BABY HEXIE BLANKET

Bears love honeycomb almost as much as we love these hexie pu bears! Designed by Samanta Fornino

Keep little cubs swaddled and snuggly in this un-bear-ably adorable baby blanket. Featuring a whole host of merry teddies peeking out between hexagonal patches, no child could fear monsters under the bed tucked up under this army of grizzlies! Hook up this sweet make for a newborn to give a gift they’ll treasure for years to come.

NOTES

The Blanket is made up of 116 Motifs, which are lightly stuffed and joined at the end.

HEXAGON MOTIF MAKE 97

Make 22 using Rose Layette, 23 using Salome, 26 using Blue Layette and 26 using Cerise. Make a magic loop.

Round 1 (RS) Ch3 (counts as tr throughout), tr into the loop, (ch2, 2tr) 5 times, ch2, ss to top of beg ch-3. [12 sts, 6 ch-2 sps]

Round 2 Ch3, *tr in each st to ch-2 sp, (tr, ch2, tr) in ch-sp; rep from * around, ss to top of beg ch-3 to join. [24 tr, 6 ch-2 sps]

Rounds 3-5 As Round 2. [60 tr, 6 ch-2 sps]

Fasten off and weave in ends.

BEAR MOTIF MAKE 19

Repeat the instructions for the Hexagon Motif, using Ibiza for Round 1.

For Rounds 2-5, make 5 using Salome, 4 using Cerise, 4 using Blue Layette and 6 using Rose Layette.

EARS MAKE 38

Make 2 for each Bear Motif, using the same colour used for Rounds 2-5.

Make a magic loop.

Round 1 (RS) Ch3, 7tr into the loop, ss to top of beg ch-3. Fasten off. [8 tr]

TO MAKE UP BEARS

Using black stranded cotton and the images as a guide, embroider a nose and mouth onto These jolly bears can’t fail to raise a smile – embroider their faces with stranded cotton all Bear Motifs over Round 1. Sew eyes between Rounds 2 and 3 using straight stitches. Sew each Ear over the posts of Round 5, making sure the faces look symmetrical.

TO MAKE UP BLANKET

Pair up each Bear Motif with a Hexagon Motif of the same colour. Place them together with RS facing out.

Whipstitch the Motifs together using the same colour yarn, stuffing lightly as you go. Pair up the remaining Hexagon Motifs and whipstitch together, stuffing lightly as you go.

JOIN MOTIFS

Weave in any remaining ends.

You should now have 58 stuffed Motifs. Using the image as a guide, lay out the Motifs in rows of 6 and 7, keeping all the Bear Motifs facing up. Using Ibiza, dc join all the Motifs together with RS facing, so the seam appears at the top of the Blanket.

BORDER

Join Ibiza in any st around edge of Blanket.

Round 1 Ch1 (does not count as a st), *dc into each st to next ch-2 sp, 2dc into ch-2 sp; repeat from * around, ss to top of first dc to join.

Fasten off and weave in all ends.