Has anyone crocheted the cherry heart weekender blanket?

[Suddengeekgirl]

I've just started it and I was wondering if you could reassure me.

I'm doing the join as you go, so the hexagons are slip stitched together at their corners iyswim.
I've done a little and I was worrying a bit about it not being very strong or being a bit gappy as there's the 6 trs of each side between the slip stitches.

Will it sort itself out as it gets bigger? I'm sort of hoping that the more hexagons I join together the more it'll pull together?

How did yours turn out?

I'm making it for dd who is 4 so it'll need to cope with a bit of playing with rather than just laying on a bed.

[paintinglady]

I haven`t made the blanket , but i googled the blanket you are talking about about . To me it doesn't look like it should be be slip stitched at the corners . it looks like a single crochet has been used to attach the hexagons together , but i could be wrong.

[Suddengeekgirl]

The instructions just say to join with a sl st in the corners.
I've had a look at all the pics on Instagram #weekenderblanket and lots of those look like they're just joined in the corners

[Tutu1000]

I've googled this and I think you are right Suddengeekgirl the hexies do just seem to be just at the corners. On some of the pictures I saw you could quite clearly see the gaps between the long sides of the hexies. I think I would have to have then joined on all sides as I would be worried the blanket would be robust enough if they were just joined at the corners.

[paintinglady]

Sorry i must be looking at the wrong blanket

[Suddengeekgirl]

The joins are very neat when the blanket is flat.
But if it's got any sort of pull on it the gaps bag open a bit iyswim.

I might have to experiment with joining....

[Suddengeekgirl]

That's what I've spent my afternoon attempting.
Lots of frogging!

[Suddengeekgirl]

Am I right in thinking that if I slip stitch around lots of small hexagons to join them then it's likely to be quite a stiff blanket? Or not so drapey?

I'd prefer to crochet them together rather than sew as I think it's more sturdy.

[Suddengeekgirl]

So.... This is what I've come up with. It has the centre of the cherry heart pattern then more of a granny style. The joining method is as attic24 tutorial.

What do you think?

[Suddengeekgirl]

Thanks miaow :)
Glad to hear the joining will be sturdy - I'm making a long line to measure up for the width of the bed and it seems pretty secure so far.