrap, place the loop back on the hook, draw the loop through the ch3-sp, ch2, ss back into the same dc st, ch4, sk3 sts, ss into next corner. Once all connecting points have been worked continue around the rest of the Hexagon using the pattern from Round 6a.

Fasten off and weave in ends.