Amit's blanket

I made this blanket (afghan) for Amit. i borrowed the idea from Martha (thanks, girl!!), but decided to go with shades of blue instead of a very colorful blend.

the hexagons are crocheted one by one, and then assembled together. suer, i had to improvise a lot -- that's my first ever big project like that, but that was the fun!!
ben and i call the hexagons "blenkles" - blanket elements, just like "pixels" are picture elements. they are all different, no two blenkles are the same! [theoretically, there are 7!/(7-4)!=840 possible permutations, with 7 colors and 4 rows in each blenkle, so it's not so hard to do]. i did consider writing a code for that though ;)

the hexagon pattern was easy to pick up after i looked at some pictures online (i am more experienced with web searches now -- google 'granny square' and you can find many many free patterns!)

the blanket turned out a bit too thick than i intended, probably because the only yarn that i could find wasn't thin enough. but hey, it's my first time!! i had a lot of fun making it, and i hope that it will be useful :)
now i'm thinking of making something with fall colors. i really like all that crafts-work. more fun!!

i'll see if i have any pictures of the blankles in the making.